By preparing a play for the company before Warner’s planned split, Paramount Skydance is attempting to pre-empt a potential bidding war for the studio and streaming unit that could include deep-pocketed technology companies such as Amazon.com and Apple. - The Wall Street Journal
The Miami-Dade County School Board, owner of the broadcast license for WLRN, argues that South Florida Public Media Group, which manages the station, violated its contract when it moved to acquire a new radio station in West Palm Beach which it plans to convert into a public radio outlet. - Miami Herald (MSN)
“Retreat is billed as ‘the world’s first deaf thriller.’ It is written and directed by Ted Evans, also deaf, and features an all-deaf cast, set atop the rolling hills of the English countryside in a quaint stately home.” - The Hollywood Reporter
The footage was taken on the day of the disaster by over 100 people who then responded to an ad in The Village Voice. The documentary filmmakers who assembled the collection have now donated it to the New York Public Library. - The New York Times
A key aspect of what’s being negotiated across culture industries is how the public, fans, media commentators and creative professionals understand responsible AI creation and how this intersects with legal issues around ownership, fairness issues around compensation and philosophical issues related to creativity and authenticity. - The Conversation
A crucial development often left out of this conversation is how “journalism” itself has changed. Increasingly, local news is citizen-driven, curated, and disseminated through digital platforms. Many television and radio affiliates now turn not to wire services or national newspapers for story leads, but to the very audiences that they serve. - InsideRadio
“You could imagine a world where a movie would come out on a Friday, with alongside it, day-and-date,” the CEO said. By Sunday of opening weekend, he imagined, “there are millions of new scenes” and even full fan-generated features online. - Deadline
Over the past few months, I’ve discovered more than 15.8 million videos from more than 2 million channels that tech companies have, without permission, downloaded to train AI products. Nearly 1 million of them, by my count, are how-to videos. - The Atlantic
Traditionally, the ombudsman at a news organization looks into complaints from the public. Yet Kenneth Weinstein will have no public-facing role. Formerly president of conservative think thank the Hudson Institute, Weinstein is to investigate claims of bias and report his findings directly to the president of parent company Paramount. - AP
“WLRH Huntsville, AL (89.3) will stop airing NPR programming effective Oct. 1, shifting resources to expand its lineup of locally produced news and community programming. The move ends carriage of Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and other NPR shows, which currently make up about a third of the station’s weekly schedule.” - Inside Radio
Researchers found that it has been operating a sophisticated system that allows users to monitor online information, block certain websites and VPN tools, and spy on specific individuals. - Wired
Sometimes it’s nearly perfect, as with Scorsese’s adaptation of Edith Wharton’s The Age of Innocence. Sometimes, it’s a full-on career revival, or reversal (Liam Neeson turning into Leslie Nielsen, perhaps?). - NPR
Sirât director Oliver Laxe: “One of the first ideas that I had for this film was a sentence from Nietzsche: … 'I won’t believe in a God who doesn’t dance.’” - Los Angeles Times
Honestly: “Every jury decision is a copout. All juries are horse-trading and compromising and collectively accepting second-choice movies that no one objects to from film-makers whose prestige they all endorse.” - The Guardian (UK)
