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Television
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Broken Cords
We’re moving toward replacing cable TV with a bundle of streaming networks. Will local and news programming get lost in the transition?
Posted inThe Good Life
Labor & Culture: Beyond Jimmy Hoffa Movies
Positive depictions of unions are hard to find in the culture. Progressives should focus on elevating them.
Posted inPolitics
An Implausible Mr. Buckley
A new PBS documentary whitewashes the conservative founder of National Review.
Posted inPolitics
The In-Flight Magazine for Corporate Jets
The Economist has channeled the concerns of elites for decades. It sees the Biden administration as a threat.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
A Cultural Artifact That Meets the Moment
Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome’ nails how Trumpism functions at the most elemental of levels.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Unmasking the Local TV Station Monopolies
Deregulation has rendered station ownership caps meaningless. But a federal antitrust case and a new FCC majority offer one last chance to unwind broadcast consolidation.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Harbinger in Hollywood
A tattered entertainment industry is hoping to solve its problems with mergers. Will Biden’s aggressive antitrust enforcers force a Plan B?
Posted inWorking in America
What the Writers Won
The Guild’s agreement attempts to restore the elements of the traditional system that made entertainment writing sustainable. It mostly succeeds, with one caveat.
