After the sale of the Chicago Reader "was nearly derailed over a co-owner’s column opposing COVID-19 vaccine requirements for children," and after a lot of protests and work, the sale to a nonprofit is expected to work. - Seattle Times (AP)
"If the very essence of Blaxploitation films to challenge the world order, the creative marriage between Kung Fu and Blaxploitation offered global imagery of resistance." - Black Film Archive
"As media habits change, the entire system is likely to be overhauled, and the networks are relying more heavily on Nielsen rivals, trying to gain more control over the process — before someone else does." - Variety
If you were watching TV in the late 1990s, the name should strike a very familiar chord. "Kelley, the creator of The Practice, Ally McBeal, Picket Fences, Boston Public, and Chicago Hope, among others, was a star showrunner," to put it mildly. But Ally changed him. - Slate
Its interim CEO wants to bid on it, and there may be one other bidder. "The HFPA’s move comes after more than a year of turmoil for the nearly 80-year-old press organization," including the group refusal of publicists to let their clients go to the (untelevised) Golden Globes. - Variety
That "opens up the potential to order a whole new raft of unscripted series to use the technology, bringing it in to line with the linear networks, which often air live specials for big competition series such as ABC’s American Idol and Dancing with the Stars." - Deadline
To summarize the BeReal user experience: once a day, at a random time, the app sends a push notification to its users, granting them two minutes to snap a two-way photo using their phones’ front- and rear-facing cameras. Only after posting the daily photo can users see what their friends have posted. - The New Yorker
"Ed Henry initially alleged last year that journalists at the two outlets — including NPR media reporter David Folkenflik, CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter and anchor Alisyn Camerota — had 'longstanding grudges against Fox News and/or individuals associated with the company' that guided their reporting on his firing." - The Daily Beast
"Disney is quickly closing in on Netflix's long-established streaming lead. The entertainment giant now has 205 million paid subscribers across all of its services" — that's Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu — "globally, while Netflix has 221 million," showing a net loss of subscribers for the first time in more than 10 years. - Axios
"So far, we have agreements which cover more than 300 national, local and specialist news publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Ireland, with many more discussions ongoing." - Reuters
Attendance and revenue at movie theaters in the EU and UK are up from 2020 and 2021, yes, but they're still well below half of what they were before the pandemic. - The Hollywood Reporter
Setting aside the fact that this may be one of the most depressing sentences that anyone has ever written about art, if “branding” does make up a 50% share of what it takes to become “a world-conquering artist”, it makes sense that NFTs are conquering a very similar space. - The Guardian
