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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

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The New Private-Equity Billionaires Who Are Taking Over Wall Street Private-market institutions are taking over from old-line legacy banks. The names to watchβ€”and the dangers to watch out for.

I spoke with Barron’s for this article on a not-at-all-alarming development:

www.barrons.com/articles/pri...

02.02.2026 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thank you, Peter, for this engaging review. Much obliged. πŸ™

08.12.2025 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

chatted 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€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Same Stream Twice | Rob Arcand Two recent books, Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine and Andrew deWaard’s Derivative Media, explore the consequences of these technological intermediaries for the music, film, and television industries. While P...

grateful 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 deWaard’s Derivative Media @nplusonemag.com
www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

17.11.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Same Stream Twice | Rob Arcand Two recent books, Liz Pelly’s Mood Machine and Andrew deWaard’s Derivative Media, explore the consequences of these technological intermediaries for the music, film, and television industries. While P...

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€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

thanks 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€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger could give Trump even more influence over US media – shaping the news and culture Americans watch and stream The proposed Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger would concentrate oversight of two prominent newsrooms – CNN and CBS – under one owner with strong ties to Donald Trump.

"This is the β€œHungarian model” on speed.Viktor OrbΓ‘n, Hungary’s authoritarian leader, spent a decade asserting increasing control over that nation’s media.

The Trump administration is poised to accomplish the same in less than a year – and at greater scale."

theconversation.com/a-paramount-...

23.09.2025 02:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’¬ 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...

30.08.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’‘ Author @adewaard.bsky.social joins We Disrupt This Broadcast to explore why disrupting the financialization of media is essential for empowering creative workers. πŸ’₯

πŸ’¬ How do you think capitalism shapes the art and media we consume? Share your thoughts: open.spotify.com/episode/4G0b...

03.09.2025 19:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’¬ 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...

30.08.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We Disrupt This Broadcast - The Peabody Awards Drawing from the interviews conducted during the Peabody Awards ceremony, special events, and other conversations with honorees, β€œStories that Matter: The Peabody Awards Podcast” is a series created a...

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."

Don’t miss out on this thought-provoking conversation and follow our podcast!
➑️ peabodyawards.com/podcast

13.08.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 TOMORROW –– #newepisodealert🚨

Get ready for an exciting new podcast episode of #WeDisruptThisBroadcast! We’re thrilled to welcome the brilliantly creative Julio Torres as our featured guest. πŸ™Œ

#Fantasmas #PeabodyWinner #StoriesThatMatter πŸ‘‡

13.08.2025 20:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Diving back into media industries work this month and I’m absolutely blown away by @adewaard.bsky.social’s Derivative Media (2024).

His 2020 piece has been on my mind for years and the book is bigger, better and bolder.

If you’re a media industries, cultural studies or coms reader, check it out!

07.08.2025 22:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Brian Fauteux, "Music in Orbit: Satellite Radio in the Streaming Space Age" (Univ of California Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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

24.07.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

this is happening in a few hours!

06.05.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks 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?...

28.04.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m 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...

28.04.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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How Wall Street Devours Music | Andrew deWaard YouTube video by Questions About Music at the University of Alberta

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€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Dan! πŸ™

01.04.2025 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

extremely 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€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a great chat with Liz and Brian about the music industry, check out the video here. Thanks PMBIP!

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The 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...

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Popular 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...

14.03.2025 23:40 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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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-...

11.03.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

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€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Major Music Streaming Companies Push Back Against Canadian Content Payments: Inside Canada's 'Streaming Tax' Battle Spotify, Apple, Amazon and others are challenging the CRTC's mandated fee payments to Canadian content funds like FACTOR and the Indigenous Music Office, both in courts and in the court of public opin...

I'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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