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Netflix Ex-Insiders Explain Those Bare-Bones Blurbs, AKA I Was Right
Turns out the reason the streamer’s once snappy descriptors are now so crappy is because the people who used to write them got fired last summer
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Hey Netflix, What the Heck Happened to Your Blurbs? | Commentary
If this were a descriptor for a Netflix movie, it would tell you absolutely nothing that makes you want to read it. That’s a problem
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Warner CEO David Zaslav Is Having a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Month
WaxWord: The newly minted Hollywood mogul is finding it harder than he thought to balance his charm offensive with the demands of Wall Street
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Chris Licht Is in the Hot Seat – but the Real Challenge Is Defining CNN
WaxWord: The question to be answered is not if the cable news chief can keep his job, but whither CNN?
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How ‘Succession’ Captured the Zeitgeist of Our Mean, Bitter Times | Commentary
Sunday’s final episode of HBO’s darkly satirical series marked the end of an era — at least on TV. The rest of us have to deal with reality for a while longer
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Cannes 2023 and the Shaky Movie Business: Film Finance Beckons but AI Terrifies
WaxWord: “There are fewer opportunities for up-and-coming producers,” Sophie Mas, producing partner of Natalie Portman, says
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Google, Generative Search and the Web’s Uncertain Future | PRO Insight
Digging through a bunch of websites to find information is annoying, but we’re in trouble if the primary sources go away
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Hello, He Lied: CNN Goes After Trump Lovers – and Fox Viewers – With a Fabrication-Filled Town Hall
The news network flirts with disaster by giving the twice-impeached, soon-to-be-indicted ex-president 70 minutes of prime time air to fume and spew
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Ben Smith Talks Digital Media’s Death Dive: ‘You Could Feel That Moment Coming to an End’ | Video
The former New York Times media columnist speaks to WaxWord about his new book, “Traffic,” his new site, Semafor, and “the dumbest decision in the history of digital media” — not selling BuzzFeed to Disney for $600 million
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Sensitivity Readers Take Aim at 007: No, Mr. Bond, They Expect You to Cry | Commentary
Ian Fleming’s classic spy novels have just been rereleased, but some of the late author’s original words have been removed or replaced to protect 21st-century sensibilities
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The Tucker Carlson Text That Got Him Fired From Fox: ‘I Found Myself Rooting for the Mob’
The New York Times published a text full of violence, racism and self-reflections on the host’s own lack of morality
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Ana Cabrera Joins MSNBC to Anchor Morning News Hour After CNN Exit
“Ana Cabrera Reports” premieres April 10
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Why Did Rupert Murdoch Tell the Truth About Election Lies – and What Happens to Fox News Now?
WaxWord: The 92-year-old media mogul wasn’t willing to lie when he was deposed under oath
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Fox News vs. ‘A Face in the Crowd’: How a 1957 Elia Kazan Movie Foretold a News Credibility Crisis
The Dominion lawsuit has revealed what Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingraham really think of their viewers
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Is It Quiet on the Western Front? Oscars, AMPAS and the Rise of a European Bloc
Films from Europe have dominated this year’s Oscar nominations in a way that surprised many longtime observers
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