The 10 biggest tours of the first half of this year, per @billboard. Kevin Hart right next to the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Post Malone, as god intended.

We can all agree the Grammys need more categories.

It hurts my brain to type the year 2031

The final Avatar movie will be released in... 2031?

Heated Sunday night texts makes for very calm Monday morning podcast.

Pretty rough end of the run for Jimmy Butler.

One candidate to replace Pat Sajak? @RyanSeacrest. The host has been talking to the producers of Wheel of Fortune. Some sources say he's the frontrunner. Others say he is just one of many interested.

Our story on the retirement of Pat Sajak, who has hosted one of the most popular TV shows in the US since Ronald Reagan was president.

Scoop: Pat Sajak is stepping down as host of Wheel of Fortune after this next season.

LA Mag says Drake's 20-acre compound is an example of "quiet luxury."

Governments are right to worry about the overwhelming power of US/European media platforms. It is possible that Netflix is going to be the most popular TV network in dozens of countries. But that doesn't mean everyone will only watch US TV/movies.

As Netflix + Spotify spread all over the world, people worried that culture would become homogenous. We'd all watch Stranger Things and listen to The Weeknd. Turns out the opposite has happened.

The most popular TV shows in Mexico, Japan and India are homemade. The most popular songs in the UK, France and Germany are local as well. I wrote about the growing strength of local-language media and what that says about the state of streaming.

My colleagues have discovered Taylor Swift drives traffic.

Netflix posted its best daily subscriber growth in years after announcing it would crack down on password sharing in the US, per @AntennaData

Alcaraz v Djoker, obviously. Weird to not have Rafa here!

Great move for Peacock that it can't show the French Open semis between Alcaraz and Nadal right now.

Hulu might be a worse advertising experience than traditional TV.

@sherman4949 I guess you'll be surprised to read a profile of mine later this year then!

Is there a chilling effect from that Chris Licht profile? Do CEOs just refuse to sit for in-depth profiles now?

SoundCloud has already proposed a new business model for streaming. Fans pay their $$ to the artists they listen to -- aka fan-powered royalties. UMG has not signed off on this approach, and has instead countered with a different model it calls artist-centric royalties.

Universal Music is in talks with SoundCloud to overhaul how streamers pay artists. It's having/had similar conversations with Deezer and Tidal -- aka the small fries. Scoop with @ashleyrcarman

Why is the leftovers in this poll?

Thoughtful piece from @TVMoJoe and @lanebrown on the state of the streaming business. Some of these TV writer quotes aren't going to age well. But they are juicy!