There's a long history of radio serving indigenous Americans, but most of it involves dedicated stations serving individual tribes in rural areas. Here's a look at "Beyond Bows and Arrows", a show on KNON which serves the varied Native American community in Dallas-Fort Worth. - Texas Observer
The company announced it plans to create 10,000 new jobs across the European Union in order to develop what it calls the metaverse. In Facebook's own words, it's a "new phase of interconnected virtual experiences using technologies like virtual and augmented reality." - Mashable
"Similar mergers and acquisitions have become a common way to bolster the struggling print industry, but if radio were to take on a major newspaper, that would be a first." - The Verge
The news comes just weeks after the long-awaited opening of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, a $480-million project that Hudson played a key role in spearheading and that, despite its problem-plagued gestation, has been well received thus far. - Los Angeles Times
"In the case of fundraising programming, there are no awards for style points. Does it pledge? Is it constructed for that purpose? It may be a fun show to watch, but if people don't open their wallets as the key measurement, it's a bomb." - Current
Like most digital technologies, the quality of deepfakes is increasing at an alarming rate, and it is clear that even the most complex deepfake tools will be as easy to use as Instagram filters in the very near future. - Shelly Palmer
"The companies — Walt Disney Co., Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Sony Pictures Entertainment, NBCUniversal, ViacomCBS and WarnerMedia — were forced to abandon their take-it-or-leave-it approach to the talks, which had been dragging on for five months." - Los Angeles Times
"The 12-day journey, backed by Russia’s space agency Roscosmos, was the latest act in a race among spacefaring countries to generate public excitement about human spaceflight." - The New York Times
Well, things have changed: The Ted Lasso freakout has faded, while Squid Game's popularity has spurred producers to search for more "international drama." - Variety
Fans of K-drama probably know much of this already, but "peppered throughout the series are blink-and-you'll-miss-them references to historical events and political jargon." - NPR
Nearly two-thirds of NPR stations are affiliated with colleges or universities, and "with higher education at the crossroads of the culture wars, public media is vulnerable to growing political interference over its operations." - Nieman Lab
People can derive pleasure from recreational horror, whether in a haunted attraction or in front of the screen. For some, it is about maximum stimulation; those people are the adrenaline junkies. But for others, it is about keeping fear at a tolerable level. Aeon
The new Disney Plus documentary on Dr Anthony Fauci, which explores the personal side of the controversial figure, has a certified 91 percent approval rating from critics and a mere 2 percent from audiences. - The Spectator
Some observers have been criticizing the English titles for Squid Game in particular, with one Korean-American even saying "If you don't understand Korean, you didn't really watch the same show." The format's constraints make it a tricky business — and one hugely affected by Netflix. - The Guardian
