Just like Hollywood, we successfully launched something new, so we're making a sequel! Very excited for #HollywoodConference2027. Let us know if you have questions!

J.D. Connor@jdconnor.bsky.social · 2d ago

And we're live with the CFP for next year's Hollywood Conference. lmk if you have questions; hope to see you at USC! www.thehollywoodconference.com

And we're live with the CFP for next year's Hollywood Conference. lmk if you have questions; hope to see you at USC! www.thehollywoodconference.com

We just won a court order stopping the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. while our lawsuit continues.     We’re going to keep fighting to keep costs down for consumers, protect jobs, and stop this illegal merger.

UCSD’s MACRO Lab brought together 23 scholars in North America to write about the broad quantitative and qualitative implications of the Paramount-Warner Bros merger and why this would be bad for media, culture and our lives. macrolab.ucsd.edu/paramount-wa...

At MACRO Lab, we have an extensive new report: "The Costs of Consolidation: Arguments and Evidence for Blocking the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger." We argue that the combined company will struggle to serve consumers or act in the public interest: macrolab.ucsd.edu/paramount-warner-merger

🚨 A MUST READ. “The Costs of Consolidation: Arguments + Evidence for Blocking the Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger,” comprehensive report authored by leading media industry scholars for UC-San Diego’s MACRO Lab. Accessible language, loads of data on multi biz sectors 🚨 quote.ucsd.edu/macrolab/par...

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What the proposed merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. means for Atlanta

Proposed merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. could harm Georgia's media industry, by creating a monopoly, limiting worker protections and anti-consumer behaviors.

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And finally, this News Brief, "'Peak TV,' Streamer Studio Accounting Gimmicks, and the Precarity of Hollywood Labor," in which we interview authors Miranda Banks and @kfortmueller.bsky.social about the state of Hollywood labor in the streaming era. soundcloud.com/citationsnee...

News Brief: "Peak TV," Streamer Studio Accounting Gimmicks, and the Precarity of Hollywood Labor

In this News Brief, we talk with Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, authors of the new book Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers, about rising inequality and precarity in Hollywood, st

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.@soundmusicscms.bsky.social is currently soliciting nominations for the annual Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award, which "recognizes outstanding scholarship in the field of sound and music media" by graduate students. Essays due August 3rd. More info here docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award (2026)

The Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award (2026) The Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award recognizes outstanding scholarship in the field of sound and music media. The award has be...

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Today @variety.com published an insightful interview with BOOM TO BUST authors Kate Fortmueller & Miranda Banks. They discuss the strikes in Hollywood, the effects of technology on the industry, and much more! variety.com/2026/film/ne...

‘Boom to Bust’: Book Explores the Unfulfilled Promises of Peak TV and the Legacy of the Hollywood Strikes

A new book, 'Boom to Bust,' reexamines the 2023 writers and actors' strikes and puts them into a cultural and political context.

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@mirandabanks.bsky.social and I had a great conversation with @ninametz.bsky.social about our new book and the state of Hollywood work.

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‘Boom to Bust’ says that today’s Hollywood studio bosses aren’t looking to enchant audiences. They want to enchant investors.

In this News Brief, we talk with Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, authors of the new book Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers, about precarity in Hollywood, studio consolidation, and how the dream of fame, 100 years on, is still used to concentrate power and drive down wages

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In this News Brief, we talk with Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller, authors of the new book Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers, about rising inequality and precarity in Hollywood, st

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In continued book promotion… @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I spoke about the state of Hollywood on @citationspod.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Podcast Episode · Citations Needed · May 6 · 48m

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Last week @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I sat down to talk about our new book with Gene Maddaus from @variety.com Read about our book and thoughts about the legacy of the strikes. variety.com/2026/film/ne...

‘Boom to Bust’: Book Explores the Unfulfilled Promises of Peak TV and the Legacy of the Hollywood Strikes

A new book, 'Boom to Bust,' reexamines the 2023 writers and actors' strikes and puts them into a cultural and political context.

variety.com

Join us this Friday, April 24th at 1pm ET for a Virtual Roundtable on Teaching Game Studies! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Now available on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: Miranda Banks and @kfortmueller.bsky.social discussing Boom to Bust: How Streaming Broke Hollywood Workers. newbooksnetwork.com/boom-to-bust

Spotted you here at the Skylight tent and looking great!

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" this Fall. Please circulate!

Resonance | University of California Press

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What lies ahead for the silver screen and those who work to bring it to life? For #SCMS26, Kate Fortmueller and Miranda Banks excerpt their latest book, BOOM TO BUST, to shed light on what's currently happening in Hollywood’s union negotiations. 🎥 #SCMS2026 @kfortmueller.bsky.social

The Future of Work in Hollywood

Authors Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller present excerpts from their new book about preparing for work in evolving landscape of Hollywood.

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Boom to Bust is out on April 14…and the Hollywood unions are back at the negotiating table. @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I wrote about what is going on and why it matters on the @ucpress.bsky.social Blog. www.ucpress.edu/blog-posts/t...

The Future of Work in Hollywood

Authors Miranda Banks and Kate Fortmueller present excerpts from their new book about preparing for work in evolving landscape of Hollywood.

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SIG members: We're compiling a list of fan- and audience studies publications by our members that came out in 2025. Enter yours here by Dec. 31, and we'll compile a list to share: forms.gle/V7zsgTowJahU...

SCMS Fan and Audience Studies -- 2025 Member Publications

It's time to promote your 2025 publications! Enter as many as you want, but please only fan and audience studies-focused publications and only things that came out in 2025. (Save in-press and forthcom...

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HORROR FANS WANTED! My friend and colleague Mathias Clasen desperately needs horror fans to help with his new study. The survey below doesn't take long to complete, and your participation is appreciated by him and his collaborators. Details 👇 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/brighton/i...

Identifying the Relationship between personal concerns and enjoyment of horror films (Denmark)

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

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Proofs arrive in our inboxes tomorrow and @mirandabanks.bsky.social and I will send this out to press before the end of the year! Preorder w/ UCPSAVE30 for 30% off www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...

Brief pause from my social media hiatus for shameless self-promotion (and because I love our cover). My book w/ @mirandabanks.bsky.social is available for purchase at the UC Press website www.ucpress.edu/books/boom-t...

Just in time for syllabus prep! Looking forward to everything in this new issue of Media Industries 12.1. journals.publishing.umich.edu/mij/

Co-chair of Precarious Labor Organization @scmstudies.bsky.social again. If you applied for waiver *prior* to 2:35pm on Friday, July 11, please reapply again at same link. There was an error in the survey and we did not properly capture names of applicants. 🤦‍♀️ Link here: shorturl.at/nom91

Tanya Goldman@tanyagoldman.bsky.social · last yr.

Co-chair of the Precarious Labor Organization of @scmstudies.bsky.social here! Application for membership fee waivers is now LIVE. Deadline to apply August 1 by 5pm CT. Details about eligibility and lottery here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Did you receive our email last week? If not, feel free to reach out -- the email included lots of important conference information (and we want to be mindful of not overwhelming your inboxes).

Console-ing Passions Atlanta is almost here!! We can't wait to welcome everyone tomorrow. As you've probably noticed, it's hot...stay hydrated today and all weekend!

Off to pick up some friends who are in town for @cp25atlanta.bsky.social!

Heading to Atlanta? Pack layers (the air conditioning is serious) and drink lots of water!

Console-ing Passions Conference 2025 at GSU in Atlanta, GA@cp25atlanta.bsky.social · last yr.

Console-ing Passions Atlanta is almost here!! We can't wait to welcome everyone tomorrow. As you've probably noticed, it's hot...stay hydrated today and all weekend!