Meta Agrees to Set Time Limits for Kids Using Instagram, Facebook in Major Legal Settlement
The tech giant is also calling on TikTok and YouTube to adopt the same policies. Source: THR
Ali G Movie Backlash Intensifies in the U.K. as Campaigners Try to Get Film Pulled From Cinemas
That’s at least the case from various corners of his home soil in the U.K., where the first big screen outing for Sacha Baron Cohen‘s famed faux rude boy in more than two decades has been hit with a campaign … Continued
Piccadilly Lights and Empire State Building honour Dolly
The London LED billboard paused its regular advertising to display a dedicated full-screen memorial to country singer Dolly Parton, while the New York City landmark was lit up in pink in tribute. Source: AV Magazine
EU mirrors MIT to solve Europe’s media funding chasm
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology’s (EIT) Culture & Creativity branch recently opened an €8.6 million ($9.9 million) funding and acceleration program for creative-tech start-ups and scale-ups in verticals including audiovisual media. Source: ReThink
Cinemark Joins AMC Theatres and Regal in Supporting Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery Merger
Cinemark has endorsed the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger, which means all three of the country’s major movie theater chains are backing the $111 billion deal. Source: Variety
American Independent Film Production Is Dying. Jeff Nichols Wants to Save It.
Nichols was inspired by what Richard Linklater had accomplished with the Austin Film Society and its impact on the local film scene in Austin, Texas, where Nichols resides. Source: Variety