The fight for 2% − how residuals became a sticking point for striking actors
The SAG-AFTRA actors union has been on strike since July 2023. Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Streaming disrupted the entire entertainment industry, upending the DVD-purchasing,…
Taylor Swift and the end of the Hollywood writers strike – a tale of two media narratives
Taylor Swift cheers as the Kansas City Chiefs play the Chicago Bears on Sept. 24, 2023. David Eulitt/Getty Images This fall, I’ve been starting my sociology classes by asking my…
Alienated Nerds
NFTs as gentrified fandom and the destruction of cultural autonomy in the digital age OK Fox is a self-described “old head scene queen” who’s been programming shows and organizing cultural…
American Sajaegi
THE first thing you need to understand is that, historically, there has been very little transparency in the record business. Until 1991, the sales data that trade publications like Billboard…
Writing Like a Partisan
A review of Forbidden Notebook by Alba De Céspedes In October 2022, the far-right politician Giorgia Meloni became Italy’s first female prime minister. Her party, Fratelli d’Italia, campaigned under the…
Midwest
SOFIA Samatar is the author of five books, most recently the memoir The White Mosque. Kate Zambreno is the author of nine books, most recently The Light Room, a meditation…
U.S. Justice Department to appeal Trump special master order
The U.S. Justice Department will appeal a Florida federal judge’s ruling this week appointing an independent arbiter to review thousands of sensitive materials the FBI seized from former President Donald…
U.S. House members raise doubts about Manchin environmental permitting deal
More than 50 U.S. House members are objecting to a push to revise federal environmental permitting requirements for energy projects — part of a deal Democratic leaders struck with U.S.…