Amazon Web Services delivers almost all filmed media in the United States to your screen of choice. How are they leveraging that power?
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Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Not Now, Not Ever, Has Fox News Been Journalism
And it’s a dangerous delusion to misclassify it as such.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Fox News Keeps Getting Foxier
Like right-wing politicians, they’re primarily interested in catering to the most extreme parts of their base.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What Amazon’s Purchase of MGM Is Really About
The company wants to control pricing on everything, and funnel as many transactions to itself as possible. Here’s how the MGM deal does that.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
AT&T Wants Backsies
The telecom giant had a great idea to tie up content and distribution networks under one roof. Turned out it wasn’t so great.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Cicely Tyson: A Shining Titan of Black Excellence
In an exceptional memoir, one of the greatest actresses in American film deconstructs her craft and bears witness to history.
Posted inTAP
The Royal Family, the Electoral College, and Other Dinosaurs
Today on TAP: America too has its archaic traditions
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Altercation: A Times Scoop: Republicans Don’t ‘Advance Working People’s Economic Interests’
Don’t believe it? The Grey Lady has it on good authority.
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Altercation: When the Right Cancels It, It Ain’t Cancel Culture
How’s a bigoted loon to know what’s good and what’s not these days?
Posted inWorking in America
Hollywood Ending: A Rare Win Over Private Equity Giants
Film and television writers fired their agents two years ago. By sticking together, they won practically everything they were demanding.
