Category: media

The Canadian government has “drafted guidelines that would allow it to pull financial aid for any film or television show that it deems offensive or not in the public’s best interest – even if government agencies have invested in them.”

“Radio stations have been padding their profits for years by milking tried-and-true hits and doing whatever they can to avoid taking chances on up-and-coming Canadian artists, a new federal report on the industry alleges.”

“Radio stations have been padding their profits for years by milking tried-and-true hits and doing whatever they can to avoid taking chances on up-and-coming Canadian artists, a new federal report on the industry alleges.”

“The firing of a Pittsburgh casting director who called for odd or abnormal-looking people to populate a West Virginia ‘holler’ raises a loaded question in an era of heightened sensitivity on everything from race and ethnicity to disability: How do directors find specific traits for their characters without crossing the line into offensive description?”

“In a global sector that has more than 498 digital-download services operating in more than 40 markets, digital music services with robust business models are expected to survive by being acquired by the major digital music players while the weak ones collapse.”

“This contract is a new beginning for writers in the digital age. It ensures that guild members will be fairly compensated for the content they create for the Internet, and it also covers the reuse on new media platforms of the work they have done in film since 1971 and in TV since 1977.”

The auction, under way and so far garnering just under $20 billion in bids, has been dominated by two telcos that want to lock up spectrum for wireless services, Pryor said. “I’ve got nothing against AT&T or Verizon, but I don’t want a wireless world with only two big guys,” he said. “We need a competitive marketplace.”

CBS was able to manage costs and reduce expenses “in ways that will allow us to operate more efficiently going forward,” Moonves said. CBS cut its overall deals by 50% and slashed the number of scripts it will produce.

“Hollywood was moved this year by films that were sober, full of violence and above all without hope,” said the paper, referring to No Country for Old Men by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen and There Will be Blood by Paul Thomas.”

“If in filling out your Oscar ballot, you made the very reasonable assumption that the winners in Globes drama categories were more likely to capture the Academy’s attention than the comedy/ musicals, and you used all the equivalent categories, you would have been 45% correct on Sunday night.”