Even if a director wanted to edit their movie to please ratings royalty, the MPAA’s murky machinations could make it hard for her to determine what to carve out. The aversion to the rating is so strong that a search for films that kept their NC-17 rating and played in theaters yields just 40 titles. - The Daily Beast
A journalist, a radio DJ, and actual YouTubers were brought in as editors to sift through content, finding gems that viewers might love. Officially, these team members were called “community managers.” But a colleague devised a more resonant title for the team: the coolhunters. - The Atlantic
"Two more awards shows went gender neutral last week, fueling further speculation about the day when major awards shows — think Oscars, Emmys and (yes) Golden Globes — might follow suit and drop the distinction between 'actor' and 'actress' in their respective competitions." - Variety
While podcast consumption is holding steady overall among public radio fans, Jacobs Media's just-released Public Radio Techsurvey 2022 shows some warning signs for public media that their audience may be “cooling” on podcasts. - Inside Radio
This isn’t to say that white creators ought not create Black characters at all, but that there is something particularly gut-wrenching about the artificial fabrication of Black entertainers. - The Guardian
After starting out in New York theater, Michael Schultz directed the classic PBS documentary To Be Young, Gifted and Black and made over a dozen films in the '70s and '80s, including Cooley High and Krush Groove. Now 83, he's worked steadily in television ever since. - The New York Times
Since the domestic Ukrainian market is in, er, a difficult spot just now, there's a raft of initiatives to aid Ukrainian creators with grants for script development, education on post-production techniques and marketing, and buying or co-producing Ukrainian content for the likes of the BBC and Netflix. - The Hollywood Reporter
Aiming to bring younger and more ethnically diverse listeners to public radio, the urban alternative format has spread to cities from Denver to Milwaukee, thanks to financial support from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. - Inside Radio
"'It's hard to tell how healthy the art house market is right now because, since theaters reopened, we haven't had many of those real prestige, art house titles available,' (says one executive). Which makes Venice all the more important as a bellwether for the indie business." - The Hollywood Reporter
Pablo Valdivia "will collaborate across Newsroom and Programming to identify, develop and distribute content that will appeal to Latinx audiences,” says Emily Barocas, Deputy Director of Digital Platforms & Curation in a note to NPR staff. - InsideRadio
José Padilha, director of the Netflix series, alleges that producer Eric Newman "is concealing revenue — including money from audits of and bonuses from Gaumont Television. Under their profit sharing agreement, they agreed to an equal split of all revenue." - The Hollywood Reporter
Two months since the announcement of a “strategic partnership”—in which Imagine will “create scripted and non-scripted film and television properties derived from The Post’s vast archives, current reporting, and ongoing investigations,” and CAA will broker the deals—the arrangement is already bearing fruit, with four projects “actively in development." - Vanity Fair
"A (pair) of locals confronted a driver for the production on Friday and said they would only 'allow' filming to continue if they were paid $50,000. ... The driver refused to pay and the group threatened to 'come back later this evening (and) shoot someone' if production continued." - The Hollywood Reporter
The schedule for this season is set, but, starting in fall 2023, the network would eliminate its 10-11 pm slate of shows and turn that hour back over to local affiliate stations, as Fox and The CW have done for years. Here's a look at why it's being considered. - IndieWire
David Zaslav’s plan is to focus on making as much money as cheaply as possible. When he joined Discovery in 2006, it was a small collection of education-oriented cable channels. Zaslav turned it into the reality TV monster we know today. - The Verge
