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Amazon’s Freevee Embraces the Judge Judy Universe

In 2021, Judge Judith Sheindlin, the razor-tongued court show star, decamped from the dying medium of daytime broadcast syndication and joined Amazon for a streaming-era experiment.Fewer people were watching traditional […]




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‘Movie Theaters Are the Marketplace of Free Ideas’

What is a misconception people have about the movie theater business that you’ve tried to correct but didn’t succeed?Ticket prices. Even through all the innovations and improvements in the technology, […]




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For Gen Z, Playing an Influencer on TikTok Comes Naturally

Rachel Aaron, a 24-year-old who works in public relations in New York, recently dressed up for a work event at Bloomingdale’s. In the era of “get ready with me” videos […]




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Hollywood Writers Strike Is ‘Going to Be a While’

Over the last week, media companies conveyed an air of business as usual. On Thursday, HBO hosted a red carpet premiere for a documentary, while the Fox broadcast network announced […]




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Google Promised to Defund Climate Lies, but the Ads Keep Coming

In October 2021, Google promised to stop placing ads alongside content that denied the existence and causes of climate change, so that purveyors of the false claims could no longer […]




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Writers, Seeking Pay Change for the Streaming Era, Prepare to Strike

When the most recent Hollywood strike took place — 16 years ago — the internet had not yet transformed the television and movie businesses. Broadcast networks still commanded colossal audiences, […]




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Meme Group on Discord Is Focus of Uproar Over Leaked Pentagon Documents

An online community of a few thousand subscribers that followed a YouTube celebrity named wow_mao had for years occupied a small, very male-centric corner of the internet. It was hosted […]




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HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery to Unveil New Max Streaming Service

Two years ago, the media mogul David Zaslav said he had a plan to compete with the streaming titans Netflix and Disney: Combine the scripted entertainment of HBO Max with […]




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‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’ Brings Family Box Office Roaring Back

Movie theaters have struggled to recover from the pandemic, in part, because the once-reliable family audience has wandered. Last year, family-oriented films — largely animation — represented 17 percent of […]