Run-A-Muck Pushes Into Short Stories With Sights Set on Adaptation

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Media startup Run-A-Muck is going all in on short stories. The company, co-founded by Condé Nast alum Pamela Drucker Mann, is set to launch short stories on its ad-supported culture and fashion Substack, Drafting, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The move comes along with the company’s bet that the material could be the next major source of intellectual property for film, television, podcasts and other multimedia projects. They plan to adapt successful works across multiple platforms. “Rather than starting with a medium and searching for an audience,…

Founders Fund launches game show starring Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey, and other tech elites

Admin2 weeks ago05 mins

Have you ever had the desire to see Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey square off over a moderately suspenseful card game? If so, you are in luck. Silicon Valley’s leaders are rushing to embrace the power of media for the purposes of marketing and political capital. Now, in a sign of the times, Founders Fund,…

Doomer media’s Iran spin is blatantly wrong — here’s how to sort truth from lies

Admin4 weeks ago09 mins

“Doomer media’s Iran spin is blatantly wrong — here’s how to sort truth from lies” Gen. Colin Powell frequently advised his intelligence analysts, “Tell me what you know; tell me what you don’t know; and then, based on what you really know and what you really don’t know, tell me what you think is most…

Letterboxd, the social platform for film buffs, reportedly looking for new owner

Admin2 months ago03 mins

Letterboxd has surged in popularity in recent years. Once a niche site for only the most fervent of film nerds, the site — which allows users to rate, review, and recommend movies to one another — has continued to add accounts by the tens of millions, thanks largely to interest from millennials and Gen Z….

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EFF is the latest organization to leave X

Admin2 months ago09 mins

X’s decline in engagement and its ability to drive traffic is the topic du jour, with several days of bad PR for the Elon Musk-owned social network. Over the weekend, X’s head of product, Nikita Bier, and data analyst Nate Silver, previously of FiveThirtyEight, feuded over whether or not X was still capable of sending…

BuzzFeed debuts AI slop apps in bid for new revenue

Admin3 months ago08 mins

BuzzFeed, the U.S.-based media company known best for its quizzes, listicles, and, for a time, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalism division, is reinventing itself for the AI era. At least, that’s the pitch. At the SXSW conference in Austin, BuzzFeed co-founder and CEO Jonah Peretti introduced the company’s next media foray: a spin-off called Branch Office,…

Steven Spielberg says he’s ‘never used AI’ in any of his films

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Legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg spoke out against the use of AI technology when used in creative endeavors in an interview at the SXSW conference in Austin on Friday. Asked how he viewed AI’s utility as part of the filmmaking process, Spielberg said, “I’ve never used AI on any of my films yet,” to which the…

Netflix backs out of bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, giving studios, HBO, and CNN to Ellison-owned Paramount

Admin4 months ago05 mins

In a flurry of hundred-billion-dollar-deal offers, the bidding war for Warner Bros. Discovery is over. David Ellison-owned Paramount will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery. On Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery announced that Paramount Skydance’s newest offer of $31 a share was a “superior proposal,” giving Netflix four business days to counter. Netflix then said it would not…

‘Industry’ season 4 captures tech fraud better than any show on TV right now

Admin4 months ago011 mins

HBO’s hit financial thriller “Industry” has delivered one of its most compelling storylines yet this season: a hunt to expose a fraudulent fintech company called Tender. The show follows Harper Stern, who’s leading her newly launched investment firm and looking for a company to short — essentially, betting that its stock will crash. After a…

Exclusive | Dan Wakeford out as EIC of celeb gossip mag Us Weekly

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“Exclusive | Dan Wakeford out as EIC of celeb gossip mag Us Weekly” Dan Wakeford is out as editor in chief of low-rent celebrity gossip magazine Us Weekly, according to a leaked memo obtained by The Post. The 50-year-old former People boss announced his departure from the publication in an email to staffers on Friday….