Although the subscription-based movie ticket service has three million customers, questions have been raised about the company’s viability. The New York Times’s Hollywood reporter, Brooks Barnes, explains why.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/video/business/media/100000006044646/why-is-moviepass-losing-so-much-money.html

The Department of Justice sued Walter and Rae Olenick, accusing them of operating an unlicensed radio station out of their Austin apartment.
— Read on deadline.com/2018/08/alex-jones-flagship-pirate-radio-station-goes-dark-battle-fcc-1202446398/

Disney and Marvel are standing by their decision not to rehire James Gunn as director of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.”
— Read on variety.com/2018/film/news/james-gunn-guardians-of-the-galaxy-disney-firing-1202907016/

Donna Gottschalk’s photographs reveal the radical lesbian, sometimes separatist, communities she was a part of in the late ’60s and ’70s.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/lens/donna-gottschalk-photography.html

Numerous insiders tell The Hollywood Reporter that parent company Tang Media Partners, founded by Donald Tang, has been unable to raise the funds needed to keep Global Road flush beyond the end of the year. Global Road, focusing on both film and television, is run by veteran Hollywood studio chief Rob Friedman.
— Read on www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/global-road-faces-uncertain-future-as-owner-donald-tang-struggles-raise-money-1135137

Your home internet and TV experience is about to change drastically with the rollout of 5G.
— Read on www.cnbc.com/2018/08/15/how-5g-will-change-home-internet-and-tv.html

A parents group wants Netflix to pull “Desire.” The film’s director said it’s fiction and how you think of it depends “on your level of depravity.”
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/08/15/netflix-film-desire-accused-showing-child-porn/995953002/

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Wednesday sat down with NBC News’ Lester Holt and defended the company’s decision to put Infowars’ Alex Jones in a seven-day “timeout.”

— Read on www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-alex-jones-election-security-regrets-n900931

Alexa is coming to cars, thanks to new Amazon developer kit – Music Business Worldwide
— Read on www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/alexa-is-coming-to-cars/

NBC News Is Expanding Its Daily News Program on Snapchat, to Instagram | TVNewser
— Read on www.adweek.com/tvnewser/nbc-news-is-expanding-its-daily-news-program-on-snapchat-to-youtube-and-instagram/373797

Former CIA Director and MSNBC National Security Analyst John Brennan Has His Security Clearance Revoked | TVNewser
— Read on www.adweek.com/tvnewser/white-house-revokes-security-clearance-of-former-cia-director-and-msnbc-contributor-john-brennan/373888

Verizon revealed its plans to package YouTube TV and Apple TV devices with its 5G service and reconfirmed it has no intention of battling AT&T on the original content front.
— Read on www.fiercevideo.com/video/youtube-tv-deal-verizon-reconfirms-it-doesn-t-need-content

Netflix was able to “anticipate” an increase in demand for science fiction and fantasy by rapidly expanding its production of original shows and movies in the genre last year, according to the analytics firm Ampere.
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/netflix-is-focusing-on-sci-fi-to-meet-increasing-demand-data-2018-4

T-Mobile’s ‘Un-carrier’ event focuses on customer care, with Pandora and Live Nation offers | FierceWireless

T-Mobile’s scheduled "Un-carrier" event on Wednesday focused on the carrier’s new “team of experts” approach to customer care, which the operator said would make it easier and less frustrating for customers to address problems and issues with their service.

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DC Entertainment’s new streaming and digital comics service pops up on Google Play

DC Universe’s digital subscription and streaming service has just appeared on Google Play, ahead of its planned fall 2018 release. Announced in late June, the service includes a streaming library of original programming like a live action version of “Teen Titans” and several other…

https://techcrunch.com/2018/08/14/dc-entertainments-new-streaming-and-digital-comics-service-pops-up-on-google-play/

YouTube TV and Apple TV 4K set-tops will be included with Verizon’s initial 5G residential broadband launch in four cities this year.
— Read on variety.com/2018/digital/news/verizon-5g-youtube-tv-apple-tv-broadband-1202905251/

SCA hosts first Middle East Media Initiative | Daily Trojan

Earlier this summer, the School of Cinematic Arts partnered with the U.S. State Department to launch the Middle East Media Initiative, the first in a two-year lineup that aims to expose Middle Eastern writers and producers to Hollywood’s process of developing television. The program ran from July 1 to Aug. 5, during which 10 writers …

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While James Franco and Chris Hardwick
aren’t finding new work easily, they’re keeping the jobs they have — which brings risks for their business partners.
— Read on www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/studios-gamble-james-franco-casey-affleck-projects-metoo-claims-1134941

In his first extensive profile in years, Jim Carrey, the one-time $20 million-a-movie star and current political cartoonist opens up about his disappearance, his personal pain, his outrage and why he’s returning to the spotlight with Showtime’s ‘Kidding’: “My plan was not to join Hollywood. It was to destroy it.”
— Read on www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/jim-carreys-reluctant-return-hollywood-1134623

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Residents of the once-idyllic community of Monte Nido, adjacent to Will Smith’s $43 million compound, are in a panic and begging law enforcement for some answers: “I feel like a sitting duck out here.”
— Read on www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/inside-malibus-unsolved-murder-mystery-1134596

The final big release of the summer is a flagbearer for Asian-American representation
— Read on www.thewrap.com/dont-surprised-crazy-rich-asians-blows-away-box-office-expectations/

Academy Award nominations bump no more? Christmas blockbusters pose ominous threat
— Read on www.thewrap.com/oscars-airdate-change-may-force-big-box-office-shift/

Sources say Leslie Moonves accuser Christine Peters is pitching a memoir titled ‘Hollywood Granola: My Life With Nuts and Flakes,’ which will chronicle a ‘cautionary tale about the hard work behind the scenes.’
— Read on www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/leslie-moonves-accuser-christine-peters-shopping-tell-all-memoir-1134765

While James Franco and Chris Hardwick
aren’t finding new work easily, they’re keeping the jobs they have — which brings risks for their business partners.
— Read on www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/studios-gamble-james-franco-casey-affleck-projects-metoo-claims-1134941