This is an incredible piece on how there’s still plenty to be done to deal with the entertainment industry’s culture of acceptable mysogony and sexual assault.
Source: Kim Masters: Has #MeToo Gone Too Far? No, It Hasn’t Gone Far Enough | Hollywood Reporter
More legit competition means everyone will have smaller audiences. It’s up to the parent companies to decide if that’s acceptable or if they just can’t work like this, opting to either buy up other players or fold their cards and go home.
Both Netflix and Amazon say they will release more audience viewing numbers for their original films, but without independent auditing these numbers lack context. Plus, those instances where numbers aren’t released will tell a very clear story as well.
Source: Netflix to Release More Audience Numbers for Films – Variety
This despite the promise that internet connectivity would turn every city into a tech hub.
Source: The case for growth centers: How to spread tech innovation across America
One reason companies have little interest in changing the healthcare market is that when people die younger those companies don’t have to pay long-term benefits.
Source: American health care costs keep rising and life expectancy keeps falling – Axios
It’s easier to pay to repair after disasters than to enact policies to mitigate disasters before they happen.
Source: Why Congress Keeps Paying for Your Wrecked Beach House
The reasons are varied but they all come back to not having the financial freedom to move for personal or work-related reasons.
Source: Why Americans have stopped moving geographically, even for work — Quartz
Source: FCC won’t punish Verizon and T-Mobile for exaggerating their coverage maps – The Verge
I blame everyone who published a viral Twitter thread and then encouraged readers to blow up their SoundCloud.
Source: SoundCloud Will No Longer Cap Its Free Users’ Uploads at 15 Tracks – Rolling Stone
All while society minimalizes the cultural contributions of those non-white demographic groups.
Source: Lauren Jackson’s White Negroes: A witty, nuanced take on cultural appropriation – Vox
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