The foundations and donors who wrote the checks to produce it — including the Ford Foundation, nonprofits funded by Melinda French Gates, Laurene Powell Jobs and 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki, and some public-spirited NBA stars — aren’t expecting a financial return on their investments. They’re hoping for a social impact. - Washington Post
Our analysis of more than 117 million censorship records confirms what students and civil rights advocates have long warned: Web filters are preventing kids from finding critical information about their health, identity, and the subjects they’re studying in class. - Wired
The technology, originally developed for the Abba Voyage show, will allow them to stay on the road in retirement. Gene Simmons said the band could now be "forever young and forever iconic". - BBC
The figure represents around 1,500 of the Sweden-based streamer’s 9,000 staff, as is the result of economic growth slowing “dramatically,” according to Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. - Deadline
When the story becomes a marketable product, the production conditions, processes and relationships behind the storytelling are further obscured. It devalues the passage of negotiations and emotional investment that contribute to the filmmakers’ relationship with documentary subjects. - The Conversation
“The current record leaves little doubt that Montana’s Legislature and attorney general were more interested in targeting China’s ostensible role in TikTok than with protecting Montana consumers,” Judge Molloy wrote in his opinion. - The New York Times
Until recently, the artistic director has been thought of as the singular person whose vision drives the programming and culture of a theatre. That idea has both eroded and expanded over the last 15 years. - American Theatre
Specifically, musical elements like pitch and timbre emerged as crucial predictors for values of Care and Fairness, while sentiments and emotions expressed in lyrics were more effective in predicting traits of Loyalty, Authority, and Purity. - Phys.org
For the Inside Literary Prize, inspired by a similar prize in France, "a jury of inmates in prisons across six states will be able to read and debate books, then vote on the winner." - The New York Times
Sometimes, the scenery really does work - for instance, many people dropped everything and moved to New Zealand after seeing The Lord of the Rings, and one woman decided rural Wales was the place to be after watching the 1984 series Morgan's Boy. - The Guardian (UK)
"It wasn’t until they teamed up in 1976 to take their film criticism to an even wider audience through the medium of television that Siskel and Ebert became household names across the country and around the world." - Chicago Sun-Times
One of the Broadway kids performing in front of an audience of Broadway aficionados said, "I was expecting to have the best show ever and that happened." - The New York Times
