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How BTS Reclaimed Its Throne With the Transmedia Rollout of ‘ARIRANG’

By TK Kinomoto

April 14, 2026

— 3 min read

U.S. Consumers Are Most Uncomfortable With AI Actors and Screenplays

By Audrey Schomer

April 10, 2026

— 3 min read

Taylor Swift Wasn’t the Only Winner of Physical Sales in 2025

By Robert Steiner

March 31, 2026

— 4 min read

Music

Artist Awareness: Measuring What It Takes to Be a Household Name

Why The Weeknd’s Catalog Is a Safe Billion-Dollar Bet

Using Consumer Data to Match Brands With Music Talent

U.S. Music Streaming Growth Usually Softens in Q3 — Why This Year Was Different

This year, Q3 year-over-year domestic streaming growth has outpaced both Q1 and Q2, providing a welcome late-year boost amid an overall slower 2025….

Udio 2.0 Could Face Consumers Reluctant to Embrace AI Music

How Data Can Unlock Music Catalog Valuations

How can a $120 million price tag be assigned to the catalog of a band that isn’t exactly a household name outside of its rabid fan…

Film & TV

‘Stranger Things’ Viewership Is Huge — But Beware the Decay Curve

Why ‘Percy Jackson’ Won’t Ease Disney+ Engagement Woes

How ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Landman’ Affect the Release Cadence Debate

How Film Franchise Power Shifted in 2025

The Real Value of Taylor Sheridan’s Expensive Hits

Luminate Streaming Watch // A data dive into what could be behind the TV creator’s move from Paramount to NBCUniversal…

Why Hulu Could Be the Answer to Shrinking Disney+ Engagement

As Disney prepares to fully knit Hulu into the Disney+ streaming app, the Mouse House’s leadership has made clear that they’re hoping the move will help…

Intelligence

BMG+Concord Deal Would Underscore the Power of Music Publishing

The Spending Ceiling Stifling U.S. Video Consumers

Gaming Industry Off to a Shaky 2026

How ‘Love Island’ Helped NBCU Reinvent the Lead-in for the Streaming Era

‘Zootopia 2’ Strengthens Sequel-Gap Strategy for Studios

Consumer Survey Finds Increasing Discomfort With Generative AI in Music

Luminate News

Announcing Variety Original Streaming Charts Presented by Luminate

Variety and Luminate have teamed on a data venture designed to bring transparency to viewership levels and rankings for original streaming TV shows and movies….

Entertainment Data Giant Luminate Acquires Quansic, Leader in Global Music Artist Identification Services

Luminate, the entertainment industry’s most essential data partner, announced its acquisition of Quansic, a leader in global music artist identification services….

Luminate Announces New Global Data Partnerships with Deezer, Styngr and Melon

Following the unveiling of its new entertainment data platform from the ground at the Music Biz Conference in Nashville, TN, last month, today, Luminate, the entertainment…

Luminate Unveils New Data Platform

Today, Luminate, the entertainment industry’s most essential data partner, announced its new platform, built to house the company’s global data capabilities across music, film, TV and…

Global Music Audio Streams Cross One Trillion Mark in First Three Months of 2023, a New Record Speed

Luminate, the preeminent entertainment data and insights company that fuels the iconic Billboard Charts, revealed that global music On-Demand Audio streams crossed the one trillion mark…