"In 1999, French investigating judges assigned sole responsibility to the driver," not paparazzi. But on the other hand, why didn't he princess have police protection? - Washington Post
Or something equally weird and compelling - and international, because "60% of Netflix’s global audience has watched Korean content, while 70% of its viewers are outside the U.S." - Time
"Waiting for her movie date to finish his post-film cigarette, Charline Tartar, a librarian, assessed Phoenix’s rendition as too moany. 'It’s too bad Napoleon looks like a loser,' said Tartar, 27." - The New York Times
It's been two years since Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed when the gun Alec Baldwin was using on set contained a live bullet, and Hollywood still can't agree that using replica guns is safer. - The New York Times
Even before COVID-19, "Living rooms and streaming platforms beckoned, offering sweet relief from, not to get too Sartrean about it, the hell of other people" (and their trash, texting, and chatter). - Los Angeles Times
The queue quickly became much more — a kind of running commentary on the state of my life. Much like books, the number of films I wanted to see far outran the number of films I had time to watch. - The Smart Set
Netflix burned more than $55 million on Mr. Rinsch’s show and gave him near-total budgetary and creative latitude but never received a single finished episode. - The New York Times
In North America, pay TV penetration has almost halved from a high of 84 percent in 2009 to 45 percent in 2023, “caused by a combination of high costs and competition from a mature subscription video on demand (SVOD) market.” - The Hollywood Reporter
Ben Brock Johnson, the executive producer of podcasts at Boston's WBUR, says his station "isn’t alone in the discovery that swinging for the fences isn’t always the path to crossing home plate." - Nieman Lab
"Javier Milei, a libertarian economist and self-described "anarcho-capitalist," … described the public media outlets he wants to make private as amounting to 'a covert ministry of propaganda.'" - Voice of America
When the U.S. streaming giants, Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video, entered India seven years ago, they promised to shake up one of the world’s most important entertainment markets. In the last four years, however, a chill has swept through the streaming industry in India. - Washington Post
A large majority of U.S. adults (86%) say they often or sometimes get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet, including 56% who say they do so often. - Pew
"After reports that the manufacturers of Aardman’s favoured modelling clay had gone out of business, meaning the animators had enough supplies for only one more film, Aardman issued a statement on social media saying: 'We wanted to reassure fans that there is absolutely no need to worry.'" - The Guardian
