"Despite protests from station owners, listeners, first-responders and politicians from both major parties, automakers … are removing AM radios from new electric vehicles because electric engines can interfere with the sound of AM stations. And Ford (is) eliminating AM from all of its vehicles, electric or gas-operated." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"NYSE notified the company that it is not in compliance with its continued listing standards" because of its low share price (down 13% to nine cents). "As a result, the exchange suspended trading in the stock and will initiate a proceeding to delist it from the exchange." - Inside Radio
Demonstrations over the past week have underscored just how much writers have soured on the company. In Los Angeles, Netflix’s Sunset Boulevard headquarters have become a focal point for striking writers. - The New York Times
"Jenna Barbee, a fifth-grade Florida teacher, is under investigation by the Florida Department of Education after showing her class the animated Disney movie Strange World, which features an openly gay character." She collected permission slips from parents, one of whom complained to the state Board of Education. - Variety
"After weeks of speculation, Vice Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday. … The company added that a consortium that includes Fortress, Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital has agreed to purchase the group for $225 million, including all assets and taking on all liabilities." - The Hollywood Reporter
The Luddites were not some group of fanatics trying to slow the march of history. They were workers trying to protect their livelihood from new machines that would churn out low-quality stockings using cheaper, less skilled labor. - The Atlantic
"The CGT union has vowed to make its presence felt -- threatening last month that it would cut power during the festival and announcing a 'fixed' protest in front of the famed Carlton Hotel." - Yahoo News (AFP)
The Seattle International Film Festival announced that it had bought the theatre, which has been closed since February of 2020, from the estate of Paul Allen, and will reopen it later in 2023. - Seattle Times
"The rampant and vocal factions of dissent among the WGA ranks that we saw during the last strike are functionally nonexistent. The unity within the Hollywood labor community feels true and water-tight and only growing in strength." (But there's still guilt.) - The Hollywood Reporter
The mashup of clips, interviews, and what the director called "a wild ride" is "genre-defying hybrid that uses Fox’s own film and TV work to creatively illustrate key moments of his life ... and even reveal long-held secrets." - The New York Times
"I can’t see getting round the course again. This was quite a tough one to do. My short-term memory is fading and my eyesight is not what it was, and then there’s all the natural shocks that flesh is heir to. ... It’s a hard job to give up." - The Observer (UK)
One of the writers at the event "Strike Up a Romance" said, "This would be the perfect time to write a romcom, though, of, like, love on the picket line." - NPR
Lindsay Dougherty: "If we all want to get what's ours, we are going to have to fight for it tooth and nail. ... If you throw up a picket line, those f— trucks will stop, I promise you." The trucks have definitely stopped. - Los Angeles Times
It started with Esther Perel's podcast Where Should We Begin?, continued with Showtime's Couples Therapy, YouTube's Blue Therapy, Audible's podcast Sex Therapy, and the BBC3 documentary Tough Talking. "There is something undeniably seductive about being let into an experience usually shrouded in privacy." - The Guardian
