every day of my life I think about the people using “she” to describe this computer program who still need to be convinced to use it for trans women
Forbes@forbes.com · last mo.Tilly Norwood, a controversial AI “actor,” abruptly switched languages during an interview with Piers Morgan, though the company behind the AI creation denied she malfunctioned.
“Those of us in the industry have heard these promises before: A larger company will invest more, create more and strengthen the industry. It does not bear out. Consolidation has not made the jobs better in this industry, it has made them worse.” ~ Tom Fontana & Michele Mulroney #BlockTheMerger
Contributor: Why writers are fighting Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros.
When a major studio buys its competitor, it leads to lower compensation for industry workers and reduced choices and diversity for audiences.
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Bingo NYU’s First sees that as “the weakness of Democrats who say they don’t like concentration and they don’t like concentration in the media and they don’t like companies getting bigger and bigger, and then they fold when the companies have political power.” www.latimes.com/california/n...
Commentary: What’s at stake — legally and politically — in Paramount merger
David Ellison is threatening to pull Paramount out of Hollywood if the state continues its lawsuit against his merger. Is that a real threat?
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www.wga.org/news-events/... The world’s largest streaming company swallowing one of its biggest competitors is what antitrust laws were designed to prevent.
WGA Statement on the Acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by Netflix
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All media mergers end up hurting writers, actors, directors, and everyone else who works in the industry. Executives, assistants, caterers, teamsters, everyone. Fewer companies means fewer jobs, period.
🚨 Join us TODAY at 12 PM at the main Disney Gate at 2201 W Alameda Ave in Burbank to protest ABC and tell them to bring back #JimmyKimmel.🚨 www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Writers Guild Rips ABC’s Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ From Air: “The WGA Stands With Jimmy Kimmel and His Writers”
SAG-AFTRA also released a statement following the news, noting, "The decision to suspend airing 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' is the type of suppression and retaliation that endangers everyone’s freedoms."
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WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!
It’s a terrible bill. It will literally kill people. The most vulnerable among us will suffer as the wealthiest benefit. It’s perverse. I wish there were something I could do. But alas, I am only a U.S. Senator from Alaska whose “no” vote would kill the bill. So I voted yes. You get it.
It is 100% carrying water for the opposition to participate in this collective delusion that Dems for some reason need to answer for every teen who throws a rock rather than hold the Trump admin accountable for intentionally creating chaos and breaking the law to stoke violence. They are in charge.
What a relief to see he is alive. Now bring him home to his family.
Senator Chris Van Hollen@vanhollen.senate.gov · 2y agoI said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.
Can streaming services unbreak the television business if the answer is staring them in the face?
Joe Adalian@tvmojoe.bsky.social · 2y agoWell, tonight’s episode of The Pitt wrecked me. I actually had to say to myself, “Stop, it’s only a TV show.” That’s what spending four months with a character —instead of four days through a binge—does. Long live episodic television.
@aoc.bsky.social and @sanders.senate.gov - come to LA plz!
This. Writers have been telling the companies they broken the business. They need to listen. www.indiewire.com/features/com...
A Television Writer Wonders: Is Writing for TV Over?
TV writer Alex Levy has worked on everything from and "Grace and Frankie" to "The Mick," but wonders (and worries): where does the profession go now?
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Articulate an agenda that is actually for the working class and takes on corporate power and run with that every day forever
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@aoc.bsky.social · 2y agoIf you were in Congress, what would you do for the State of the Union? What do you think Dems should do?
We’ll be writing every day in support of personal liberties. Here’s why workers aren’t persons. by Jeff Bezos
Government efficiency is when every federal agency has to send a daily emergency email to its workers telling them to ignore another daily email from a different department trying to fire them without knowing what their jobs are.