Category: media

Atlanta’s quirky alternative all-arts station WGKA-AM will go off the air after three years of “the city’s most diverse and unpredictable programming.” Atlanta Journal-Constitution

– offers international news from Beijing to Belfast.  Variety

French film has survived the Americans but is increasingly threatened. Is the dirty little secret that the French prefer American? Are French movie makers spoiled? What to do, what to do … New York Times

Disney lost $1 billion on its web operations this year.  Variety

PBS begins the search for a new president.  Los Angeles Times

It’s your moment – whatever you’re going to do, do it now. A new generation of directors comes of age in Hollywood.  Los Angeles Times

– but he had some very particular ideas how he wanted his “Cider House” treated on the big screen.  National Post (Canada)

• And: Interview with the director Seattle Times 12/12/99

A new study by the Directors Guild of America says that women and minorities are severely underemployed and the situation is getting worse. Women directors work only 10 percent of the days of a typical Director’s Guild member. Black directors work only 8.4 percent and Hispanics 2.3 percent. NAACP calls the numbers “shameful.”  Variety

– begins rebroadcasting every TV channel available in Toronto live on the web. The picture quality ain’t great, but networks have a fit. They’re suing to prevent Icravetv.com from continuing the service.  CBC

Collaborating over the web is redefining artistic partnerships. These screenplay writers collaborated on a script and never met until the first day of shooting.  Wired