"A three-judge panel from the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled on Friday that a law designed to force a TikTok sale or ban is constitutional." - Business Insider
While podcasts’ popularity grows overall, the strongest momentum is with watchable podcasts. The data shows four in ten say they like actively watching a podcast, while another 29% prefer listening to a podcast while the video is minimized or playing in the background — for what one might consider an audio-like experience. - Inside Radio
Two researchers of information ecosystems find that the structures and mechanisms of improv theater and the right-wing media ecosystem are surprisingly similar — which explains why the latter's followers become so devoted. - The Conversation
"One thing voting for awards has taught me is that virtually every outside assumption about how the process works is wrong, (especially) any attempt to extract an overarching meaning from the results. … Fortunately, there’s an easy way to explain the process. … All you have to do is watch Conclave." - Slate (MSN)
Regulators also cited a disabled woman in a wheelchair being “treated in a condescending manner by able-bodied people,” and talking animals being “persecuted in a fantastical society,” as additional reasons for the content warning and PG rating. - The Daily Beast
"The renowned author … said Monday that at age 77, it’s time to say good-bye to three Bangor, Maine, stations that have been bleeding money. King kept the stations afloat for decades, and he said he and his wife, Tabitha, are proud to have kept them going for so long." - AP
"In an industry that’s existentially threatened enough to need every theatrical hit it can get, no one in their right mind would dispute the need to make these films. … And yet ... there’s something a little skewed about this picture." Even when the sequels are better than the originals. - Variety
"SNL has built a reputation as the way New York sees America, but it’s also always been the way America sees New York. … Like all of our institutions, SNL exists partly to be argued over and complained about, mirroring the love-hate relationship the rest of the country has with New York." - New York Magazine (MSN)
But that’s over, and Hollywood hasn’t figured out how to win those “casual moviegoers” back since the early days of the pandemic. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Alarmingly, “these stories seem to be doing an inordinate amount of work to help children feel warm toward the technologies that increasingly dominate our lives.” - The New York Times
“When people post photos from movie theaters they are ostensibly doing it for their online communities, but they are ignoring the communal experience they are having at that very moment.” - The New York Times
“The bigger venues are so desirable that studios and distributors will put holds on them a year in advance, sometimes before they even know what films they’ll have.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo News)
The studio was shooting the Bond action sequences away from the rest of the film, and Cuarón felt weird about that: "I learned the lesson that some films I prefer to watch and not do.” - Variety
“A screwball mélange of satire, slapstick and gonzo body horror, would have been notable enough for starring two Oscar-winning actresses, Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn,” but the visual effects blew everyone away, long before the term CGI even existed. - The New York Times
