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Faux Out-of-Home Advertising: The Appeal of Astonishment
Out-of-home advertising (OOH) — also known as outdoor media — is the marketing you see everywhere, from park benches, gas station pumps, and highway billboards to taxis and buses, medical centers, and retail stores. It has had the distinct advantage…
WGA Strikes ‘Exceptional’ Deal With AMPTP
(Image cred: DALL-E 2, WGA, Maci Mallaia/Procreate) TV fiends, film buffs and creatives, lend me your ears. Thanks to five consecutive days of epic cooperation between two protagonists in media production, our economy and thirst for entertainment are no longer…
Media Production Pay Structures: A Strike-ingly Stagnant Model
Video killed the radio star, but who killed Saturday morning cartoons? The dawn of streaming platforms such as Amazon, Netflix, and Hulu has brought about the demise of cable providers and the content they dished out, including television program reruns.…
Union Demands: What Do WGA & SAG-AFTRA Want From AMPTP?
SAG-AFTRA’s strike will hit its two-month mark on September 14th, and the WGA’s already surpassed four. Consequently, our country is facing a massive shortage of the thing we crave most—entertainment. Yet, an overwhelming majority of the public still has its…
A Stop-Motion Catalyst: How the 2023 SAG-AFTRA and WGA Strikes Came About
The last time SAG-AFTRA and the WGA collectively went on strike was in 1960, and Bob Hope was the only celeb to speak openly about the snarling animal in the room. After dubbing the Oscars ceremony “the most glamorous strike…