Sony announced at the beginning of July 2026 that they are going to end physical media production in January 2028. After weeks of online outrage and silence from Sony, the CFO, Lin Tao, has said, “We’re going to cautiously move this forward,’ during a Q&A section on 31st July 2026. As someone who sings the […]
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Pop Culture Maniacs Podcast Episode #14: Physical and Digital Media
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the current state of physical and digital media.
A Case for Physical Media
Since the rise of Netflix and streaming the future of home entertainment was going to be through the internet. For a time, from 2013 to 2018, it seemed possible due to dominates of Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu. But I personally believe the predicted death of physical media has been grossly exaggerated. The claims that physical […]

