The official response, from chief news executive Edith Chapin: "We're proud to stand behind the exceptional work that our desks and shows do. … (Yet) none of our work is above scrutiny or critique." Colleagues are reportedly furious that Berliner quoted private conversations. - NPR
Maybe you don’t know that YouTube is also the most popular way to hear music and one of the country’s largest cable TV providers. YouTube is the healthiest economy on the internet. And it has been rocket fuel for artificial intelligence. - Washington Post
If the MPA’s plan sounds familiar, it’s because it has tried this before. It helped hatch the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in 2012, which would’ve restricted access to websites containing pirated content. - The Verge
"The film’s themes struck a chord in a country where dissent had been criminalized and fear of arbitrary arrest was pervasive. … Still, the backlash was swift. Putin’s propagandists … denounced (Michael Lockshin) as a traitor to his adopted country. They called for the film’s banning and the director’s prosecution." - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Skyrocketing construction costs and these oddball building characteristics have prompted many property owners to cut theaters’ rent just to keep the spaces occupied. - The Wall Street Journal
“Asking people to stay on one page for the full length of a track in an era of scrolling is really difficult. It’s now not a normal viewing practice. People are used to much shorter clips and devouring things really quickly.” - The Guardian
But no major exhibitors are expected to fold — at least just yet. Studios bosses were expecting shoes to drop by this point in time as circuits do not have the Covid bailout money to account for any losses from the strikes. - Deadline
“NYC-Arts, which has been chronicling arts and culture in the tri-state area since 2008, does not have the funding to continue." Its last broadcast will be May 23. - Current
“As Oklahoma poured more and more funding into its rebate program, major productions came to collect. The incentives helped attract Killers of the Flower Moon, an Oscar nominee for best picture, and the popular television show Reservation Dogs." - The New York Times
There is no “final score” for a series. "The modern fixation on endings is partly a creation of the TV business itself. For most of television history, the planned ending of anything was a rarity. Shows aired until the money guys decided otherwise.” - The New York Times
"When the pandemic hit and office workers stopped tuning in on their commutes, that accelerated a worrisome trend: a downturn in radio listeners, which preceded a decline in advertiser dollars. Now, (GBH and WBUR) are confronting rising costs and the fact that their traditional business models have transformed." - The Boston Globe (MSN)
Four of the eliminated positions are in the business office of the Chicago Sun-Times, which merged with WBEZ in 2022. The remaining ten come from the radio station's now-closed podcast unit and from Vocalo, a subchannel featuring indie jazz, hip-hop and R&B along with programming in Spanish. - Inside Radio
April 3 marks the 100th anniversary of Marlon Brando’s birth — the centenary of one of the most important figures of 20th-century popular culture. But where are his descendants: the brooding, mercurial, ultra-male actors who pull performances out of their guts and refuse to talk about it afterward? - Washington Post
The music created to accompany and enhance the quests, missions, adventures, and world-building that unfolds in games doesn’t stay in the digital realm. “It’s weird to say, but the new American Songbook that kids want to play comes from this game music." - San Francisco Classical Voice
The agreement, which covers basic theatrical motion picture and basic television motion picture contracts, gives musicians streaming residuals for the first time, as well as protections against artificial intelligence, according to AFM. - The Hollywood Reporter
