MCN Curated Headlines Archive for November, 2019
“Then one day I came home from school and discovered that every single issue of Fangoria that I owned had been shredded and dumped onto my bed. But first, here’s a little bit about my parents.”
E. Scott Weinberg On Youthful Fangoria Encounters
Rome's most beautiful bookshop closes its doors | @wantedinrome https://t.co/wFTGRh9c73 pic.twitter.com/03QtOif44H
— Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) November 22, 2019
WEEKEND READS ON MEDIAQUAKE
To be precise, Alden is the largest single shareholder at 25 percent
It owns Denver Post and other newspaper properties through Digital First Media.
It is a very opaque owner stripping the financial assets of its properties.
Yet, not alone.
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) November 19, 2019
business model now switching from ruthless incompetence to competent ruthlessness
— Matt Pearce 🦅 (@mattdpearce) November 19, 2019
"The Tribune Publishing Board of Directors is in discussions with Alden to put two members on the Board in connection with increasing the size of the Board from six to eight." https://t.co/Gwi5ZGW7l5
— Crain's Chicago (@CrainsChicago) November 19, 2019
The past decade has seen the conversion of news companies into financial instruments stripped of civic responsibility by waves of outside money men.
Here's the latest on McClatchy's prospects: https://t.co/7GN7ghzDyI
— Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) November 19, 2019
In light of @thereportmovie (see it!), I wrote an op-ed for @latimes about the truth of CIA torture, its ongoing impact on victims and survivors, and why the past is still very much present. https://t.co/zXm2xWUWaN
— Hina Shamsi (@HinaShamsi) November 21, 2019
NEW: Torstar memo on the closing of StarMetro daily print publications. Says 73 editorial, advertising and distribution employees will be laid off. Star plans to reopen digital bureaus in the affected cities. pic.twitter.com/10rbHW04lU
— Sean Craig (@sdbcraig) November 19, 2019
“Part of what makes ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ endure all these years later,” writes @jourdayen, is that “it imagines a male character who learns to grow and recognize the part he played in the dissolution of his marriage” https://t.co/med7jeCcCw
— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) November 14, 2019
Happy Birthday @TerryGilliam – 79 years young today! pic.twitter.com/G2F6sgBQcu
— Monty Python (@montypython) November 22, 2019
Lost could NEVER have existed in a binge format, can you imagine?
In fact Damon Lindelof, JJ Abrams, and Chris Carter might never have had careers if TV in their eras had come out a whole season at a time.
— Ginny Brown (@lirelyn) November 22, 2019
On my post-movie walk home, learned the local Barnes & Noble is closing after Christmas. Leaving no bookstores in downtown Seattle.
— Vince Keenan (@vpkeenan) November 22, 2019
Is streaming growing so big and out of control it should be regulated? A growing chorus says yes. https://t.co/qNYLPGTrJr
— Steven Zeitchik (@ZeitchikWaPo) November 22, 2019
RIP Gahan Wilson, genius. pic.twitter.com/E1wWjGIM1m
— Mark Harris (@MarkHarrisNYC) November 22, 2019
One of the great cartoonists of all time has died, Gahan Wilson. I especially loved his Nuts comic strip in National Lampoon. It was really ahead of its time in showing a real kid’s view of being a kid. pic.twitter.com/Uk9IVDdfjv
— Tom the Dancing Bug (@RubenBolling) November 22, 2019
Actor @SachaBaronCohen reflects on his work in exposing bigotry and prejudice. Thank you for your vision, your creativity, and commitment to making our world a better place. Full speech here: https://t.co/m3mVgPm84t #NeverIsNow pic.twitter.com/h8ckdVCVAE
— ADL (@ADL) November 22, 2019
Jean Douchet est mort à 90 ans. Il était notre doyen, notre maître. L'amour du cinéma incarné. La cinéphilie ne sera plus jamais pareille sans lui. Tristesse. pic.twitter.com/ck6hyijHYB
— uıɔoןɐs ןɐsuıqɐʇ (@nicolasnibat) November 22, 2019
An Ode to Women Who Walk,
From Virginia Woolf to Greta Gerwig – from @lithub: https://t.co/DtWoSceM56— hidden europe (@hiddenEurope) November 22, 2019