Weekly Journal #86

Industry News

Female Actors Reach “Historic Highs”, But Women Lag In Behind-The-Scenes Jobs (Deadline)

IATSE Turns up Heat on Hollywood Producers; Talks at ‘Critical Juncture’ (LA Times)

Film

Our Film Critics Discuss the Future of Movies (New York Times)

Max Harwood Is a Hit (and You Don't Even Know It) (MTV)

Television

Netflix’s New Tv Boss on Overall Deals, Shifting Tastes and Ryan Murphy (Hollywood Reporter)

‘Nobody’s Happy’: Broadcast TV Battles the Streaming Blues as Fall Season Begins (Vulture)

CBS Backtracks on 'The Activist' After a Backlash, Including from One of Its Hosts (NPR)

Digital

Apple Must Allow Other Forms of In-app Purchase, Rules Judge in Epic V. Apple (Verge)

Jellysmack Hires MTV Ex-exec; Q&A With Rhett & Link; Discord’s Pre-public Moves (Information)

In Other News

We Can Make It Work (New Yorker)

Nicki Minaj’s Ballgate Drama Is Getting, Um, Nuts (Vice)

Alex Murdaugh Hired a Hitman to Kill Him for Insurance Money (Vice)

You’ve Never Heard Little Simz Like This (Vulture)

Senate Hearing on the FBI's Failures to Investigate Gymnasts' Charges Against Nassar (CNN)

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John Wells