The distinction between hard and soft products helps explain the controversy about changes Netflix is making to its streaming service—along with many other changes in the internet-enabled service economy. - The Atlantic
"Scott, who has reviewed more than 2,200 films for the Times over the last 23 years, will shift to The New York Times Book Review, where he will 'write critical essays, notebooks and reviews that grapple with literature, ideas and intellectual life.'" - The Hollywood Reporter
"Baldwin still faces one count of involuntary manslaughter, a fourth-degree felony that carries a sentence of 18 months in prison. But prosecutors have removed what's known as a firearm enhancement, a part of the criminal code that extends prison sentences when firearms are involved in the commission of a crime." - NPR
"By the end of the night," wrote one journalist covering the awards, "when it slowly sank in that every single winner was white, you could practically feel the BAFTA team's heads sink into their hands as they braced for yet another social media storm." They weren't wrong. - BBC
"The news program, which launched in 2008 as an alternative to NPR's Morning Edition, has seen declining carriage and audience, according to leaders at WNYC, which co-produces the program, and distributor PRX. … The show airs on 241 stations, ... (but) carriage has declined by about 13% over the past several years." - Current
AO3 is one of the biggest fan fiction sites today. It’s an open source, multi-fandom archive for transformative fanworks that, as of January 2023, is home to approximately 10.5 million works across over 55,000 fandoms, ranging from big names to the most niche corners of the internet. - Wired
“It’s a bit like, be as sweaty and dirty as when we’re in the field is actually more trustworthy than if we look like we’ve just stepped out of an awards ceremony or a fine dinner party.” - Deadline
One analyst: "Even without Fox, Disney would still be struggling with linear channels and figuring out how to make streaming profitable. ... But they’d be in a much better position, financially." - Los Angeles Times
Enlist your friends, of course. One of the friends: "Like many other adoptees, I used to victimize myself and isolate. I didn’t want to talk to others because they wouldn’t understand. ... With the movie, I felt more legitimate." - The New York Times
Never bet against a war movie. The Netflix "adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel about an idealistic German soldier sent to the trenches scored a record-equalling 14 nominations last month but few anticipated it would capitalise on so many of them." - The Guardian (UK)
Sure, Disney owns the animation rights, but the story and characters came out of copyright on January 1, 2022. And director Rhys Frake-Waterfield "wasted no time jumping on the opportunity to incorporate the characters into his microbudget slasher flick." - Time
In another potential Oscars signal, the small-budget domestic science fiction movie that could racked up another win for writer-directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan. - The Hollywood Reporter
The trials and tribulations of the large streamers seem somewhat petty - and yet the Mouse just announced plans to cut 7,000 jobs. Will some of those jobs come from one of the OG streaming sites? - Vulture
"There was a moment in which it felt like the desires of users and the desires of Big Tech aligned, especially in the pandemic. ... Now, we’re at odds over who is bringing value to whom." - Slate
