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)