The successor company to a merger between CBS Radio and Entercom, Audacy manages 235 radio stations in 48 US media markets. A decline in advertising revenue has reportedly left the company unable to service $2 billion in debt. - Inside Radio
"These activations offer titles another way to stand out, literally, amid a crowded mediascape. For series, specifically, they offer a way to retain fans between seasons." - The New York Times
Just a year after the expiration of copyright on another extremely cute character was swiftly followed by Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, the passage into the public domain of the oldest version of Disney's cheerful rodent was marked by the trailer for the upcoming horror flick Mickey's Mouse Trap. - BBC
“When you lose half a year of production, 2024 will be a downturn,” O’Leary says. “We have to be realistic. If any industry lost half a year of production, there would be an impact in the following year. - Variety
After being labeled “state-affiliated media” and then “government-funded media” by Twitter shortly after Musk took over the company, NPR ceased posting on the social media platform where NPR’s main Twitter account had 8.7 million followers, and its politics account had nearly three million. - InsideRadio
"In a world … where moviegoing isn’t what it once was and blockbusters run three hours … a great trailer gets audiences motivated to check out a film on opening weekend. But the very best previews are so much more than that: They hold up as short-form works of art in their own right." - Variety
Streaming was offered as an alternative to the traditional TV business model, which had remained largely unchanged for decades. The streamer could also act as the production company and distributor, eliminating the need to spend months or years arranging financing. - Los Angeles Times
"The rosiest spin you can put on this sudden collapse is that it’s the equivalent of a stock-market correction. … But it’s not clear that the industry has a backup plan. … Barbenheimer’s might was a light in the darkness, … (and) Hollywood loves nothing more than copying success, but what is Barbenheimer’s takeaway?" - Slate
This doesn't mean the outlets will stop operating, as the term "liquidation" would mean in English-speaking countries. The move is one of the few legal means available for the administration of prime minister Donald Tusk's government to start undoing the thorough politicization of the broadcaster under the Law and Justice Party. - BBC
These franchises are spelling their own downfalls. This year has been a prime of example of what happens when a pop-culture movement takes hold of an industry and then overreaches. We’re witnessing Ragnarok. - The New York Times
“Defendants’ unlawful use of The Times’s work to create artificial intelligence products that compete with it threatens The Times’s ability to provide that service.” - Deadline
"Not every adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has been frank about Celie's sexual orientation. And (the) new movie musical version of the story … has reignited a decades-long debate over whether Hollywood and Broadway can ever do its most transformative romance justice." - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
In countryside near Vancouver, on the studio backlots where many of the holiday romances are filmed, a Christmas-skeptical journalist went to the cable channel's first Hallmark Fan Experience, where visitors got to wander sets and enjoy hot cocoa with some of the network's acting stalwarts. - Salon
Netflix’s share of U.S. streaming viewership by 2- to 11-year-olds fell to 21% in September from 25% two years earlier, according to Nielsen. Meanwhile, YouTube’s share jumped to 33% from 29.4% over the same period. - The Wall Street Journal
