Half the podcasts in my queue have suddenly become paid subscriptions. Meanwhile the overall industry is losing listeners. Seems like a lousy business model to not offer a free with ads feed. What a bizarre trend....
I would love to see the “lost” footage mentioned in this article. Would make a great expanded mini series for some streamer. I know after this flopped that a four hour version ended up in syndicated TV, but this article mentions there’s like seven hours of cut scenes!
Is now really the time to be doing this? I guess they are hoping people will be desperate for stuff they haven’t already watched when the programming dries up from the strikes....
Been thinking about how EV trucks seem to get more range than cars/SUVs. Is this because of the surface area of the vehicle compared to the weight (with an empty truck bed)? Would an unloaded EV El Camino theoretically get better “mileage” than something like a Bolt?
The FTC isn’t too happy with Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard layoffs (www.polygon.com)
Elon Musk Shows Self-Driving Tesla Accelerating Into Oncoming Traffic to 10 Million Viewers (www.404media.co)
Netflix falls to sixth place in customer satisfaction survey (variety.com)
Good thing they’re raising prices again!
When did paid podcasts become a thing?
Half the podcasts in my queue have suddenly become paid subscriptions. Meanwhile the overall industry is losing listeners. Seems like a lousy business model to not offer a free with ads feed. What a bizarre trend....
“Peripheral” canceled at Amazon (variety.com)
I’m amazed season two wasn’t already finished before the strike. The last episode aired in 2022. What were they doing all year?
Kroger, Albertsons to sell 166 more stores seeking approval of $25 billion merger
reuters.com/…/kroger-albertsons-amend-asset-sale-…
Microsoft advertising Copilot on lock screens
howtogeek.com/microsoft-was-showing-qr-code-ads-o…
Elon Musk told bankers they wouldn’t lose any money on Twitter purchase (arstechnica.com)
Google kills Jamboard (arstechnica.com)
T-mobile gets FTC approval to buy Mint mobile
news.bloomberglaw.com/…/t-mobile-wins-fcc-approva…
AppleTV “Foundation” production paused (appleinsider.com)
Not a good sign.
Netflix earnings down (www.msn.com)
All the naysayers were correct. Netflix is losing money and subscribers in North America....
Twitter usage drops (slate.com)
Threads also appears to be a dud.
Musk offers Wikipedia a billion dollars to change their name (boingboing.net)
They should do it, just to empty Elon’s pockets. I’m sure he’d try to weasel out of it like the Twitter deal. Would be entertaining to watch.
Fun article about Lynch’s Dune Premiere (www.wired.com)
I would love to see the “lost” footage mentioned in this article. Would make a great expanded mini series for some streamer. I know after this flopped that a four hour version ended up in syndicated TV, but this article mentions there’s like seven hours of cut scenes!
Movies that would make a good TV series?
Was thinking about David Cronenberg’s Scanners today. It could make a good series I think....
“Threads can go to hell” (lapcatsoftware.com)
Sounds like Meta wants to force you to give them your phone number.
Disney and Hulu raising prices again (www.vulture.com)
Is now really the time to be doing this? I guess they are hoping people will be desperate for stuff they haven’t already watched when the programming dries up from the strikes....
Cybertruck mega wiper expensive to replace (www.theverge.com)
Ken Paxton gets away with it (www.texastribune.org)
Texas amendment results rundown (communityimpact.com)
Good list of everything that passed and by how much.
Austin Energy: higher rates, more fees coming (communityimpact.com)
Bring back the El Camino!
Been thinking about how EV trucks seem to get more range than cars/SUVs. Is this because of the surface area of the vehicle compared to the weight (with an empty truck bed)? Would an unloaded EV El Camino theoretically get better “mileage” than something like a Bolt?
Nadella testifies at Google antitrust trial (www.theverge.com)
“Julia” canceled at Max (variety.com)
Zaslav strikes again.