Weekly Journal #28
Industry News
‘Insecure’ EP Prentice Penny Calls Out Hollywood’s Blackface Whitewash & Sliding Scale (Deadline)
New Pandemic Protocols: Racing to figure out how to film before we run out of new shows (Vulture)
In Conversation: Thandie Newton (Vulture)
Colin Kaepernick Inks Overall First-Look Deal With Disney (Deadline)
Film
A Summer Without Superheros (New York Times)
How Zendaya & Sam Levinson Started & Finished A Secret Movie During The Pandemic (Deadline)
Television
What Counts as a Streaming Hit? A Start-Up May Have Answers (New York Times)
Barry Jenkins and Rob McElhenny talk Mythic Quest (Watch Here)
Digital
Amazon Prime Video Introduces 'Watch Party' a Social Co-Viewing Experience (Tech Crunch)
USA is 'looking at' banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says (CNN)
YoutubeTV Price now $64.99/month (Tech Crunch)
Quibi is flailing because no one at Quibi understands what Quibi is (Verge)
Is Anyone Watching Quibi? (Vulture)
Good Reads
There is too much news (Columbia Journalism Review)
The future of food: inside the world's largest urban farm – built on a rooftop (Guardian)
Brit Bennett: 'Last week was truly the wildest week of my life' (Guardian)
Zoom wall takes in soccer match as Danish league resume (AP News)
NBA Approves 29 Social Justice Statements For Player Jerseys (Deadline)
William Mann On Politicizing Face Masks & Repeating Past Mistakes In COVID-19 (Deadline)