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Disney+ and its Infiltration of the Streaming Monopoly

Broadway musical Hamilton was released on Disney+ at the start of July, which put the streaming service into the limelight as Disney+ took an initial step away from solely original Disney content. With this new rollout, Disney’s overarching aim was to infiltrate the streaming monopoly made up of Netflix and Amazon Prime. Come COVID-19, the pandemic has confined people to their homes and given the streaming industry an unexpected boost - especially for Disney+. Summer Journalism Fellow Joe Strong analyzes the stock value, market capitalization, and competitive advantages of Disney+ alongside one of its biggest competitors: Netflix.

A New Era – Outdated Amateurism and the NCAA (Part 1)

With an increasingly globalised world, the commercial potential of collegiate sport has exponentially grown. However, the NCAA’s “amateurism” business model is being increasingly attacked. Summer Journalism Fellow Joe Strong explains that the more that basketball players choose to forego the NCAA, the more that the quality of NCAA talent and therefore, its appeal to fans, will decrease. Many aspiring professional athletes want to be able to support their families earlier, and alternate pathways to circumvent the NCAA, like the NBA G-League’s “Professional Player Pathway,” are becoming increasingly popular.