Weekly Journal #161
Industry News
AI-“Assisted” Works Are Now Open to Copyright Protection, Raising Questions for Hollywood (The Hollywood Reporter)
2023 Media & Tech Trend Tracker (Variety VIP+)
Netflix Priced Itself Out of the Nancy Meyers Business (Puck News)
U.K. to Remodel and Raise Production Incentives (The Hollywood Reporter)
Film
Can Movie Theaters Survive? It’s the Most Enduring Question In Hollywood (The Hollywood Reporter)
Why Iger Needs a New Approach to Marvel Output (Variety VIP+)
The Oscars’ Best Picture Might Seem Radical. But It’s as Traditional as They Come (The Los Angeles Times)
Peter Bart: A24 Covets Oscar Haul, But Its Leaders Are More Skittish Than Ever About Spotlight (Deadline)
William Shatner Is Trying to Change the Movie-Crowdfunding Game (Indiewire)
Television
Free Streaming Metrics Need to Change (Variety VIP+)
The Urgent Need for Ratings Transparency (The Ankler)
How Raising TV's Flat-Rate Residuals Could Backfire (The Ankler)
Oscar Viewership Up 13% To 18.8 Million (Deadline)
Let Me Hear Your Body Talk: The Unusual Process of Dubbing ‘Physical 100’ (Indiewire)
In Other News
A Mossad Agent’s Treasure Trove of Photos (The New York Times)
Meet Radio Man: Autograph King, Friend of George Clooney, ‘Bum’ (The New York Times)
What Conversation Can Do for Us (The New Yorker)