A gig in five years: An immersive dream or virtual insanity? August 23, 2023 The pandemic is over and live music is back. But as the music industry cheers the return of gigs, a number of tech companies are hoping to radically change the way we consume live events in the future.
How Spotify’s $1bn bet on podcasts failed to make any money August 9, 2023 In 2018, Spotify chief executive Daniel Ek announced the company would invest $500m in growing a podcast business. But that spend ballooned to more than $1bn over the next four years as the company licensed shows, bought numerous production studios and signed exclusive podcast deals with the likes of the Obamas and the Sussexes. Ek [...]
Formula E, going green, and that £4bn Tata Group battery factory August 4, 2023 The Formula E season may be over but the technology never sleeps. And when technology can be transferred from a race track and into our homes – whether that be electric generation software or broadcasting structures – it can be revolutionary. When tech folk talk of what’s called “Race to Road” they refer to motorsporting [...]
Ranking Barbie movie merch from awful to making our skin crawl August 3, 2023 We’ve ranked Barbie movie merch so you don’t have to… I’m a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world, life in plastic, it’s full of Barbie Ketchup, Barbie Crocs, Barbie Airbnbs, Barbie burgers and Barbie pasta. Is it fantastic? At City A.M., we’ve ranked the most ridiculous Barbie movie merch we could find to let you [...]