A new LP now averages $37, up 24% in five years. Pricier plastic, packed pressing plants, and labels selling the same album in seven colors are why.

Eighty-five percent of Netflix viewers now watch with captions on, and most of them can hear just fine. Mumbled dialogue and a generation raised on TikTok text are why.

After years of being told they were priced out of adulthood, Britain's Gen Z workers are out-earning the millennials who came before them. The catch is who gets left out.