Over the last quarter-century, with the rise of streaming and the offshoring of production, the U.S. share of major-studio spending on TV episodes has fallen from 94% to 64%, according to a report commissioned by seven entertainment industry unions. - Los Angeles Times
“The 46-minute feature film (Till the Bells Ring), featuring spoken parts and synchronised sound throughout, premiered in Edinburgh in October 1926, a year before The Jazz Singer, starring Al Jolson, hit New York’s screens to widespread fanfare and took its place in the history books.” - The Guardian
“It’s been more than a year since the Trump administration dismantled Voice of America, the largest U.S. international broadcaster, saying ‘taxpayers are no longer on the hook for radical propaganda.’ Yet the agency is costing the government millions even as it stopped operations.” - Fortune
Disney lawyers asked a judge in U.S. District Court in Washington to bar the F.C.C. from undertaking an unusual, early review of the broadcast licenses of the eight stations the company owns and operates. - The New York Times
While the lawsuits differ, they all claim the smear campaigns were carried out through anonymous websites, fabricated social media posts or promotion of unflattering articles and posts on the internet. - The New York Times
You paid for the building with your bonds. You paid for the programming with your pledge drives. You paid the $447,529 salary with your donations. What you got: a 2.0 share, phantom metrics, and eleven million in programming money nobody can itemize. - Gregg Lewis
“The New York magazine business is a really unique model in that world,” James said. “They didn’t go down the road of just search engine optimization and serving all that sort of stuff that we’ve seen other magazines do. They’ve really doubled down on the commitment to this thoughtful long-form journalism.” - Vanity Fair
“People used to compare the experience of watching prestige TV shows like The Sopranos to reading a great Victorian novel. By the same token, we can say that watching a microdrama is like being electrocuted onstage at the circus.” But what’s it like for the people making these things? - The New York Times Magazine
The move to dismiss the members came days after a survey conducted by the board showed support for Alabama Public Television continuing its relationship with the Public Broadcasting Service. Last October, two conservative members of the board brought the idea of disaffiliating from PBS. Barnett accused PBS of being “anathema” to President Donald Trump. - Alabama Reflector
“Direct traffic is taking a larger share, internal recirculation is up and private sharing through texts, DMs and apps like WhatsApp has surged. Meanwhile, publishers’ most loyal readers are generating more pageviews than they did two years ago. The catch: Publishers are attracting fewer new readers.” - A Media Operator
"In the coming weeks, NAZA will continue its rollout to theaters across the U.S., and this week it hit No. 1 at the Italian box office, surpassing Avengers: Endgame." - Vulture
"Nithya Raman comes by her Hollywood bona fides honestly. Her husband, after all, is Vali Chandrasekaran, writer on Modern Family, 30 Rock and other TV hits." - The Hollywood Reporter
Prestige movies don't reliably make money on streaming. "It seems like Netflix’s main game plan is to put an increased focus on producing lower-budget series, live events, and sports programming." - The Verge
"Almost every 3D technology cuts something you care about in half, whether it’s resolution ... or the refresh rate and flicker you get with active shutter glasses. But what if you had a full screen for each eye? That’s what video glasses can provide." - The Verge
There's that real energy of the live report of the Chicago Sun-Times, whereas WBEZ has always been a little bit more of an experience. You want to sit down and you want to capture those driveway moments where you really are connecting with people. - Medill Local News Initiative
