While it can seem like a daunting time for students to enter an industry grappling with contraction and AI-driven shifts, many educators who have embraced AI remain optimistic. They choose to focus on the emerging opportunities for the next generation of talent. - Los Angeles Times
At CNN, according to two of these people, buyouts were offered to people who were in vice president roles or levels below and had more than 15 years of service. - Variety
"Warner Bros film has underperformed this year and will weigh on Q4 results. We’ll apply the same playbook we did at Paramount: greenlighting more selectively, prioritizing profitable streaming growth over subscriber count, optimizing linear and driving efficiency through the cost structure.” - Deadline
“Nithya Raman's connections to Hollywood were a key part of the coalition that fueled her upset victory. … Now, they and hundreds of thousands of entertainment workers and business owners that rely on the film-and-TV industry will look to Raman to find a way to stop the decline in employment opportunities.” - TheWrap (MSN)
“A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that Kari Lake and other Trump administration officials unlawfully attempted to fire Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz, upholding a lower court decision that blocked his removal without approval from an independent oversight board.” - TheWrap
The international demand for anime is certainly big enough, and the struggling Japanese economy could really use the extra earnings from abroad. But the country’s corporate culture is not exactly known for nimbleness, and it may not be able to reallocate resources quickly enough to meet demand with supply. - The New York Times
One of the company’s highest priorities is to get its balance sheet in order. The company has more than $80 billion in debt, and Ellison has promised investors that he and his team would eliminate $6 billion in expenses within three years. On Monday, the executives signaled they were looking to exceed that sum. - Los Angeles Times
At a time when filming in Los Angeles has plunged to historic lows, New Jersey has soared, becoming one of the nation’s hottest film destinations and squeezing into the limelight of its bigger neighbor across the Hudson River. - Los Angeles Times
“CBC/Radio-Canada will receive an additional $300 million in federal funding over the next two years, providing the Canadian public broadcaster with additional resources for news coverage, digital programming and Canadian-produced content.” - Inside Radio
The law prohibits social media platforms from offering children things like personalized feeds and autoplay for videos. It also requires the deletion of children’s accounts with those features. - KQED
After a friend-funded release, the actors of Pyre "have met teary-eyed people at multiple screenings - many wanting to touch their feet and hug them, many who said the film reminded them of their own parents and grandparents who are waiting in villages." - BBC
"Wherever possible, materials were sent by sea during the annual short thaw to avoid expensive airfreight. For example, building materials and boxed water — which, Arnaquq-Baril says, was chosen over plastic bottles to leave 'less toxic garbage in the Arctic' — were shipped by sealift." - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
"Shoots are moving away from Hollywood and, increasingly, from the United States altogether. The share of film production budgets spent in the U.S. has fallen from 74% to 42% ." - El País English
She said, as she accepted the Vanguard Award, she felt rage for all of her female collaborators over the years, "rage for me and even more rage for the entire generation of women who deserve to have their potential recognized and elevated." - The Hollywood Reporter
Arts reporters, take note: "The best-performing videos were ones with behind-the-scenes footage from investigations or collaborations. Putting reporters on camera — in the field or at their desks — worked." - Nieman Lab
