Carlos Costa, in São Paulo: “The movie theater is just me. I project the films, make the popcorn, sell the tickets, everything. For economic reasons, I can’t afford an employee. … But I also think that’s part of the charm.” - Seattle Times (AP)
“At the core of the dispute is who controls the copyrighted images and likenesses of actors and licensed characters — and how much they should be compensated for their use in AI models.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
With federal funding now at zero, as one exec puts it, “Station programmers are looking at their schedule and saying, ‘Where can I save money here?’” - Current
Fourteen of the state’s public radio stations, the ones deemed to serve Alaska Native people, will receive a total of $4.5 million from the federal government’s Bureau of Indian Affairs. Those stations were highly dependent on grants from the now-defunded Corporation for Public Broadcasting in Washington, DC. - Anchorage Daily News
Ross, with his distinctive afro, soothing voice and sunny outlook, empowered millions of viewers to make and appreciate art through his show The Joy of Painting. More than 400 half-hour episodes aired on PBS (and eventually the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) from 1983 to 1994, the year before Ross died of cancer at age 52. - NPR
As affiliates, they’re not happy. And as they lobby the FCC to abolish the cap on how many stations one company can own (currently maxed at a number that all together reaches no more than 39% of TV households in the country), a bulked-up Nexstar and Sinclair are flexing their power and heft. - Variety
“(We) collected TikTok watch histories from 1,100 users. We created a database of roughly 15 million videos served up to them in a six-month period last year. Our analyses showed just how effective TikTok is at getting even its heaviest users to swipe more and watch more on its platform.” - The Washington Post (MSN)
“BBC executives are hoping to ease the burden on the stretched Foreign Office budget (which usually funds the World Service) by classifying some of its spending as national security. That would probably include its efforts to monitor foreign media and to put out information to counter propaganda from other countries.” - The Guardian
“Paramount said Monday that it has bought the news and commentary website The Free Press and installed its founder, Bari Weiss” — a long-controversial opinion writer who has gradually leaned more conservative in recent years — “as the editor-in-chief of CBS News, saying it believes the country longs for news that is balanced and fact-based.” - AP
The contrast could not be clearer. On one side is Day-Lewis, embodying a role that carries the weight of decades of human experience and on the other is a simulation designed to approximate star power without ever touching the messy, unrepeatable humanity that gives cinema its soul. - Los Angeles Times
WCSB, which opened in 1975, had offered an extremely wide range of programs (classical, reggae, jazz, talk, hip-hop, etc.) typical of student-run university stations. Last week CSU (which is keeping the broadcast license) abruptly turned over the frequency to Ideastream Public Media, which is airing its previously online-only Jazz Neo channel. - Inside Radio
There have, of course, been AI actors before. Carrie Fisher was famously resurrected for The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. James Cameron used background “actors” to populate Titanic in 1997, but until now no AI creation has achieved the media cut-through that Tilly has. - The Conversation
This observation could potentially have serious consequences in a society where images of big, engaged crowds at public events like rock concerts, protests and political rallies have major currency. - NPR
“They are going to use our work, use all this information, to perfect every possible inflection and expression. And they are just going to steal all of that?” - Los Angeles Times
