“DJ AJ 305,” whose real name is Abdias Datis, was taken into custody and his equipment seized by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies on Tuesday while he was allegedly broadcasting on an illegal signal called “Unique FM” (91.7). - Inside Radio
Television animation costs $15,000 to $60,000 per minute if done traditionally. Intelligent Animation, another start-up backed by Banyan Ventures, has developed an A.I.-assisted process that drops the cost to as little as $1,500 per minute. - The New York Times
“Now, after Congress took away $9.4 billion in previously allocated public media funding and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting subsequently announced it will shut down, the future of those stations … and tribal public media across the country is up in the air.” - Nieman Lab
“Stamberg, the first woman to anchor a national evening news program, hosted All Things Considered for 14 years before taking the helm of Weekend Edition Sunday and later serving as a Special Correspondent covering the arts. Along the way, she earned … nearly every major broadcasting award.” - Inside Radio
“They're building production studios that stand toe-to-toe with Hollywood facilities and spending lavishly on higher-quality programming. Some of these stars, from MrBeast to Michelle Khare, also offer their content on more ‘traditional’ platforms. … As a result, the top digital creators are no longer outliers in the entertainment industry.” - TheWrap (MSN)
Mohammad Rasoulof (Oscar-nominated The Seed of the Sacred Fig): “Over the 15 months I have been in exile, … so many bizarre events have taken place in Iran at such an unparalleled speed that my main question is … should I stay here (in Europe), or should I go back to Iran?” - The Hollywood Reporter
Wikipedia has lost a legal challenge to new Online Safety Act rules which it says could threaten the human rights and safety of its volunteer editors. - BBC
“The loss of federal funding has led most public radio and television stations to take a fresh assessment of ... what it might take to survive the new financial reality. For some stations, one option ... is taking stock of which signals to keep and which may be better monetized through a sale.” - Inside Radio
The executive director of Alabama Public Television — which, in addition to a statewide network of PBS-affiliate TV stations, operates a public radio outlet in Huntsville — says that, due to the rescission of federal funding for public TV and radio, APT may give up NPR membership and get programming from PRX instead. - Alabama Reflector
While the law and others like it claim to be narrowly focused on pornographic content and material that promotes suicide, self-harm, eating disorders or abusive and hateful behaviour, the subjective nature of the restrictions has led to mass censorship, with the de facto removal of vast swaths of content from the web. - The Guardian
Hosting their own podcasts and making-of series, networks "try to anticipate what beats from the episode people will be talking about and then ... dive in.” But there’s a lot of marketing mixed into the content sauce. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
On the one hand, there are quite a few data-stealing cheat systems out there. On the other hand, "your laptop’s probably never as safe as when you are playing Fortnite; anti-cheat protection will actually keep you safe from a whole range of malware.” - Wired
A zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes is like a 90 percent for some movie fans - a must-watch. Why? “Truly atrocious movies are preferable to those that are simply forgettable.” - BBC
“Los Angeles is a city of constant change — it reinvents itself, tearing down old buildings and putting up new ones. Hollywood is also in constant flux and turmoil. Maybe Hollywood is processing its own anxieties about change and inflicting upon its hometown.” - Los Angeles Times
