Weekly Journal #34
News
Disney+ Gains Foothold in Streaming Battlefield, Nielsen Says (Hollywood Reporter)
The People in Power at Netflix: An Update (The Information)
Netflix Is Testing Out a ‘Shuffle’ Button on TV Devices That Plays Randomly Selected Titles (Variety)
Film
How the Criterion Collection Crops Out African-American Directors (New York Times)
Kenya Barris To Produce Netflix Doc On Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump (Deadline)
Pledging to Tell More Inclusive Stories, MGM Remakes Orion Pictures (New York Times)
Will Americans Return to Theaters for Russell Crowe? (New York Times)
Television
Writers Mutiny at ‘All Rise,’ the Rare CBS Show With a Black Female Lead (New York Times)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Are Amateur Athletic Shows Fair to Women? (Hollywood Reporter)
How Children's Shows Lead the Way in Diversity on TV (Hollywood Reporter)
Lovecraftian horror — and the racism at its core — explained (Vox)
Commentary: The fight for women’s rights is a story for the ages. Why isn’t it bigger on TV? (LA Times)
‘The Mandalorian’: Esposito on What It Means to Play an Imperial Bad Guy Who Isn’t White (Indiewire)
Fred Armisen Space Comedy 'Moonbase 8' Lands at Showtime (Hollywood Reporter)
Digital
Epic and Unity rev their engines for the next era of entertainment (Financial Times)
Sports and gaming are melding into one—and it’s the future (Fast Company)
Good Reads
A 19-Year-Old Who Blackmailed a Girl for Nudes Just Won a Democratic Primary in Kansas (Vice)
How UFO culture took over America (Rolling Stone)
Sanders Supporters Realize Their Party Is Bigger Than They Are (Atlantic)
America’s Most Flamboyant Private Eye and the 8,000-Mile Manhunt (Narratively)
New movies and TV out on Netflix sept 2020 (Vanity Fair)