"The piloting process has been fun, but it's complex when you're navigating an incredibly interesting moment in our business. Even if CNN wasn't having its own moment, podcasting is going through some growing pains, and I made my leap in the middle of all that." - Vulture
For decades, the little territory's movie industry was vibrant and proud: its martial arts thrillers and historical epics gathered fans throughout the world. and its most famous actors (Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh) became global stars. Now, with Beijing's control tightening, Hong Kong cinema is turning abroad. - MSN (The Washington Post)
"Pakistan has reversed course and lifted a ban on its Oscars entry, Joyland, but the film will receive some cuts by local censors. ... The film features a love story between a married man and a transgender woman, which sparked controversy among some conservatives." - The Hollywood Reporter
While the share of Americans listening to spoken word audio increased across all age groups, it increased the most for those ages 13 to 34, the report found. That age group now dedicates 26% of its listening hours to spoken word audio (instead of music) — up from just 12% in 2014. - NiemanLab
Is this the beginning of the end for BBC radio? The history of the medium provides some answers about the role radio still plays today. - The Conversation
"The New Yorker Radio Hour, the podcast and syndicated public radio series, is spinning out its 'Political Scene' feature into a full-fledged podcast. ... It will be released three times a week and will have its first dedicated host with Senior Editor Tyler Foggatt taking on the role." - Inside Radio
I’ve watched Elon Musk treat Twitter as a comedy club on the one hand, and the universal town square on the other. What he doesn’t seem to realize is that it is neither. - The Atlantic
"(They) crossbred throwback Western with modern antihero drama, grazed on the myth of the West and hormone-injected it with rural-vs.-urban culture war. ... Yellowstone might be the one show that can tell your right-wing uncle that white people stole America and not make him change channels to Hannity." - The New York Times
"The Pakistan government has banned Joyland, the film that will be its Oscars contender, after pressure from hardline Islamic groups who called its depiction of a love affair between a man and a trans woman 'repugnant' and 'highly objectionable'." - The Guardian
As a practical matter, turning out movies that look worse in a theater than they might on a TV screen is a real problem for an industry that desperately needs box office revenue to survive. - Washington Post
The director "was certain that viewers would never mistake her absurdist, autobiographical ... queer coming-of-age film, in which the titular heroine battles gender dysphoria and a toxic romance with a fellow comedian, for an official DC Comics movie." Warner Bros. disagreed. - Los Angeles Times
"The highly anticipated sequel to Disney and Marvel Studios’ 2018 blockbuster Black Panther shattered the domestic opening weekend record for the month of November," despite the pandemic and a generally sluggish box office. - Los Angeles Times
More than a million watched the first episode on launch day - and about 100 TVs (laptops, mobile phones, and tablets weren't counted) went the distance through episode 10. - BBC
