"According to Roku, more active accounts streamed a Roku Original in the first two weeks on the Roku Channel than the number of Quibi accounts did on Quibi over the brief nine months of the app's lifetime. seems credible — but it's not a particularly high bar." - Variety
George Lucas’s original vision famously inspired an era of big-budget blockbuster movies whose creators, just as famously, eventually ran out of new ideas and came to rely on sequels and spin-offs. - The Atlantic
Screen nausea and social media compulsions are no joke, but the current self-loathing about the long year of screen time is misplaced. It was not lost time. - Wired
The movie audience is a singular and enigmatic organism. It can’t really be compared to the audience for live events such as theater, music and opera. - Washington Post
"There has been no contrition, no humility, little recognition of our faults, no inspiring leadership. We do not wish to be associated with a group, ostensibly dedicated to honest journalism and free speech, that relies on consultants and lawyers to speak for them in vague, legalistic terms." - The Hollywood Reporter
Thanks to a $4.7 milion grant from former Google chairman Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, the newsroom will be based at KCUR in Kansas City, Missouri, and will also include as partners St. Louis Public Radio, Iowa Public Radio, and Nebraska Public Media. The other three regional hubs are in California, Texas, and the Gulf States (Louisiana, Mississippi,...
In an initiative called the Vault by CNN, "the WarnerMedia-owned cable news channel … will 'mint' NFTs on the Flow blockchain of memorable moments from CNN's 41-year history. It will then sell them to the public as digital collectibles." Yes, TV coverage of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the inauguration of Donald Trump, or the death of Anna...
"Employees at are terrified that criticizing their station's leadership could result in being singled out for layoffs and reprimands by human resources." Employees express particular concern about editor-in-chief Audrey Cooper, hired away from The San Francisco Chronicle one year ago this month. Says one staffer, "I can't remember a time when newsroom morale has been lower." - The...
"The average number of video streaming services utilized per U.S. user has fallen for the first time, according to technology research firm Omdia. … 'In the past, many have posited an ultimate limit to the number of services a consumer will be able to manage,' Omdia highlighted. 'With U.S. growth stumbling, many will be asking if seven is the...
CRB hiked the current rate 17% from the current $0.18 for every 100 songs streamed on on-subscription advertising-supported webcasts to $0.21. - Inside Radio
"From 2015 to 2019 US-based National Public Radio saw its podcasting revenue grow ten-fold. Things were tougher last year due to the pandemic, though NPR still managed a small amount of growth, but it's now bouncing back big time," with an estimated rise of 30% from last year. - World Association of News Publishers
"As self-evident and uncontroversial as the belief in equal access to information sounds within the noncommercial media sector itself, politically the concept always faced resistance. … Fast forward to 2021, and the origin of public broadcasting looks something like a social movement." - Current
The Warner Bros. musical generated a wane $11.4 million from 3,456 U.S. theaters in its first four days of release, below earlier expectations suggesting the feel-good film would reach $20 million. - Variety
Filmmaker Jim Mickle: "I started asking questions like, 'What if you could make an apocalyptic story where you actually want to go to that world?' What does that look like? And you start asking, 'What happens if humans just disappear for 10 years and nature is suddenly allowed to thrive?' It would probably be one of the most beautiful...
