“At this point I have lost my faith in the decision-making at Twitter,” said NPR CEO John Lansing in an article posted on NPR’s website. “I would need some time to understand whether Twitter can be trusted again.” - Deadline
"The exhibition industry is finally looking like its pre-pandemic self again. That's partly attributable to studios releasing new installments of successful franchises, but it is also linked to a shift in attitude among the major media companies when assessing the value of a theatrical release." - Variety
"I know the BBC for example's not thrilled about being labelled state-affiliated media. If we use the same words that the BBC uses to describe itself, that presumably would be OK. … That seems to pass a reasonable test." - BBC
"Facing an existential moment in the 100-year history of the medium, AM broadcasters are banding together, calling on allies in Congress, and enlisting listener support … to slow or stop the removal of AM radio from the dashboard." - Inside Radio
"Opportunities for Latinos and other artists have been reduced," four lawmakers wrote to the DOJ. For instance, "The studio canceled the $90-million movie Batgirl in order to qualify for tax benefits. The film was to feature the first Latina superhero in the DC Comics franchise." - Los Angeles Times
It's all too real: "Philadelphia is the poorest of the country's 10 largest cities, and its school district has long suffered from chronic underfunding. The average Philly school is also more than 70 years old — most don't have central air conditioning and were built using lead and asbestos." - NPR
It just needed a couple of Brooklyn plumbers, a princess, and the Mushroom Kingdom to bring it back to life. (Super Marios Bros. generated numbers, both in the U.S. and abroad, "that one Hollywood trade news site called 'plumb insane.'") - The New York Times
While it remains unclear why the “Chief Twit” suddenly decided to place NPR in the same category as Chinese and Russian government propaganda, Musk reacted with an exclamation point on Tuesday to a “Twitter Files” reporter Michael Shellenberger’s thread criticizing NPR. - The Daily Beast
This idea of “illusory realism” struck me as apt. The A.I. content has the appearance of realism, without actual reality—reality solely as a style. - The New Yorker
In conventional broadcasting, Canadian content quotas serve as a discoverability measure, ensuring that minimum amounts of Canadian programs are broadcast to the public. - The Conversation
The first and most obvious reason is inertia. Journalists spent more than a decade building up their presences on Twitter, and they were never going to abandon the site collectively overnight. - Platformer
A good example of this is Cartoon Network which advertises itself as targeting a core audience of boys and girls aged 6-12, now though most of its viewers are over the age of 18, with 75% of its viewers are now over the age of 18 and 43% over the age of 30, according to Statista. - CordCuttersNews
"NPR said it was disturbed to see the description added to all of the tweets that it sends out, with John Lansing, its president and CEO, calling it 'unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way.' … Asked for comment, Twitter's press office responded with an automated poop emoji." - AP
"The Information Commissioner’s Office said it issued a fine of £12.7 million pounds ($15.9 million) … (and that) TikTok allowed as many as 1.4 million children in the U.K. under 13 to use the app in 2020, despite the platform's own rules prohibiting children that young from setting up accounts." - AP
"The Writers Guild of America has set a strike authorization vote to begin on April 11. While this marks the first step toward a potential writers strike, ... a work stoppage would not actually be able to begin until the current contract expires May 1." - Variety
