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Streaming Services Reckon With Password-Sharing "Havoc" (Hollywood Reporter)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 01/10/2020 - 06:44CNN Contributor Plans to Sue White House Over Press Pass Suspension (Hollywood Reporter)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 08/18/2019 - 13:55The Netflix Lobbying Machine: Inside the Effort to Sway Policy Worldwide
Netflix has been evolving its public policy strategies in recent months to align itself more with Hollywood and less with Silicon Valley, a shift driven by the streamer's maturation into a full-fledged film and TV studio, by its international expansion and by the intense scrutiny Washington is now applying to the tech companies.
Will It Soon Be Legal to Say Curse Words on Broadcast Television? (Hollywood Reporter)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 04/15/2019 - 16:21Americans Think All Network News Channels Lean Liberal, Poll Finds (Hollywood Reporter)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 04/09/2019 - 14:16
John Oliver Rips FCC And HBO Parent AT&T Amid Lengthy Rant About Robocalls
John Oliver took a swipe at HBO's new parent company AT&T during a segment on March 10''s "Last Week Tonight", which saw him decry the increasing amount of robocalls being made in the US and the Federal Communications Commission's unwillingness or inability to do anything about them. "Everybody is annoyed by robocalls; hatred of them might be the only thing everyone in America agrees on now," he said.He cited statistics that said the number of calls increased by 57 percent last year to nearly 50 billion in total. He also showed a news clip noting that robocalls are the No.