Here are today’s AJ highlights.
Consolidation fatigue sets in, argues the Wall Street Journal, as another round of studio deal-making feels like an endpoint rather than a beginning. Audiences aren’t rewarding studios with breakout hits, notes Variety, a reminder that attention markets now reward safe bets. Onstage intimacy choreography goes fully public, with the New York Times revealing how consent gets rehearsed as craft. Museums shift from gloss to reckoning — the Times again spotlights an Atlanta institution choosing the messier truth. And awards season finds its early villain, says Vulture, proving taste is is increasingly fragmented.
More of this week’s stories are below.
