Premier David Eby said the Production Services Tax Credit — which goes to international productions — will increase from 28% to 36%. The domestic credit will also increase from 35% to 36%. - Variety
YouTube’s increasing incursion into the living room highlights just how ubiquitous the platform has become. After all, it is the world’s second-biggest search engine, behind Google. - Fast Company
"The story I saw coming to a grim conclusion in that courtroom was about more than a failed media company. … Carlos Watson may have built Ozy with big dreams and 'diversity' in mind, but as those ideas became corrupted by the superseding desire for capitalistic success, it all came crashing down." - Slate (Yahoo!)
"Being violated and brought close to death is (a) psychological abyss, but living with the belief that actors and producers have exploited your rape for money, and that more than 5 million viewers, including some of your own friends, watch it for entertainment … will bring you dangerously close to becoming the Joker." - Slate (Yahoo!)
Fortnite “customers could ultimately receive $245 million for what the agency called Epic’s use of ‘dark patterns’ to trick millions of players into unwanted purchases. Another $275 million will settle accusations that the studio violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.” - The New York Times
And that’s “noodle boys” - young, white, floppy-haired, and un-pumped. “There is clearly an appetite for male stars who don’t look as if they could crush a car with their bare hands.” - The New York Times
Hot Frosty is far from the end of Christmas programming. "It doesn't matter that the audience has seen some version of that story 1,000 times. They're going to keep watching it, keep enjoying it and we — love it or hate it — are going to keep talking about it.” - CBC
“Tomlin is proudest of the live Broadway production, but grateful that the 1991 film has been restored. ‘You’re never satisfied,’ she said. ‘That’s why I like to work live.’” - Variety
Eight months after cutting 14% of its staff, WBUR is eliminating "Radio Boston," a one-hour weekday show focused on local and regional affairs. Management says no jobs will be lost and "Radio Boston" staff will be moved to increase local coverage on "Morning Edition" and "All Things Considered." - The Boston Globe
Nearly half of teens in the U.S. are online almost constantly, and the platform they’re using the most is YouTube, a new study from the Pew Research Center has found. - TechCrunch
This year, the biggest categories for YouTube were sports and children’s entertainment. Watch time for sports content grew 30% year-over-year, according to the company, which did not give the exact watch times for either 2023 or 2024. - The Wrap
The broadcaster has undergone a series of radical transformations, often referred to using the shorthand TeleMeloni. A monologue in which the writer Antonio Scurati was set to criticize Italy’s “post-fascist” leaders for failing to repudiate their neofascist origins was canceled. - Columbia Journalism Review
The company's new global linear networks division will house its networks of news, sports, scripted and unscripted programming like CNN, TBS, TNT, HGTV and the Food Network. A streaming and studios unit will house WBD's film studios and streaming platform Max. - CNBC (MSN)
