"The art-house thriller Kurak Günler ("Burning Days") was the subject of a smear campaign by pro-government media outlets that dubbed it an 'LGBT propaganda film' and riled up social media outrage that accused the director of 'treachery' and 'fraud'." - Hyperallergic
The private equity group which purchased Nielsen last March is reorganizing into three divisions: Nielsen Audience Measurement, Nielsen Analytics and Gracenote. The company, once a near-monopoly, has faced increasing competition from other audience measurement businesses as well as criticism for botched analysis during the pandemic. - Broadcasting and Cable
Part of why I think podcasts recounting historical instances of extremism have been so prolific this year is because they offer a hungry but exhausted news consumer the opportunity to examine extremism from a safe distance and in the rearview. - Vanity Fair
The never-ending supply of new programming that helped define the streaming era — spawning shows at a breakneck pace but also overwhelming viewers with too many choices — appears to finally be slowing. - The New York Times
"While studying for his A-levels (in 2019), Joe Cornick undertook a project close to his heart. He wanted to recreate a retro cinema utilising the village hall where he grew up. ... Today, Slindon Cinema is one of the last cinemas in the world to run only analogue film." - The Guardian
And it's an issue, no matter how much you like the show. "To state the obvious, most of the world’s cattle are elsewhere, and they don’t graze on grass in vast, beautiful fields like the ones owned by Dutton." - Slate
The director "has conceded that perhaps the Oscar-winning 1975 thriller was too effective at conjuring fear of the defamed creatures, admitting he is 'truly regretful' for any influence he has had on the world’s rapidly shrinking shark population." - The Observer (UK)
"Who are American Jews? Do they look like the families in Armageddon Time and The Fabelmans, who celebrate Hanukkah and eat bagels and lox but don’t go to shul regularly? Or are they ultrareligious as in The Chosen?" - The New York Times
As a new crop of music documentaries' directors confirm, "Music is a great portal into larger conversations because music is always a reflection of and a reaction to the environment." - Variety
"(The decision comes) amid $10 million in budget cuts, close to 3% of NPR's annual budget, linked to an anticipated $20 million decline in corporate sponsorship revenue. The latest financial challenge for NPR follows last month's announced hiring freeze, along with cuts to discretionary spending." - Inside Radio
Short for “free, ad-supported television,” FAST is a live, linear and growing area of the streaming universe that has emerged as a complement to on-demand offerings. The multibillion-dollar sector is inhabited by an eclectic range of purveyors, content owners and connected-TV players. - Deadline
"The company said it now expects to incur total pre-tax restructuring charges" — that is, charges related to the merger of Warner Bros. and Discovery — "of $4.1 billion to $5.3 billion. ... The new estimate includes $2.8 billion to $3.5 billion of content impairment and development write-offs." - Variety
Investment firms for years have sought to lock up income streams from assets such as mineral rights and songwriter catalogs, with classic-rockers Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen cashing in for hundreds of millions of dollars. Now YouTube videos are becoming their own asset class. - The Wall Street Journal
"Video games are inherently a visual medium — which is why high-profile crossovers have focused in the main on film and television," and Sebastian Baczkiewicz, who adapted Splinter Cell: Firewall for BBC Radio 4, "admits the adaptation was an extraordinary challenge, but one he was excited about." - BBC
