“The proportion accessing news via social media and video networks in the United States (54%) is sharply up,” the report’s authors write, “overtaking both TV news (50%) and news websites/apps (48%) for the first time.” - NiemanLab
Stations that once struggled to fill airtime are now turning people away, shortening shows, alternating time slots, and running training programs just to keep up with the demand from aspiring student DJs. - Emily White Noise
What’s next? The union’s new president says AI, of course, but also in regard to Kimmel, "I somehow doubt this is the last instance we’re going to see where censorship and free speech are going to be a topic.” - Los Angeles Times
“The women of HUNTR/X, the fictional pop trio that leads the sleeper hit, provided the kicker to a sketch that poked fun at what it’s like to be on the inside (and outside) of a huge cultural phenomenon.” - The Atlantic
“The idea of priesthood, to devote yourself to others, really, that’s what it’s about. I realized I don’t belong there. … And I tried to stay, but they got my father in there, and they told him, ‘Get him out of here.’ Because I behaved badly.” - Variety
The entertainment industry is in a downward spiral that began when the dual strikes by actors and writers ended in 2023. Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and the heart of L.A.’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread. - The Wall Street Journal
Armando Iannucci described his conversations with U.S. buyers this way: “I got a lot of, ‘Yeah, you wouldn’t get the money for that at the moment, I’m afraid.’ So I said, ‘Why not?’ (They replied,) ‘Well, you know, if you want what comes with it …’” - Deadline
While the agency has generally avoided actively threatening broadcast licenses because of shows’ content, the FCC has certainly been willing to fuss at the networks in response to public complaint — going right back to Mae West playing Eve in the Garden of Eden in a 1937 radio skit. - The Hollywood Reporter
“The agency voted to take public comment … on a rule that limits a company from owning more than two stations in a market, and a restriction on mergers between any two of the four major broadcast networks. Such a review ... is mandated by Congress every four years.” - Deadline
“The deadline for countries to submit movies for the 2026 Oscars' international feature category arrives Wednesday. And, as usual, the submissions — each country gets to select one film — have produced no shortage of grievances and outrage.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
Public media stations reach 99% of the country’s population with free, noncommercial, local news, music and information. Yet their greatest strength — broadcast dominance built over decades — has become their most significant vulnerability. - Poynter
Although the massive wave of federal funding cuts may sometimes seem insurmountable for private donors to offset, cuts to public broadcasting are not so severe that private philanthropy cannot overcome them. - Washington Monthly
It is not on screen for long and perhaps vanishes just before you sense something’s off, but as things stand, “Tilly” doesn’t look obviously less real than many of the performers who appear on screen today. - The Guardian
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in one of its last grants, awarded $57.9 million to a new consortium called Public Media Infrastructure to cover three years of operating the Public Radio Satellite System. NPR says it was awarded the grant first and is asking a judge to halt the grant to PMI. - Inside Radio
