In case anyone was still wondering, yes, Richards-as-executive-producer definitely rigged the choice of Richards as host. Here's a look at the circumstances, expected and unexpected, that led Sony Pictures Entertainment to a PR disaster at its biggest game-show property. - Vulture
Nielsen had long been the undisputed master of counting broadcast media's audience, but its traditional methods have had trouble accurately measuring the number of people streaming programming online. NBCU has had enough and is actively assembling alternatives. - Variety
“There’s so much I really don’t understand, like: how the impeccable idea of ‘Let’s all be kind to people’ has been developed in some cases ad absurdum." - Irish Times
"Authorities are tightening their grip on the screening of films with a series of censorship law amendments that will include empowering the city's No. 2 official to ban previously approved productions if they are deemed threats to national security." - South China Morning Post (Hong Kong)
Ask academic and writer Nancy Wang Yuen: "As minorities, women of color often occupy precarious positions in universities, particularly in leadership. Ji-Yoon describes this when she says to Yaz, 'I don’t feel like I inherited an English Department; I feel like someone handed me a ticking time bomb because they wanted to make sure a woman was holding...
Yes, the show was a traitor its audience, but worse, it ignored its own values. The system that briefly elevated Mike Richards (and still hasn't ended his producer career on the show) "took the thing that makes Jeopardy, for so many people, so important and beloved—its abiding conviction that facts are sacred—and betrayed it." - The Atlantic
"From the outside of Sundance, one is aware of the noise and glitter and glamour and all that stuff at the beginning of each year which goes with the festival. But what I felt to be a kind of quiet soul of the work of the institute is the year-round artist support, and this very intimate expression of the...
“Reasonable rest demands that the employers not treat our members like machines that can just work until they are broken and then be replaced.” - Deadline
When Rick Allen sued NC for (ahem) pirating his footage of the salvage of Blackbeard's ship, the justices unanimously ruled that citizens can't sue states in Federal court. But a different Court decision offers Allen a new angle: the 5th Amendment's Takings Clause. - The Hollywood Reporter
"Over the last several days it has become clear that moving forward as host would be too much of a distraction for our fans and not the right move for the show." - Washington Post
Social-media and streaming apps constantly change aspects of their “user experience,” which includes digital-interface design, to push users toward new features. - The New Yorker
"At stake is the future of how Hollywood stars negotiate their salaries, and how much they can command. … But the way the drama has unfolded … also reflects the bare-knuckles business environment that has emerged as the industry battles the tiring effect of whipsaw revamping." - Variety
"No matter the form or style, (they're) a key part of the viewing ritual. … They serve as the buffer zone between our world and that of the series, guiding us — as Rod Serling said — into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination." - Quartz
