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☆ Brands are so scared of culture wars and controversy that it's ripping apart the media business
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-27 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Related storiesBut it wasn't until Trump's 2016 election that brand safety really entered the mainstream marketing vernacular — and the culture wars. In 2023, more than 21,400 jobs were cut in the US media industry, according to the employment agency Challenger, Gray & Christmas. But some industry experts think it's too late to put the "content adjacency" genie back in the bottle. AdvertisementThe result, Tobaccowala fears, is a further winnowing of the media industry where only the biggest platforms and individual content creators survive.

Persons: —, Elon Musk's, Donald Trump, Alex Marlow, Breitbart, Mark Penn, Tobaccowala, Tucker Carlson, Ingraham, Jessica Sibley, Taylor, Taylor Swift, Vittorio Zunino Celotto, Penn, it's, Richard Raddon, Ben Shapiro, Shapiro, Gregory Woodman, John Deere, Davidson, Kid, Bud, Bud Light, influencer Dylan Mulvaney, Gene J, Rob Kim Organizations: Service, Global Alliance, Responsible Media, Business, Breitbart News, News Corp, Groupe, Association for National, Companies, Giants, YouTube, Fox, Fox News, Facebook, Poets Department, Challenger, Getty, Penn, Publishers, The Daily, State of, US Department of State, Supply, Harley, Associated Press Locations: Ukraine, State of Texas, America

☆ ‘Madonna’ Review: The Material on the Girl
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Tara Isabella Burton | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Madonna in a downtown Manhattan loft, December 1982. Photo: Peter Noble/Redferns/Getty ImagesIn February 1927, the British novelist Elinor Glyn published a short story in Cosmopolitan magazine that would define the then-nascent culture of celebrity. Glyn’s story explored the concept of It: the mysterious, ineffable, possibly magical quality that stars and other screen luminaries have and ordinary people don’t. Sex appeal, personal charisma, beauty—all of these contribute to It, but It is much more. And so not only a star, but an ideology of stardom, was born.

Persons: Peter Noble, Elinor Glyn, Glyn, optioning, Clara Bow Organizations: Cosmopolitan, Paramount Locations: downtown Manhattan, British

The Milwaukee Brewers were tied with the Miami Marlins in the fifth inning Thursday when Taylor attempted to score from second on Sal Frelick's single. Although the throw from right fielder Jesús Sánchez beat him to the plate, Taylor avoided catcher Jacob Stallings' tag and slid home with the go-ahead run in the Brewers' 4-2 victory. “I think it's all instinctual,” said Taylor, who also hit two RBI doubles. RHP Johnny Cueto (1-4, 6.15 ERA) pitches for the Marlins and RHP Bryce Elder (12-4, 3.38) starts for the Braves on Friday. The scheduled starting pitchers are LHP Wade Miley (7-4, 3.30) for the Brewers and RHP Jake Irvin (3-5, 4.20) for the Nationals.

Persons: — Tyrone Taylor, Taylor, Sal Frelick's, Jesús Sánchez, Jacob Stallings, ”, “, It's, ” Taylor, Stallings, Craig Counsell, Eury Pérez, Counsell, Pérez, we've, ’ ” Taylor, Andruw Monasterio, Monasterio, Brice Turang’s, Frelick's, ” Pérez, Steven Okert, Turang, Adrian Houser, Houser, Elvis Peguero, Abner Uribe, Joel Payamps, Devin Williams, Williams, Christian Yelich, OF Mark Canha, RHP Colin Rea, Begin, RHP Johnny Cueto, Bryce Elder, LHP Wade Miley, Jake Irvin, ___ Organizations: MILWAUKEE, Milwaukee Brewers, Miami Marlins, Brewers, Milwaukee, Marlins, NL Central, Chicago Cubs, The Marlins, ” Brewers, Christian, OF, Triple, NEXT, NL East, Atlanta Braves, Braves, Friday, Washington Nationals, Nationals Locations: Nashville

☆ Orioles shooting for sweep of sputtering Mets
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"It's really fun to have the fans there to support us, and it's really fun to be out there," Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander said. The Orioles go into Sunday afternoon's game against the visiting New York Mets looking to add to their latest surge of six wins in their last seven games. "The energy in the ballpark the entire game was fantastic," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said, referring to the atmosphere surrounding Saturday night's 7-3 win. "Not where I want to be, not where the team wants to be. Left-hander Jose Quintana (0-2, 3.57) gets the call for the Mets in just his fourth big-league game of the season.

Persons: Anthony Santander, Brandon Hyde, They've, We're, Hyde, Jeff McNeil, McNeil, Kyle Bradish, Jose Quintana, Jimmy Yacabonis, John Curtiss, Reed Garrett, Colton Cowser Organizations: Baltimore Orioles, Orioles, New York Mets, American League East, Baltimore, Miami Marlins, Mets, Triple, Thomson Locations: Syracuse, Baltimore

“Spoiler Alert,” the new film based on entertainment journalist Michael Ausiello’s heartbreaking 2017 memoir, certainly doesn’t have a storybook ending. The film, directed by Michael Showalter (“The Big Sick”), closely follows “Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies,” which Ausiello wrote in the wake of his husband Kit Cowan’s death from colorectal cancer, at age 42. Even watching the movie now, it’s still a bit of a head trip to see it.”From left, Ben Aldridge, Jim Parsons, Sally Field and Bill Irwin in "Spoiler Alert." But, in general, these moments — and even the comedic stylings of Sally Field — aren’t able to distract from the inherent sadness of “Spoiler Alert” for very long. “I want them to have their own experience seeing the movie,” Ausiello said of audience members.

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