Jessica Ryan
@jessicaryan
Piratical pioneer of experiences live on the Internet (circa 2013) // CEO Broadway Unlocked, your friendly theatre on the internet // Indefatigable advocate for arts
Jessica Ryan
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Where were you each at before this came into your lives?BARLOW We were both really depressed. It is hard to break into the music industry, and I was ready to give up. I was applying for record-label receptionist jobs and crying to my parents because they had been helping to support me in Los Angeles and they were like, “You need to get a real job.... See more
Julia Jacobs • TikTok to the Grammys: How a ‘Bridgerton’ Musical Beat Broadway (Published 2022)
What does it mean to apply our power to promote our values? It means that we can have an impact on our shared political and cultural life. It means that we can support and care for each other. It means we can stand up, individually and together, and say “no” against the injustices in the world. It means that we have the ability to initiate the... See more
Shawn Taylor • We the Fans: How Our Powers Can Change the World - Pop Culture Collaborative
Broadway Unlocked and IP Strategy
Gavin puts the current state of FAST in perspective: Crowded. Fragmented. Very good for aggregators. Less good for channel publishers.
And so what you've ended up with, not surprisingly, is a few key players that happen to own the majority of the IP that is kind of a must have in this industry to have a product offering and a handful of distributors that have gotten scale on distribution of great user experiences like a Spotify, Amazon, a YouTube, whoever you might want to think... See more
Colossus • Universal Music Group: The Gatekeepers of Music
2026 Media and Entertainment Industry Outlook: Evolving definitions of quality, cross-platform audience intelligence, and AI efficiency are changing competitive dynamics in the media landscape
deloitte.comFor many viewers, value sits at the intersection of intellectual property (IP), fandom, and audience activation… self-identified fans are more likely to follow their fandoms across different media, and to spend money on related merchandise, services, and events.14 As such, fans are often “net promoters” who organically extend the marketing reach of brands and franchises they care deeply about. In an ever-fragmenting and costly media landscape, fandoms can reduce uncertainty and risk of investments.
Supply: The people that create for all purposes in today’s modern economy, and the creative media assets, which they then distribute to their audiences.Incentives: Market mechanisms that financially and socially incentivize the creation, distribution, and consumption of creativity.Demand: The people that consume creativity and the channels by which... See more
Fast Company • fastcompany.com
If you can set up a system where anyone can publish anything, and dynamically allocate more resources to the ideas that seem most promising, you're much more likely to produce a lot of surprisingly awesome output. This is important for reasons deeper than just "people are bad at predicting success"—I think there's something about surprise that... See more