Weekly Journal #60

Industry News

California Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Limit Length Of Exclusive Options For Series Regulars, End Music Industry Exception From Seven-Year Rule (Deadline)

Gender pay lawsuit against Walt Disney is expanded to include pay secrecy claim (LA Times)

Film

Why Anyone Who Claims to Know the Future of Movie Theaters Is Wrong (Indiewire)

7 movies that show Asian American experience in its vastness (Mic)

Television

Beartown on HBO Max Is an Outstanding, Unsparing Work that Transcends Scandinavian Noir (Paste)

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Is More Sturdy Product From the Marvel Machine (Vulture)

The Bachelor Wasn’t Built to Handle Racism (The Cut)

Digital

Zoom Escaper lets you sabotage your own meetings with audio problems (Verge)

TI Reality Check: Time to Talk About AR Audio (The Information)

In Other News

Guys, I Swear I’m Only Transitioning So I Can Cheat At Girls’ Sports (McSweeney)

The Difference Between First-Degree Racism and Third-Degree Racism (Atlantic)

Harry Styles’s Boa Deserves Its Own Grammy (The Cut)

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John Wells