Warner Bros. Discovery lost 1.8 million streaming subscribers from April 1-June 30, the quarter during which it launched new combined streamer Max. - Variety
The logic behind sentences can appear bewildering if not considered in the context of the myriad factors underpinning a judge’s decision. - The Art Newspaper
"So far, this has not been a joyful summer. … The Pinegrove Shuffle is an antithesis to the pink — albeit fun — universe of Barbie. It's about longing in the real world, which, on the day Lee filmed, was cloudy with smoke from the Canadian wildfires." - The New York Times
The line between film critics and influencers has gotten blurrier. From a studio’s perspective, it’s using both groups to promote a film. Critics provide a stamp of journalistic legitimacy on a project, while influencers parlay their personal brand to put a movie on their followers’ radar. - The Wrap
"What I am constantly trying to be aware of is that we are serving a community, and that community includes donors, that community includes civic leaders. Being able to just have conversations, understand what they have seen in the past, what they want to see in the future." - Gothamist
Whether it is the spiralling cost of attending and the inequality that engenders, or the persistent abuse of low-paid labour, or the event’s environmental impact, or the damage it does to its host city, it frequently feels as if the world’s largest arts festival is falling apart at the seams. - The Stage
"Whatever its architectural flourishes, it's a place required to play so many roles at once — concierge and reception, conference on-ramp, family playpen, meeting place, café-bar, deal zone — that it can never stray too far in any one direction. Most public life is commercialized, … but the hotel lobby is free ground." - Slate
The results reveal that the infants tended to gaze longer at artworks which adult participants rated higher for pleasantness. Van Gogh’s Green Corn Stalks had the highest shared preference. - The Guardian
"The unique program connects kids from the most populous U.S. city with teens from states where book bans are roiling communities. … Teen councilmembers say they've learned a surprising lesson from out-of-state students: Books on the required reading list in many New York City schools are being banned elsewhere." - Gothamist
he remaining bidders included KKR, one of the world’s largest private-equity firms, and News Corp, the owner of HarperCollins, a competing publishing house. - The New York Times
"Tapper — who hosts CNN's The Lead with Jake Tapper five days a week, co-hosts State of the Union every Sunday, tweets prolifically, writes nonfiction books, and raises two teenage kids with his wife — researched and wrote a 336-page novel in 24 months. How the hell did he do it?" - Esquire
In Herat, agents of the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (yes, that's what it's called) had a public burning of instruments and speakers seized by authorities, saying that music causes "vanity among the youth and corruption in the society in Afghanistan." - Vice
"The astonishing story of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara Padmapani and her Attendants, … a trio of 9th-century Cham sculptures … which were purchased by the NGA for $US1.5m in 2011 (from now-disgraced dealer Douglas Latchford), reads like the plot of an Indiana Jones movie." - The Guardian
"Tech sector regulator the Cyberspace Administration of China said on Wednesday that people under 18 will not be allowed to access the internet via a mobile device between 10pm and 6am each day … and young people have different amounts of internet access depending on their age." - Variety
"Amid growing concerns about the negative impacts of tourist crowds, the revenue generated from tourism taxes can help to ensure that this important slice of many European economies maintains its social license to operate." - The New York Times
