"Modern digital storage is still expensive and data and audio/video can be lost when older websites are no longer technologically supported, when links become corrupted, when budgets run out, when new technology renders older storage systems obsolete, and much more." - San Francisco Classical Voice
The high-profile departures come on the same day that BuzzFeed released its fourth-quarter earnings report, which showed a 12% drop in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. - New York Post
In Australia, "measurement provider GfK began rolling out its MediaWatch, a wristwatch that uses audio matching technology to identify what stations participants are listening to, when and for how long." - Inside Radio
Says one official at the IBEW union local, "We've had a contract with WTTW since 1955 and we've never had a problem of this magnitude." The strike was called last week; the union's contract with the parent of WTTW (and classical radio station WFMT) expired last July. - MSN (Chicago Tribune)
On Servant of the People, Volodomyr Zelensky played a teacher who becomes president after a video of him fuming about corruption goes viral. Ashley Fetters Maloy points out three key things the series shows us about Ukraine and why life ended up imitating a sitcom. - MSN (The Washington Post)
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures was not far past its 2021 opening when people began asking how, in a museum devoted to a diverse and varied examination of filmmaking, the people who created the industry were largely, and alarmingly, absent. - Los Angeles Times
Last year’s broadcast saw a 58 percent drop in viewership from 2020, according to Nielsen. But it may be that viewers are tuning out because the shows have gotten worse. - Washington Post
Nielsen ratings were the gold standard for decades, but "the rise of streaming and mobile video has challenged the company, with its clients calling it out for its slow response to streaming." - The Hollywood Reporter
"There is some sniffiness out there towards Coda as best picture material: the feeling that it’s too blatant a crowdpleaser, machine tooled to leave viewers with a warm, squishy feeling. II hits familiar beats. But Coda is a landmark in deaf culture and representation." - The Guardian (UK)
The show was canceled in Britain, where the fan movement started - "a fan group called the Sanditon Sisterhood, which began a mass Twitter campaign." Then the Americans got involved. - The New York Times
That would be 1994, when The Piano and Schindler's List were up against each other for various things, and the directors were neck and neck for months. - The New York Times
The letter reads, "Treating certain categories differently from others has struck a nerve within our community, with the overwhelming majority of our membership feeling unheard, disrespected and abandoned by the very same Academy which so many of us have supported for decades." - Variety
Yes, Mrs. Maisel is ending soon, but there's always reality. "One of Midge Maisel's primary foils on the show — Sophie Lennon, played with over-the-top bravura by the great Jane Lynch —seems to have been inspired by two real-world figures ... Phyllis Diller and Totie Fields." - Salon
