@adewaard.bsky.social
Associate Professor, University of California, San Diego "Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture" (UC Press, 2024) andrewdewaard.com | ucpress.edu/books/derivative-media | cultcap.org | macrolab.ucsd.edu
I spoke with Barronβs for this article on a not-at-all-alarming development:
www.barrons.com/articles/pri...
Thank you, Peter, for this engaging review. Much obliged. π
08.12.2025 21:49 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0chatted with danny and derek for the @amprestigepod.bsky.social podcast about Netflix and Warner Brothers and the slow decline of Hollywood and Anaconda for some reason?
08.12.2025 21:48 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0grateful for this thoughtful & wide-ranging piece by Rob Arcand on the state of the financialized culture industry & what criticism of it is for, that puts Mood Machine in conversation with Andrew deWaardβs Derivative Media @nplusonemag.com
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
what would it take to reframe debates about streaming and cultural decline in marxist terms? for @nplusonemag.com i tried to think through the current crisis (AI! VC! A24!) and what a newly militant labor movement could mean for the culture industries www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...
14.11.2025 13:53 β π 13 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0thanks to @nplusonemag.com and @robarcand.bsky.social for this excellent essay on my book, as well as Mood Machine by @lizpelly.bsky.social, a book I absolutely love
26.11.2025 18:25 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0"This is the βHungarian modelβ on speed.Viktor OrbΓ‘n, Hungaryβs authoritarian leader, spent a decade asserting increasing control over that nationβs media.
The Trump administration is poised to accomplish the same in less than a year β and at greater scale."
theconversation.com/a-paramount-...
π¬ How do you think art can reveal the absurdities of everyday systems? Thankfully on 'We Disrupt This Broadcast,' we have Julio Torres to share his insights, along with @adewaard.bsky.social to contextualize the cultural cost of art.
Full podcast episode out now! peabodyawards.com/stories/podc...
π‘ Author @adewaard.bsky.social joins We Disrupt This Broadcast to explore why disrupting the financialization of media is essential for empowering creative workers. π₯
π¬ How do you think capitalism shapes the art and media we consume? Share your thoughts: open.spotify.com/episode/4G0b...
π¬ How do you think art can reveal the absurdities of everyday systems? Thankfully on 'We Disrupt This Broadcast,' we have Julio Torres to share his insights, along with @adewaard.bsky.social to contextualize the cultural cost of art.
Full podcast episode out now! peabodyawards.com/stories/podc...
Plus, joining us is @adewaard.bsky.social, author of 'Derivative Media: How Wall Street Devours Culture,' who will dive into the cultural costs and implications of "financialization."
Donβt miss out on this thought-provoking conversation and follow our podcast!
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Get ready for an exciting new podcast episode of #WeDisruptThisBroadcast! Weβre thrilled to welcome the brilliantly creative Julio Torres as our featured guest. π
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Diving back into media industries work this month and Iβm absolutely blown away by @adewaard.bsky.socialβs Derivative Media (2024).
His 2020 piece has been on my mind for years and the book is bigger, better and bolder.
If youβre a media industries, cultural studies or coms reader, check it out!
I recently spoke about Music In Orbit with @corybarker.bsky.social for the New Books Network podcast. We talked about the turn to subscription listening, Liberty Media's growing power in the media industries, and music programming in the streaming era. Listen here
newbooksnetwork.com/music-in-orbit
Betty (skatepark), Shoresy (hockey rink), Baskets (rodeo), Slings & Arrows (theater), Always Sunny (bar), Frank's Place (restaurant), Detroiters (workplace but plenty bar/Detroit/community), Lodge 49, Jackass (do semi-public settingS count?), Letterkenny? Reservation Dogs? Muppet Show?
03.06.2025 17:18 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0this is happening in a few hours!
06.05.2025 22:26 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks to @carlzoilus.bsky.social @eweisbard.bsky.social @alyxvesey.bsky.social & @erazlogo.bsky.social for this great chat with me, @lizpelly.bsky.social & @brianfauteux.bsky.social
-- video now available:
youtu.be/9_Q68lIQ00k?...
Iβm very excited to give a book talk for Derivative Media at San Diego Central Library on May 6 at 6:30pm. Registration encouraged. Refreshments served!
sandiego.librarymarket.com/event/deriva...
Last week, @adewaard.bsky.social visited the Department of Music at the University of Alberta to talk about his new book, Derivative Media, for the Questions About Music colloquium series. The conversation can still be watched here: www.youtube.com/live/gFwh9Nz...
29.03.2025 16:19 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks Dan! π
01.04.2025 16:14 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0extremely excited for this event with @annakornbluh.bsky.social in chicago. maybe some folks from #SCMS will still be in town?
22.03.2025 19:33 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0I had a great chat with Liz and Brian about the music industry, check out the video here. Thanks PMBIP!
21.03.2025 21:21 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The Popular Music Books series returns today (Tues), 5 pm ET, w/ a round on 21st-c music economics: Liz Pelly's streaming crit Mood Machine; Andrew deWaard's finance salvo Derivative Media; & Brian Fauteux's satellite investigation, Music in Orbit. To join: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
18.03.2025 13:12 β π 15 π 3 π¬ 0 π 3Popular Music Books in Process Series / Tues March 18 5pm ET / Liz Pelly, Andrew deWaard, and Brian Fauteux
"Spotify, Satellites, and C-Suites: Three Presentations on the Streaming Music Industries"
To join listerv or contact organizers for zoom link: iaspm-us.wildapricot.org/Popular-Musi...
MUSIC IN ORBIT: SATELLITE RADIO IN THE STREAMING SPACE AGE is *officially* out today with
@ucpress.bsky.social.
Available in a number of formats and you can now get 30% off with the promo code: UCPSAVE30
www.ucpress.edu/books/music-...
honoured to have my book reviewed alongside the excellent "Immediacy" by @annakornbluh.bsky.social in @publicbooks.bsky.social. thank you @ryanboyd.bsky.social
17.02.2025 21:09 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 2 π 0I'm quoted in this (very thorough!) article on Canadian content and streaming platforms, arguing that major streaming companies should absolutely pay into Canadian content development and that the ad campaigns by the Digital Media Association are incredibly misleading.
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