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rantnrave:// The traditional television network business was straightforward: get carriage, grow eyeballs, and sell ads. Online will work very differently. In our new REDEF MediaOriginal, AFTER TV: VIDEO'S FUTURE WILL BE BIGGER, MORE DIVERSE AND PRECARIOUS THAN ITS PAST, we lay four models of video providers in the digital era, including what they are, how they work, how to establish one and the risks involved... The world's highest-paid female athlete took the high ground by announcing a failed drug test herself, but advertisers are cutting ties and suspicions remain. Innocent mistake or deliberate cheating? We take a look in our REDEF SportsSET: MARIA SHARAPOVA FLUNKS A TEST... The election has been a fascinating learning experience for me. I truly had my head in the sand as to how divided and fed up a nation we've become. I guess this needs to happen? Just scared about the near-term (and maybe long-term) outcome. I'm glued to my TV and computer but also worried about the extremes. I read a lot and one of the things that struck me is media time spent on candidates. Most interesting? How they do it in the U.K.... Been working out a lot and doing physical therapy at EQUINOX. Super impressed with their digital products and marketing. From their APPLE WALLET member card, an app where you can schedule sessions and consistent email reminders of discounts, offers and confirmations. They do a more than admirable job... Continuing a bad year for our musical legends. GEORGE MARTIN, producer of THE BEATLES has died. R.I.P... Happy Birthday to ROMAN TSUN, LUCY FISHER, SALIL MEHTA, BLAKE INDURSKY, ALICE PETERSON and DANNY MORROW.
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REDEF
After TV: Video's Future will be Bigger, more Diverse and Precarious than its Past
by Matthew Ball and Tal Shachar
The traditional television network business was straightforward: get carriage, grow eyeballs, and sell ads. Online will work very differently. Here, we explain the four models of video providers in the digital era, including what they are, how they work, how to establish one and the risks involved.
FiveThirtyEight
When Political Parties Splinter
by Julia Azari
As Republican Party leaders split between the #NeverTrump s and those who say they will support Donald Trump -- or even offer him their endorsement -- the emerging conventional wisdom is that the GOP is on the verge of a significant divide.
Stratechery
Bitcoin and Diversity
by Ben Thompson
The Bitcoin community is in a bit of a civil war; I hope readers whose eyes glaze over at the crypto-currency's mention will bear with me as I explain what is going on, and why some of the fundamental ideas in question matter broadly.
Narratively
Secret Life of a Rock and Roll Trucker
by April Siese
Before every epic set from the Rolling Stones or Rihanna, dozens of backstage heroes haul tons of gear across hundreds of miles so their stars can shine.
Bleacher Report
Life as a Young Athlete in Flint, Michigan
by Greg Couch
Keep faith, skip showers...and find a way out.
Aeon Magazine
The history of ugliness shows that there is no such thing
by Gretchen E Henderson
In the 19th century, a hirsute aboriginal woman from Mexico named Julia Pastrana was billed on the freak-show circuit as 'The Ugliest Woman in the World'. Brought to Europe, she performed according to Victorian norms: singing and dancing, speaking in foreign languages, undergoing public medical examinations, and other spectacle entertainments.
FX Guide
How the new X-Files stayed true to the spirit of the original
Since The X-Files last screened on TV some 14 years ago, much has changed in the small screen landscape. For one, broadcast resolution is higher and audiences are perhaps more immersed in cinematic-like episodic TV. Now, Chris Carter's ground breaking alien sci-fi series has just completed a new tenth season and with came some new, and not so new, approaches to making the show.
BuzzFeed
A Week In The L.A. Comedy Grind
by Scott Porch
On any given week in Hollywood, untold numbers of comics toil away on projects big and small, experimental and conventional, availing themselves of the new and novel ways their work can be seen. Ride along for a hectic sampling of one of those weeks.
Vanity Fair
Francis Ford Coppola’s Third Act: Italy, Wine, and the Secret of Life
by Rich Cohen
The celebrated director of The Godfather and Apocalypse Now has poured much of his energy lately into his wines and resorts. But even as he revels in his latest gem—the Palazzo Margherita, in his grandfather’s Italian birthplace—the filmmaker in him is still at work on a daringly innovative project.
Cuepoint
The Profound Racial Subtext of Mary J. Blige's U2 Cover
by Danny Alexander
Bono’s most beautiful song sounded most urgent after Hurricane Katrina.
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Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project
Israel's Religiously Divided Society
Deep gulfs among Jews, as well as between Jews and Arabs, over political values and religion’s role in public life.
Variety
Amazon, Retail Behemoth, Taking Smaller Steps Into Hollywood
by Brent Lang
As snow fell steadily, blanketing the mountainside town of Park City, the team from Amazon Studios huddled in a parking lot to discuss the movie that had just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Vulture
The Vulture TV Podcast: Viola Davis on Race and Television
by Gazelle Emami
On this week's episode of Vulture TV Podcast , we sit down with Viola Davis at a midtown hotel for a wide-ranging conversation about How to Get Away With Murder; why it's okay if a show is bad in some ways if it's bold in others; the one role she thinks she could have done better; and what tropes she's ready to send to the TV graveyard.
The Next Web
Why are some of the Web's ugliest sites also the most popular?
by Abhimanyu Ghoshal
If you've been on the Web in the past decade, you'll likely have visited Reddit, Craigslist, Wikipedia, 4Chan, Hacker News, or The Drudge Report at some point. While these sites are all vastly different, they have two things in common: they're all extremely popular among their audiences and they all look, well, terrible.
MEL Magazine
Can IMDb's Ranking System Be Trusted?
by Jonny Coleman
Its undemocratic voting system puts 'The Shawshank Redemption' at number one.
Business of Fashion
James Jebbia on Taking Supreme Global
by Alex Hawgood
In a rare interview, the press-shy founder speaks exclusively to BoF about Supreme’s new Paris store — set to open later this week — and the company’s homegrown approach to global expansion.
Folio
Talking Luxury Publishing with 'Robb Report' Editor Brett Anderson
by Greg Dool
Folio: chats with Brett Anderson, "Robb Report" editor-in-chief, about the growing affluent audience and maintaining a successful print title in the digital age.
The New Yorker
The Billionaires' Loophole
by Alec Macgillis
A tax law helps David Rubenstein perform major patriotic philanthropic works. Is it fair?
VideoInk
How '70s Kid Show Kings Sid & Marty Krofft Got a Digital Reboot
by Todd Longwell
The streaming video space is generally seen as the province of young creators -- or at least those below retirement age. But it has helped facilitate a late life career revival for one set of seniors, Sid & Marty Krofft, the sibling production team that ruled Saturday mornings in the 1970s.
Wired UK
There's no 'silver bullet' for the internet's revenge porn problem
by Emily Reynolds
Rachel wasn't sad when she broke up with her boyfriend; she was relieved. Although the relationship had started well, her partner had become controlling; coming to her flat uninvited and refusing to leave, tagging along on nights out with friends even though they clearly didn't want him there.
MUSIC OF THE DAY
"Disco Inferno"
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