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How The Washington Post Missed The Plot On What Readers Want

I don’t believe in this inevitability. As a reader of many distinctive publications, I want to be led by them. What makes them special is where they choose to take me, and how much I trust them to do that. - The Atlantic

Is Streaming The Key For Cable’s Survival?

The gains validate a bold bet by Charter Chief Executive Chris Winfrey: that cable could survive, if no longer thrive, by embracing the apps that had begun to supplant the traditional TV bundle. - The Wall Street Journal

What Is The Pritzker Prize Going To Do About Tom Pritzker’s Ties To Jeffrey Epstein?

Looks like nothing except defend the jury’s independence — and say that “the announcement of the next laureate, which typically occurs in the first week of March, would be delayed slightly.” - The New York Times

Disney Told The Creator Of A Fairly Anti-Fascist Series Not To Use The Word Fascism While Promoting The Show

“You get out your Fascism for Dummies book for the 15 things you do, and we tried to include as many of them as we could in the most artful way possible.” Then things in real life started to reflect, eerily, many things that happened on Andor. - Hollywood Reporter

At The BAFTAs, A Person In The Audience Yelled The N-Word At Michael B. Jordan And Delroy Lindo

“A spokesperson for the BBC attributed the language outbursts to an attendee with Tourette syndrome,” but the BBC apologized to viewers. Social media outrage is strong. - NBC

Movie Promotions Have Gotten Completely Out Of Control, But Why?

Think color, branding, social media - and publicists. - El País English

Susan Sheehan, Who Won The Pulitzer Prize For One Of Her Books Chronicling Life On The Margins, Has Died At 88

“Sheehan’s prose was cool and restrained, as if to counterbalance the harrowing and chaotic lives of many of her subjects.” - The New York Times

Britain’s National Gallery Deficits Shouldn’t Be Taken Out On The Country’s Public

Or so says The Guardian: “Culture is not a luxury. It is vital to the country’s wellbeing, tourism and international standing.” - The Guardian (UK)

Let’s Talk About A New Play That Deeply Understands A Very American Form Of Theatre: Debate

That is, the kind of “theatre” that one might see on C-SPAN — indeed, that some people did, in 1993 (though the 1993 version didn’t have a yellow chicken suit). - The Atlantic

A Tiny Museum In San Francisco That’s More Like A Giant Time Capsule

The museum “covers the entire history of city parks within a 6-by-10-foot room. … Because the museum capacity is five people and the pent-up demand goes back 130 years, the opening was intentionally kept soft.” - San Francisco Chronicle (MSN)

K-Pop Demon Hunters Dominates The Annies

Does any other animated film have a chance at an award this year? The film “won in every category in which it was nominated,” equalling ten of the twelve awards (Arco and Bad Guys 2 won the categories in which Demon Hunters wasn’t nominated). - The Wrap

The Symphonic Supermarket Aisles Of Sheffield

“I headed to the back of the shop and to a cluster of three freezers. This was it. The sound they were making was an unbelievable symphonic hum. I stood entranced; it was like listening to an orchestra playing underwater.” - The Guardian (UK)

Trump Demands That Netflix Fire A Board Member After Her Warning That Corporations Shouldn’t Bow Down To Trump

Susan Rice, former United Nations Ambassador, said on a podcast this week that “corporations, media companies, law firms and universities that ‘take a knee’ to Trump should not expect Democrats to ‘forgive and forget.’” The current president did not appreciate that. - The Hill

Why Is Nearly Everyone Reading Fantasy These Days?

“The strictly disenchanted world, where nothing exists but physical processes describable without metaphor, and even consciousness is just a material problem waiting to be solved, can be a desiccated place. It keeps heart and mind on inadequate rations.” - The Guardian (UK)

Mexisistentialism Is A New Definition Of An Age-Old Strain Of Mexican Philosophy

Mexistentialism “teaches us that our crises, even if they are framed by the catastrophic, are that only in appearance. … Our crises will not destroy us because these crises are inscribed in history, and it is history that frames who we are.” - Aeon

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