Category: media

A Second Studio — This Time, A Big One — Says It Has Problems With Georgia’s New Anti-Abortion Law

Said Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger, “I don’t see how it’s practical for us to continue to shoot there [if the law takes effect] … I think many people who work for us will not want to work there, and we will have to heed their wishes in that regard.” The statement came a day after Netflix announced it would “rethink our entire investment in Georgia” if the law was not overturned. – Reuters

Police In India Have Been Arresting Young Men For Playing Country’s Most Popular Video Game

Video game culture in general in India is relatively new. So when PUBG (official name PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds) skyrocketed in popularity in the months after its release, a nervous backlash developed among those given to moral panics, with warnings about the game’s violence and addictiveness. But the major cities in the state of Gujarat went farther, actually banning the game — and that ban wasn’t just for show. – BuzzFeed

’13 Reasons Why’ Does Not Lead To More Teen Suicide: Showrunner Refutes Reports On Study

Brian Yorkey: “As the Los Angeles Times recently reported, a new study using Centers for Disease Control data claims to show a correlation between 13 Reasons Why and an increase in teen suicide. However, the research failed to substantiate the author’s own hypothesis. … [In fact,] the show’s positive impact has been observed in numerous independent pieces of research.” – The Hollywood Reporter

Netflix Is First Studio To Speak Publicly (And Unhappily) About Georgia’s New Abortion Law (No Hasty Decisions, Though)

The company’s chief content officer said in a statement, “Given the legislation has not yet been implemented, we’ll continue to film there, while also supporting partners and artists who choose not to. Should it ever come into effect, we’d rethink our entire investment in Georgia.” – Variety

How ‘The View’ Became A Genuinely Important Political Television Show

When Barbara Walters launched the show in 1997, it was seen as mildly scandalous that someone with her journalistic prestige would go to daytime TV; when President Barack Obama appeared on it in 2010, there were sniffs about the “dignity [of] the presidency.” Now ambitious politicians see The View as a must-do. Why? Because “it offers the tantalizing promise of reaching the unconverted.” – The New York Times Magazine

…In Which I Try To Convince Jeff Jarvis The Internet Is Bad For Democracy

So what to make of Jeff’s point that it’s too early to judge the impact of the internet—what he calls a “connection machine”—on democracy? It’s an interesting position. Yes, he’s right to compare the historical significance of the digital revolution to Gutenberg’s 15th-century invention of the printing press. And he’s right to underline that the disruptive impact of this technological revolution lasted several centuries. But that doesn’t mean we can’t make a judgment now in the early stages of the digital revolution. – LitHub

How Did One Of The Best Documentarians Around Get Caught Up In The Theranos Fiasco?

Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, The Fog of War, Standard Operating Procedure, American Dharma) actually directed a few commercials for Theranos several years ago, before the company’s fraud was discovered. Morris now refuses to acknowledge any responsibility for having promoted fraudulent goods and services (as is the case with the AIG ads he directed in the years before the 2008 financial crisis). – Hyperallergic