"The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to pay $43.3 million to resolve a long-running lawsuit brought by a group of female employees who alleged gender pay discrimination at the Burbank entertainment giant." As is frequently the case in such settlements, Disney did not admit fault. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
Mohammed Rasoulof had been imprisoned for his work before, and he knew that his The Seed of the Sacred Fig — which ultimately got a 13-minute ovation and a special jury prize at Cannes — would land him there again. Yet he felt compelled to do it. - The New York Times Magazine
Eric Nuzum said he’s relieved NPR is trying to “correct audience erosion issues that should have been addressed years ago.” But he also concluded that it’s too little too late and that research shows that listeners say NPR is too boring. - Current
The Georgia Congresswoman has been tapped by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy to lead a new House subcommittee working with the pair's not-yet-created Department of Government Efficiency. She said, "We'll be looking at everything from government-funded media programs like NPR that spread nothing but Democrat propaganda." - Salon
“This is a very clear, direct statement by Comcast” that “they are exiting the cable network business. This is them saying ‘We don’t want to be in this business. This is no longer a growth business.’ - CNN
Both movies tell similar stories. And both arrived on the same day, "at a moment when stories of crumbling empires plundered by deceitful despots feel distinctly apropos.” - Slate
“Traditional TV has been declining for decades now, for myriad obvious reasons. But the NBC/SpinCo situation may be representative of an even grimmer media trend: powerful corporations choosing to expedite the devaluation of the cable industry altogether.” - Slate
Or at least movie theatres and cinematic releases. “In spite of some directors’ unhappiness, Apple seems set on being cautious with its theatrical risks from now on.” - The Verge
That’s Glick-ed, Gladiator II plus Wicked. Obviously. But: “Is this now what it takes to fill theaters? Movies, especially ones like Wicked, a mega-spectacle with mega-reviews based on a mega-musical, used to be able to commandeer the culture by themselves.” - The New York Times
Robbins “fears for a Hollywood that has been upended by the rise of streaming services, and is increasingly governed by algorithms that prioritise more of the same over anything sui generis.” - The Guardian (UK)
But it’s not about volume: "Hulu will roll out one special every month. The aim is to turn each one into an event, leaning on the considerable marketing resources of Disney.” - The New York Times
There’s just more time, with the movie in two parts. That means it “zeroes in on the rivals-turned-besties dynamic with a touching naturalism that goes beyond what’s possible in the show” - and that changes the entire dynamic. - Washington Post (MSN)
