The international demand for anime is certainly big enough, and the struggling Japanese economy could really use the extra earnings from abroad. But the country’s corporate culture is not exactly known for nimbleness, and it may not be able to reallocate resources quickly enough to meet demand with supply. - The New York Times
One of the company’s highest priorities is to get its balance sheet in order. The company has more than $80 billion in debt, and Ellison has promised investors that he and his team would eliminate $6 billion in expenses within three years. On Monday, the executives signaled they were looking to exceed that sum. - Los Angeles Times
At a time when filming in Los Angeles has plunged to historic lows, New Jersey has soared, becoming one of the nation’s hottest film destinations and squeezing into the limelight of its bigger neighbor across the Hudson River. - Los Angeles Times
“CBC/Radio-Canada will receive an additional $300 million in federal funding over the next two years, providing the Canadian public broadcaster with additional resources for news coverage, digital programming and Canadian-produced content.” - Inside Radio
The law prohibits social media platforms from offering children things like personalized feeds and autoplay for videos. It also requires the deletion of children’s accounts with those features. - KQED
After a friend-funded release, the actors of Pyre "have met teary-eyed people at multiple screenings - many wanting to touch their feet and hug them, many who said the film reminded them of their own parents and grandparents who are waiting in villages." - BBC
"Wherever possible, materials were sent by sea during the annual short thaw to avoid expensive airfreight. For example, building materials and boxed water — which, Arnaquq-Baril says, was chosen over plastic bottles to leave 'less toxic garbage in the Arctic' — were shipped by sealift." - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
"Shoots are moving away from Hollywood and, increasingly, from the United States altogether. The share of film production budgets spent in the U.S. has fallen from 74% to 42% ." - El País English
She said, as she accepted the Vanguard Award, she felt rage for all of her female collaborators over the years, "rage for me and even more rage for the entire generation of women who deserve to have their potential recognized and elevated." - The Hollywood Reporter
Arts reporters, take note: "The best-performing videos were ones with behind-the-scenes footage from investigations or collaborations. Putting reporters on camera — in the field or at their desks — worked." - Nieman Lab
Éyum Priscilla: The comedy "is a story about embracing every part of who you are and finding the confidence to claim your place in the country you’ve always called home." - Irish Times
“Some of us can see a lot of doom and gloom,” said Miranda Banks, a professor of film, television and media studies. “But this generation has their eye on the power of human creativity in a way that I’m not sure any of us in other generations have been so attuned to.” - Los Angeles Times
In an unsigned announcement posted on its website, Salon said that the “business realities of independent digital journalism” had changed profoundly and that “our publishing model is no longer sustainable.” - The New York Times
“An agreement has not yet been reached and could still fall apart, but the companies have entered into exclusive negotiations. … The Times would acquire the controlling stake in Letterboxd from Tiny, a Canadian-based company which originally picked up a 60% stake in 2023 when the website was valued at just $50 million.” - IndieWire
“The networks were following the same returns, and by the end of the evening, the same political story was taking shape. What differed was how they told it — and how quickly they moved from counting votes to explaining what went wrong for Republicans and what comes next for Democrats.” - TheWrap (Yahoo!)
