From Ratking to Rubble Kings: how DIY scenes and outside voices shaped pop culture in 2015. 2015 saw creativity’s declaration of independence.  More than 41% of artists we surveyed now say that direct-to-fan distribution — the freedom to share work without a label or a studio — is the single biggest change impacting the arts. It’s bigger…

The award-winning publication becomes the first to use BitTorrent Bundle as its primary digital distribution channel. Read up. Last October, we partnered with The FADER to release a landmark archive: a 100-issue collection spanning the magazine’s 16-year history as the definitive voice of new music and culture. More than 1 million readers downloaded The FADER 100. And today, starting…

When you click a magnet link on a website to get a torrent, it automagically opens a torrent file with a list of files you can download. Ever wonder how uTorrent finds that file in the big mess of the peer to peer internet? You can now see how this works  with a new visualization…

200 creators weigh in on the present and future of creative sustainability. 2015 marked a year of massive change for the creative industry. Music got a universal release date. Theaters are agreeing to 17-day release windows (well, some of them). Apple added a music streaming service. (So did Jay Z.) You can now watch videos…

Searching for truth in web’s black markets, shopping for kicks in the crowded streets of Tokyo, and chasing down summer’s last golden hours. September marks the end of summer: when we fall back into routine, settle into shorter days, and start doing basic things like seasonal lattes. Up against all that, it made sense to…