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How Public Radio’s Podcasts Are Like The Oakland A’s In “Moneyball”

Ben Brock Johnson, the executive producer of podcasts at Boston's WBUR, says his station "isn’t alone in the discovery that swinging for the fences isn’t always the path to crossing home plate." - Nieman Lab

Argentina’s New President Wants To Privatize All State-Owned Media Outlets

"Javier Milei, a libertarian economist and self-described "anarcho-capitalist," … described the public media outlets he wants to make private as amounting to 'a covert ministry of propaganda.'" - Voice of America

Amazon, Netflix Back Off Controversial Projects In India

When the U.S. streaming giants, Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video, entered India seven years ago, they promised to shake up one of the world’s most important entertainment markets. In the last four years, however, a chill has swept through the streaming industry in India. - Washington Post

Pew Study: Where Americans Get Their News

A large majority of U.S. adults (86%) say they often or sometimes get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet, including 56% who say they do so often. - Pew

Don’t Worry, We’re Not Out Of Clay For Our Claymation, Say Makers of “Wallace & Gromit” And “Chicken Run”

"After reports that the manufacturers of Aardman’s favoured modelling clay had gone out of business, meaning the animators had enough supplies for only one more film, Aardman issued a statement on social media saying: 'We wanted to reassure fans that there is absolutely no need to worry.'" - The Guardian

Meet NPR’s New Top Arts Editor

"Ciera Crawford has been promoted to Chief Arts and Culture Hub Editor at NPR. (She) has been working with the culture desk since 2021 after serving as a Supervising Producer of All Things Considered. She joined the public media networks as a producer in 2019." - Inside Radio

Siskel And Ebert And The Chemistry Of Being Critics

These fundamental conundrums of criticism involve questions about specialism, authority, personality, art, and business. And, with Siskel and Ebert, these dilemmas came into play long before the duo joined forces on television. - The New Yorker

Why Are New TVs So Amazingly Cheap? Your Data!

Whatever you’re watching on your smart TV, algorithms are tracking your habits. This influences the ads you see on your TV, yes, but if you connect your Google or Facebook account to your TV, it will also affect the ads you see while browsing the web on your computer or phone. - The Atlantic

The Wallace And Gromit Claymation Studio Is Running Out Of Clay, Quickly

When the factory that made the very specific sort of clay Aardman Animations uses, the company bought up all the backstock - but now they're nearly out. - Vulture

In This Climate, And With The Strikes, The Marvels Didn’t Ever Stand A Chance

You didn't read this in the headlines last week, but hey, The Marvels was "the biggest debut ever for a Black woman director." - HuffPost

Has Sony Revealed The Secret Of Its Terrible Spider-Man Spinoffs?

We're all in on this now, right? It's all one big meme? - The Guardian (UK)

Ridley Scott Couldn’t Care Less About Being Historically Accurate In Napoleon

But he does care if audiences get "bum ache" from sitting too long, so his imperial movie is a mere 158 minutes. - BBC

Why Scorsese Fell For Joanna Hogg’s Movies

It's not just Tilda Swinton. "The close-ups in one of her films match $100 million of special effects in another. It’s big. It’s spectacle." - Irish Times

Emerald Fennell’s Grand Millennial Movie Master Plan

The director is "an artist whose aesthetic feels as informed by the bubblegum, color-drenched landscapes of Sweet Valley High and She’s All That as by erudite directorial idols such as Catherine Breillat and Peter Greenaway." - The Atlantic

The Coming Realignment Of Hollywood Post-Strike

Radio Atlantic's Hanna Rosin talks with correspondents David Sims and Shirley Li about where the industry is headed. "The term 'river of junk' comes up, but so does the term 'focus more on curation,' which should tell you that your evenings at home are at a critical juncture." - MSN (The Atlantic)

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