"Judge Brian Kennedy ordered the BBC to release more emails - saying the corporation had been 'inconsistent, erroneous and unreliable.'" The emails still haven't been released. - BBC
The game Baldur's Gate 3 had a gonzo night at the Game Awards - it won "Game of the Year, the Dungeons and Dragons epic won Best RPG, Best Community Support, Best Multiplayer, the Players' Voice Award — and one of its actors, Neil Newbon, won Best Performance." - NPR
Popular Santa Monica station KCRW has a $3 million budget shortfall. The station generally "relies on member contributions and corporate sponsorships, including studios looking to promote their movies and television shows." - MSN (Los Angeles Times)
Does France regret not submitting this one for an Oscar? It definitely should. Anatomy (the Palme d'Or winner) just won the European Film Awards, and Justine Triet won the best director award. - Variety
The movie - C'è ancora domani, or There's Always Tomorrow - is the first film directed by comedian Paola Cortellesi, and it's about a surefire winner at the box office: Domestic abuse. - The New York Times
Actress Uhm Jung-hwa says there's a shift from the 1990s, when women characters were focused on finding husbands: "Now we can see many strong female characters boldly embracing life on their own terms." - BBC
There are so many potential bottlenecks for the speed of something we rely on: "Each part of the network (such as switches, routers, modems, etc.) has its own limit on how much data it can handle." Can this change? - The Verge
Streaming giants in the region are increasingly placing their series bets on creators armed with a glittering list of prizes from the international festival circuit, and independent filmmakers and producers are making high-production-value shows with small-to-midrange budgets. The result? A veritable “prestige TV” wave on streamers. - The Hollywood Reporter
According to the Otis College of Art and Design’s study, the first released under the college’s ongoing Otis College Report on the Creative Economy, following the WGA, 24,799 entertainment industry employees in Los Angeles were let go, or more than 1.5 in every 10 workers. - Variety
Nintendo canceled its upcoming video game showcase and postponed several other events because of persistent threats to the company, its workers and players. - AP
"Layoffs affected a number of verticals including the website’s 'Originals' teams, with affected staffers told of their status in a meeting with their manager on Tuesday. The company will also be shutting down its 'In The Know' vertical, which curated news for Generation Z and millennial audiences." - The Daily Beast
"The choice to have the film address, but not explicitly depict, the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the U.S. — which killed tens of thousands of people and left many with lifelong injuries — (had been) hotly debated in the (Japanese) media. - AP
There is concern that the settlement announced by culture secretary Frazer kicks the door open to annual funding deals, potentially leaving the BBC more vulnerable to political agendas. - Deadline
"This constant stream of layoffs and show cancellations — not just at Spotify, but at other prominent shops across the industry — has made the podcasting world a gloomy place. But the narrative around podcasting is complicated: It’s still a growing media sector for listeners and advertisers." - Slate
In roughly two years, there've been Tár, Maestro, Chevalier (a biopic of Black composer Joseph Bologne), the documentary American Symphony, and upcoming Callas biopic Maria. "Hollywood doesn’t usually give this much attention to the world of classical music. … The sudden profusion is striking, and not easily explained." - MSN (San Francisco Chronicle)
