“It was part of our promise with creators. At the time we started creating original programming, our creators felt like they were pretty trapped in this kind of overnight ratings world and weekend box office world defining their success and failures." - Variety
The offer would remove the $1 million cap on membership dues. In an effort to bring a residual system to streaming, the stars also have proposed a formula that would make the lowest names on the call sheet who most need the money the first to be paid. - Deadline
Deputy prime minister Matteo Salvini announced that the annual license fee that supports the country's national broadcaster (as with the BBC) will be cut from €90 to €70. Salvini presented the move as a first step toward defunding RAI, a longtime goal of his far-right Lega party. - Reuters
"Netflix on Wednesday disclosed summertime subscriber gains that surpassed industry analysts’ projections, signaling the video streaming service’s crackdown on password sharing is converting former freeloaders into paying customers." - AP
"That’s the difference between what SAG-AFTRA wants in a new streaming residual formula — $500 million — and what the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers is currently willing to pay — $20 million." - Variety
"While no reason was given, the announcement comes less than a day after a blast at Gaza’s al-Ahli al-Arabi hospital reportedly left hundreds of Palestinians, including many women and children, dead and has become a lightning rod for anger across the region." - The Hollywood Reporter
Rather than keep stockpiles of expensive and obsolete technology in storage, museums have to find clever ways around software updates, from video game emulators to server farms to niche businesses like CTL. But they, too, have a life span as short as, or shorter than, those of light bulbs. - The New York Times
"'That really pushed us to the edge,' says Maggie Quick, a guest attendant. 'It was just the constant understaffing and the emotional exhaustion.'" Union recognition has gone smoothly enough at some indie cinemas; Alamo Drafthouse, however, is another matter. - AP
The film is director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to the Oscar-winning Drive My Car and "is on first glance a simple tale of corporate capitalism despoiling the environment." - The Guardian (UK)
"The artists cut out the middleman by producing their own films and working directly with theatres to release them. It's a savvy move that benefits the artists and the theatrical industry, experts say." - CBC
