LaFontaine Oliver, who is CEO of Baltimore public radio station WYPR and is serving his second term heading NPR's board, takes over the US's largest public radio outlet, including flagship WNYC, classical radio station WQXR, producer WNYC Studios, news site Gothamist, and New Jersey Public Radio. - The New York Times
Two years later, it is clear that rumors of the cop show’s demise were greatly exaggerated. “Cops” is back, now on the Fox Nation streaming service. Eighteen crime-related programs are slated for prime-time slots on the major broadcast networks. - The New York Times
Hindu nationalists, frequently using the hashtag #Urduwood (Urdu being, in effect, the Muslim version of Hindi), are calling for boycotts and harassing Muslim filmmakers (and their Hindu colleagues and defenders) with death threats. - The Guardian
Many of the Regal Cinemas locations were run down, such as the Anaheim 14 in Anaheim, California. Others simply grew too expensive as leases rose as a result of deferred rent payments during the pandemic closures. - Giant Freakin' Robot
One duo says it can be done. "We’re about understanding the evidence and showing how a case can go from what should have been innocence to guilt, based on one eyewitness or a forced confession." - Los Angeles Times
People who subscribe to Dish or Sling suddenly found themselves without Disney's network of channels on October 1. While the companies blame Disney for hardball negotiations, customers on social media are furious with the delivery systems instead. - The Verge
Pageviews, Benjamin. Pageviews. "Newsrooms have jumped onto Marvel releases as reliable sources of traffic because the eyeballs are just always there, and people are hungry for that content." Even Good Housekeeping gets in on the act now. - Nieman Lab
Five years on, little has changed, say women behind the scenes. One woman in editorial says, "Realistically, you may have to be willing to jettison your career to break through these behaviors that have been in place for a very long time." - The Hollywood Reporter
In 1934, Upton Sinclair shocked Californians by winning the Democratic primary for governor. Hollywood couldn't - and wouldn't - have it. - Los Angeles Times
Using deepfake technology, the actor appeared in a phone advert without ever being on set, after his face was digitally transplanted onto another performer. Willis allowed US firm Deepcake, which makes “digital twins”, to use his face. - The Telegraph
More specifically, the Radio Corporation of America (you know it as RCA), whose boss, David Sarnoff, stole some of Philo T. Farnsworth's technology, and then, when Farnsworth declined to sell his business to RCA, harassed the poor guy with lawsuits until he was a broken man. - Salon
"Exhibition giant and Regal owner Cineworld Group, which recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the U.S., predicted on Friday that cinema admissions in 2023 and 2024 would remain below levels recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic." - The Hollywood Reporter
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Russian films have not seen much travel to the west, particularly as those made with state funding have largely been unwelcome at major festivals. Tchaikovsky’s Wife, by Russian dissident Kirill Serebrennikov, however was selected in competition at Cannes. - Deadline
"North Texas Public Broadcasting, the parent company of news/talk KERA Dallas (90.1), is in the process of acquiring the Denton Record-Chronicle. ... Facilitating the transaction is The National Trust for Local News — a nonprofit dedicated to keeping local news in local hands." - Inside Radio
"The market regulator said that for more than two years, Theodore Farnsworth and former Netflix executive Mitchell Lowe, who were CEOs of Helios and Matheson Analytics and MoviePass, respectively, 'intentionally and repeatedly' disseminated materially false or misleading statements about the business." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
