News of the Week; May 29, 2019

GAMES

  1. Sony Europe taken to court for alleged consumer rights violations: ACCC alleges PlayStation Store refund policy does not reflect the consumer rights protected under Australian law
  2. Zenimax settles ‘Redfall’ trademark dispute with book publisher
  3. Bethesda And Zenimax Settle ‘Redfall’ Trademark Dispute With Trollish Book Publisher
  4. ‘Gaming disorder’ officially recognized as a disease despite industry protests
  5. World Health Organization makes ‘gaming disorder’ a recognised illness: Classification to come into effect January 1, 2022
  6. Trade groups decry gaming disorder classification: Six industry associations from around the world say evidence of the condition is not “sufficiently robust”
  7. South Korean government split on gaming disorder: Ministry of Culture argues diagnosis violates right to cultural freedom while Ministry of Welfare supports the WHO classification
  8. Senators Hawley, Markey, And Blumenthal File Legislation To Stop Manipulative Video Game Practices Aimed At Children
  9. US loot box bill receives bipartisan support: Republican senator’s ban on loot boxes pay-to-win mechanics for children has been co-sponsored by two Democrats
  10. GOP, Dem Senators officially introduce loot box, “pay-to-win” legislation
  11. A BILL To regulate certain pay-to-win microtransactions and sales of loot boxes in interactive digital entertainment products, and for other purposes.
  12. Games industry being “dragged through the mud” by Belgian loot box ruling: Flemish Games Association questions the motives of Belgian Gaming Commission report on loot boxes
  13. Proposed anti-loot box bill has big implications for devs and publishers
  14. Shocking U.S. “Loot Box” Bill Should Surprise No One: The Video Game Industry Under Attack (Ryan Black, Tyson Gratton)
  15. The Relationship of Loot Box Purchases to Problem Video Gaming and Problem Gambling (Wen Li Anthony, Devin Mills & Lisa Nower)
  16. Rage 2 Drops Denuvo In Record Time After Customer Outcry
  17. FaZe Clan’s Contract With Tfue Leaks, FaZe Banks Acknowledges Its Terms Are “Horrible” For Gamers
  18. Tfue Lawsuit Sparks Scrutiny of Gamer Agreements and Esports Agency Activity 
  19. Riot forms governing body for scholastic esports: Riot Scholastic Association of America to oversee high school and collegiate League of Legends competitions
  20. Overwatch League commissioner joins Epic’s Fortnite esports push
  21. Overwatch League commissioner Nate Nanzer leaving Blizzard for Epic Games
  22. Gearbox didn’t file a grievance against former legal counsel: Wade Callender confirms that the Borderlands studio has not followed through on its threat
  23. The Epic Games Store exceeded THQ Nordic’s expectations, says CEO
  24. ZeniMax amicably resolves “Redfall” trademark dispute: Contested trademark is thought by fans to be a possible title for the next Elder Scrolls game
  25. US considers 25% tariff on game consoles: Trump administration proposes tax on “essentially all products” coming from China as part of escalating trade dispute
  26. Roblox targets China with Tencent education partnership: Joint venture will run educational programmes at first, with Chinese launch of Roblox “the ultimate goal”
  27. Report: Tencent backs away from Arena of Valor after it fails to take off in the West
  28. Tencent reportedly gives up on Arena of Valor: Honor of Kings’ Western revamp has been left to “live or die on its own course” after rift with Riot Games
  29. Bossa shutting down Worlds Adrift, says game is ‘no longer commercially viable’
  30. The Playdate is a new crank-clad handheld from Firewatchpublisher Panic
  31. Firewatch publisher unveils Playdate gaming handheld: New hardware from Panic will include a game each week from a different designer — and a hand crank
  32. Playdate handheld pressured Playdate event to change name, says organizer: Nathalie Lawhead criticizes Panic rep for “bullying” people building the culture the handheld is marketed toward
  33. Razer signals the end of Ouya with online store closure: The microconsole brand had survived as part of the Forge TV service, but that will close in June
  34. Telltale Games titles are being delisted from GOG
  35. All Telltale Games to be pulled from GOG next week: Eight more series to be removed, but 2K is working on getting Tales from the Borderlands reinstated to digital storefronts
  36. Patrice Désilets’ Ancestors will be exclusive to Epic Games Store for three months: Staggered console release means Panache Digital’s first game will be exclusive to EGS when it launches in August
  37. From Rockstar Lincoln studio head to anti-crunch advocate: Mark Lloyd shares how he embraced crunch culture, how he got out of it, and how he’s dealing with the lingering guilt and regret
  38. Blog: Why crunch will break the best and brightest in the industry
  39. Four new Pokemon projects have been unveiled, including cross-platform trading hub
  40. Pokémon Home adds cloud service to series: The Pokémon Company also announced new mobile titles, including one that tracks sleeping patterns, and more plans for China
  41. Pokémon is a masterclass in brand management | Opinion: Last night’s reveals offered more evidence of The Pokémon Company’s masterful 23 year strategy
  42. Super Mario Maker 2’s paid online mode won’t let you matchmake with friends
  43. Dauntless saw 500,000 new players within 24 hours of its cross-platform launch
  44. Dead Cells has surpassed 2 million copies sold
  45. Subway Surfers surpasses 2.5 billion lifetime downloads
  46. These were the best-selling new releases on Steam in April
  47. 13 data centers in key game dev areas now support xCloud, testing open for some devs
  48. Don’t Miss: The blessing and the curse of early buzz forRime
  49. How everything has fallen into place for Tetris: The classic puzzle game is making headlines once again, just in time for its 35th birthday celebrations
  50. GitHub launches Patreon-like crowdfunding program GitHub Sponsors
  51. Zynga sells headquarters for $600 million to help finance acquisitions 
  52. Blog: Understanding the impact of the creative gaming revolution
  53. Blog: 7 essential ingredients for building tension in horror games
  54. Blog: The double-edged sword of live service games
  55. Blog: A technical approach to Titan’s environment inAfterlight
  56. Blog: Design trajectories in Let’s Play: Ancient Greek Punishment: Chess Edition
  57. A composer’s insight to making music for games: Workflow, creativity, and tech
  58. Opinion: How Draugen lets down its characters
  59. Don’t Miss: The making of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
  60. Don’t Miss: 7 classic arcade games that can still teach developers lessons today
  61. Video: Cultivating and caring for great AI behavior trees
  62. Video: The grind behind Boyfriend Dungeon’s $272K funding success
  63. Sonic the Hedgehog film delayed: Paramount Pictures pushes back Sega mascot’s live-action film as it overhauls character design
  64. TIGA: UK industry now contributes record £1.8b to GDP – New report shows UK headcount at an all-time high of 16,532 full-time staff
  65. Superhot passes two million lifetime sales: VR accounts for around 40% of game’s total sales
  66. VR and AR must converge, says Unity XR lead: Timoni West foresees a future where VR/AR/mixed reality technology outpaces consoles, replaces PCs entirely
  67. Unity announces support for Labo VR goggles
  68. Augmented reality changes how people interact and communicate, study finds
  69. Superdata: Apex Legends digital revenue down 74% in two months – EA’s battle royale title shows second month of steep digital revenue decline, falls out of PC and console top ten
  70. EA exec lays out a vision of the future: Chief Studios Officer Laura Miele shares her optimism, predicts a machine-learning powered metaverse of gaming within 10 years
  71. Quake II gets free real-time raytracing updates on June 6
  72. Leigh Alexander: “Power fantasies are boring”: The award-winning narrative designer is tired of games giving players whatever they want — it’s time we explored “disempowerment fantasies” instead
  73. Total War: Three Kingdoms is a massive hit in China
  74. How Total War conquered China to break franchise records: The latest Total War game has got off to the best start in the franchise’s history as Three Kingdoms rules in China
  75. Sony CEO: Consoles a ‘niche market’ within the games industry
  76. Putting PlayStation on the silver screen: Efforts to adapt games to TV and film have generally been poorly received – but the cultural and business climate we’re in may be perfect for Sony’s new venture
  77. Sony: Next PlayStation’s success will depend on backwards compatibility and streaming – Both Remote Play and PlayStation Now will be key pillars for Sony’s next generation offering
  78. Kojima’s Death Stranding gets November 8 release date, wackadoo trailer: If the glowing “bridge baby” isn’t enough for you, there’s now a tentacle-boss tease.
  79. UK charts: Team Sonic Racing laps the competition -Sega’s kart racer is first Sonic game to top charts in 11 years as Rage 2 slides a few spots in its second week
  80. Sonic the Hedgehog film delayed: Paramount Pictures pushes back Sega mascot’s live-action film as it overhauls character design
  81. Bossa shutting down Worlds Adrift, says game is ‘no longer commercially viable’
  82. WeQ acquires and rebrands Booster Studios to branch into publishing
  83. Video: A Dream Daddy dev’s survival guide for terminally online indies
  84. The YouTube Gaming app is shutting down this week
  85. YouTube Will Permanently Shutter Standalone Gaming App On May 30
  86. Google Play’s new dev policies aim to improve child privacy and safety
  87. Google kills its Twitch killer—the YouTube Gaming app shuts down this week
  88. Google investing €600m into Finnish data centre ahead of Stadia
  89. Why the quirky Playdate portable could succeed where Ouya failed
  90. GDPR: One year in | Opinion: Too many games businesses remain complacent about complying with GDPR, says Keywords Studios’ Andrew Brown
  91. ‘If You’re Playing EVE Online You Basically Already Have An MBA,’ Says Player Who Built His Own Company 
  92. A Way Out picks up Game of the Year at Nordic Game Awards: Hazelight Studios’ game beat Supercell and EA DICE to the prize
  93. In praise of ultra-short games

DIGITAL

  1. Zuckerberg and Sandberg ignore Canadian subpoena, face possible contempt vote
  2. Facebook Took Down 2.2 Billion Fake Accounts in Q1
  3. Conservative Bias? Twitter Bans Famous ‘Resistance’ Heroes
  4. Distorted Videos of Nancy Pelosi Spread on Facebook and Twitter, Helped by Trump
  5. Trump allies spread distorted videos of Pelosi
  6. Facebook on fake Pelosi video: Being ‘false’ isn’t enough for removal
  7. Backlash after Facebook agrees Nancy Pelosi video is fake but declines to delete it: ‘We don’t have a policy that stipulates that the information you post on Facebook must be true,’ the company said
  8. Why it took Facebook so long to act against the doctored Pelosi video
  9. Pelosi says altered videos show Facebook leaders were ‘willing enablers’ of Russian election interference
  10. Deepfakes are getting better—but they’re still easy to spot
  11. Shady Political Ads Are Pouring Into Facebook. We Still Can’t Track Them.
  12. Section 230 Doesn’t End Lawsuit Claiming Facebook Facilitated Sex Trafficking–Doe v. Facebook (Eric Goldman)
  13. Section 230 Helps Facebook Easily Defeat Claims Over a User’s Post–Richard v. Facebook (Eric Goldman)
  14. Dear Kara Swisher: Don’t Let Your Hatred Of Facebook Destroy Free Speech Online
  15. New Assange indictment adds 17 espionage charges
  16. Federal Prosecutors Questioned The Assange Prosecution, But Their Concerns Were Ignored By The DOJ
  17. The Wikimedia Foundation Asks The European Court Of Human Rights To Rule Against Turkey’s Two-Year Block Of All Wikipedia Versions
  18. Jim Balsillie : ‘Data is not the new oil – it’s the new plutonium’: Lawmakers told technology is disrupting governance and if left unchecked could render liberal democracy obsolete
  19. Civil society, industry and government must join hands to protect free speech, curb extreme speech: Our next challenge is to find the mix of tools and approaches that strengthen public discourse that work in the digital age.
  20. Forget ‘Breaking Up’ Internet Companies, Senator Josh Hawley Says They Should All Die Because They’re Too Popular
  21. Want to fix big tech? Change what classes are required for a computer science degree: When people learn to code, they should also learn about ethics, humanities, and equity.
  22. Social Media Companies Seek Government Content Regulation? 
  23. Regulating social media
  24. Is Fake News spam?
  25. Several Pro And College Sports Teams Suspended From Twitter Over Mystery DMCA Notices
  26. Donald Trump’s Wikipedia Entry Is a War Zone: It’s one of the most popular pages on the internet. But behind the scenes, editors are fighting a brutal, petty battle over every word.
  27. Canada Digital Charter Announced
  28. Canada Introduces a Digital Charter to Better Protect Privacy
  29. Canada proposes to increase penalties for tech giants in its Digital Charter
  30. Feds call on Competition Bureau to address Big Data
  31. Youth and Artificial Intelligence: Where We Stand (Alexa Hasse, Sandra Cortesi, Andres Lombana-Bermudez, Urs Gasser)
  32. Robots conduct daily health inspections of schoolchildren in China
  33. When algorithms mess up, the nearest human gets the blame: A look at historical case studies shows us how we handle the liability of automated systems.
  34. Hollywood Is Quietly Using Ai To Help Decide Which Movies To Make: AI will tell you who to cast and predict how much money you’ll make
  35. Poland has filed a complaint against the European Union’s copyright directive: The directive was approved in April, and goes into force in June
  36. Internet Regulation: Endgame (Andres Guadamuz)
  37. Kentucky to Begin Taxing Video Streaming Services under Telecom Tax 
  38. Streaming Services Far Exceed Traditional Cable in Customer Satisfaction
  39. HuffPost Gets 512(c) Defense for Contributor-Uploaded Photo–Downs v. Oath (Eric Goldman)
  40. Dark Web Provider Escapes Wrongful Death Drug Case 
  41. Filtering Actions by Anti-Malware Software Provider Protected by CDA “Good Samaritan” Immunity 
  42. Here’s How Many Views YouTubers Need To Make It Onto The ‘Trending’ Tab (Study)
  43. YouTube’s Trending section puts creators at a huge disadvantage over big brands: Study collected data on more than 40,000 videos
  44. T-Series’ YouTube Channel Becomes First-Ever To Net 100 Million Subscribers
  45. T-Series Becomes First YouTube Channel To Pass 100 Million Subscribers
  46. Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 5/26/2019
  47. Youtubers And Record Labels Are Fighting, And Record Labels Keep Winning: The battle over copyright continues
  48. Meet the man with an impossible job: cleaning up YouTube
  49. Friday essay: YouTube apologies and reality TV revelations – the rise of the public confession
  50. New Collab Study Finds YouTube Viewership Has Dramatically Shifted Toward TV Screens
  51. YouTube Millionaires: ‘The Mean Kitty’ Is YouTube’s Most Beloved Cat
  52. Grumpy Cat – legal lessons from the ultimate sourpuss
  53. Rudy Mancuso To Direct ‘Black Mirror’ Promo Series With Lele Pons, Jeff Wittek, Others
  54. Insights: Remaking Education To Inspire And Engage An Influencer-Fueled World
  55. StyleHaul Scraps Plans To Shift Operations To U.K., Confirms Total Shutdown (Exclusive)
  56. Sephora Takes Crowdsourced Approach To Influencer Marketing With New Beauty ‘Squad’
  57. High School Students Are Making College Decision Reaction Videos (And They’re Good)
  58. ‘Believe in the brand’: Kellogg’s is now using influencers like creative agencies
  59. KSI Loses 100,000 Subscribers After Brother Deji Posts Video Accusing Him Of Abusive Behavior
  60. Logan And Jake Paul To Chat YouTube Drama On New Joint Channel
  61. Snap in Talks to License Music to Let Snapchat Users Embed Songs in Posts
  62. Snap Hires Google Exec Oona King as First VP of Diversity and Inclusion
  63. Snap Poaches Google, YouTube Vet Oona King To Serve As VP Of Diversity And Inclusion
  64. Remember the iPod? Apple just released the first new one in four years
  65. No chill: Google just banned marijuana delivery apps from the Play Store
  66. TikTok parent Bytedance is reportedly working on its own smartphone
  67. The Music-Making Site That Can Get You a Global Hit (Or a Lawsuit): Lil Nas X bought the beat for “Old Town Road” for $30 from a website called BeatStars.
  68. Nielsen Using Patent Monopolies To Act Like A Monopolist
  69. Netflix Says It Will “Rethink Our Entire Investment In Georgia” If Anti-Abortion Law Is Enacted
  70. Netflix the Only Hollywood Studio to Speak Out in Attack Against Abortion Rights
  71. Rudy Mancuso To Direct ‘Black Mirror’ Promo Series With Lele Pons, Jeff Wittek, Others
  72. Hulu Says 70% of Its 82 Million Viewers Are on Ad-Supported Plan
  73. 70% Of Hulu’s 28 Million Subscribers Are On Its Ad-Supported Tier — And Hulu’s Innovating Ads To Keep Them There
  74. Why CBS, Viacom and others are open to making shows for streaming and TV rivals
  75. BuzzFeed’s Viral Tasty Brand Dives Deeper Into Long-Form Shows With ‘Making It Big’
  76. Instagram Adds Horizontal Video Support For IGTV 1 Year After Launch
  77. Chrissy Teigen Will Reign In Quibi’s ‘Judge Judy’-Esque Reality Series ‘Chrissy’s Court’
  78. Jay-Z and Tidal to Host Release Events for Prince’s ‘Originals’ Album
  79. It’s Ok That Amazon Will (Likely) Get The .Amazon Domain
  80. Amazon avoids liability for defective product
  81. Amazon Is Poised to Unleash a Long-Feared Purge of Small Suppliers
  82. MacKenzie Bezos Signs ‘Giving Pledge’ to Donate Half Her $37 Billion Amazon Fortune to Charity
  83. Amazon Isn’t Liable for Defective Marketplace Sale (No Thanks to Section 230)–Erie Insurance v. Amazon
  84. Porter Gale Becomes Reddit’s First Female Board Member
  85. Who owns the Bitcoin white paper? (Andres Guadamuz)
  86. Copyright Office Weighs In After Wannabe Satoshi Craig Wright Registers Copyright On Original Bitcoin Paper
  87. How blockchain and smart contracts will change the face of insurance in the U.S.
  88. Modi’s Indian election win clears way for cryptocurrency ban
  89. Proposed Amendments to the GST/HST Treatment of Cryptocurrencies
  90. Fake cryptocurrency apps on Google Play try to profit on bitcoin price surge
  91. Website for storing digital currencies hosted code with a sneaky backdoor
  92. Blockchain, Hype or Hope?
  93. Salesforce’s Success Rides on One Man’s Gut: Marc Benioff’s acquisitions have kept the software giant growing at an incredible rate.
  94. A technology blueprint for personalization at scale
  95. The internet is changing Africa, mostly for the better: Cheap smartphones are flooding Africa, giving many of its citizens access to the internet for the very first time.
  96. 30-plus years of HyperCard, the missing link to the Web
  97. Before Netscape: The forgotten Web browsers of the early 1990s
  98. The unlikely origins of USB, the port that changed everything

COMMUNICATIONS

  1. No Mandated Netflix Cancon Payments: Shaw Argues Success Lies in More Regulatory Flexibility in BTLR Submission (Michael Geist)
  2. Self-Serving in the Extreme: Bell’s Broadcast and Telecom Submission to the BTLR Revealed (Michael Geist)
  3. Ajit Pai May Have Lied To Congress About FCC’s Failure To Address Wireless Location Data Scandals
  4. If Facebook’s Privacy Practices Anger You, AT&T Shouldn’t Get A Free Pass
  5. FCC Starts Accepting ATSC 3.0 Applications – The Next Generation of TV Transmission 
  6. Federal Communications Commission Plans to Combat Robocalls with Carrier-Initiated Blocking 
  7. U.S. Adds Chinese Giant Huawei and Non-U.S. Affiliates to Entity List; Grants Limited Reprieve
  8. Huawei in Hot Water: Trump Declares National Emergency 
  9. Is Huawei in retreat?
  10. Microsoft pulls Huawei laptops from its online store
  11. Research in UBC-Huawei partnership proceeds as pressure builds to exclude giant Chinese firm
  12. Huawei argues congressional ban on its equipment is unconstitutional
  13. House Dems Start To Wimp Out On Net Neutrality
  14. 47 Democrats cave on net neutrality after GOP calls bill “dead on arrival”
  15. Report Says EU ISPs Are Happily Ignoring Net Neutrality Rules
  16. Comcast does so much lobbying that it says disclosing it all is too hard
  17. Directors and Officers May Be Found Personally Liable Under CASL

PRIVACY

  1.  Proposed digital charter could bring sweeping changes to Canadian privacy laws
  2. Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada Suspends Consultation on Transborder Data Flows 
  3. Apple promises privacy, but iPhone apps share your data with trackers, ad companies and research firms
  4. Nearly 50 million Instagram users’ data exposed, adding to Facebook’s privacy woes
  5. Government Prosecutor Caught Sending Emails With Tracking Software To Reporters And Defense Attorneys
  6. Google bots shut down Baltimore officials’ ransomware-workaround Gmail accounts
  7. Eternally Blue: Baltimore City leaders blame NSA for ransomware attack
  8. Dating App Maker Gets COPPA Warning Letter from the Commish
  9. Why a Windows flaw patched nine days ago is still spooking the Internet
  10. FTC, App Stores Break Up With Dating Apps
  11. Pennsylvania Superior Court holds county where reputational harm occurs is proper venue for Internet defamation suits, confirming 50-year-old inquiry applies to website-based claims 
  12. Amazon now lets you tell Alexa to delete your voice recordings
  13. Why We Should Stop Fetishizing Privacy
  14. Mending (Geo)fencing Concerns 
  15. Why Privacy Is an Antitrust Issue
  16. SFPD Finally Admits The Search Of A Journalist’s Home Over A Leaked Document Was Probably Illegal
  17. San Francisco Bans Facial Recognition Technology Amidst Wave of Government Scrutiny
  18. Law Firm Domain Names Spoofed to Launch Phishing Scams 
  19. Can Employers Request Social Media Account Information?
  20. Germany mulls giving end-to-end chat app encryption das boot: Law requiring decrypted plain-text is in the works – Officials want to upgrade rules from device searching to message interception
  21. Ship Your Enemies GDPR
  22. One Year Into The GDPR: Can We Declare It A Total Failure Yet?
  23. FTC Toughening Stance on Data Security – Five Key Takeaways from Recent Consent Orders
  24. Privacy Unravelled: what do Facebook and Google know about us?
  25. Connected devices: Challenges for both technology providers and consumers

CREATIVITY 

  1.  New Assange Indictment Makes Insane, Unprecedented Use Of Espionage Act On Things Journalists Do All The Time
  2. The indictment of Assange is a blueprint for making journalists into felons: The First Amendment is meaningless if it only protects people the government recognizes as journalists
  3. Under DOJ’s Own Theory For Prosecuting Julian Assange, Donald Trump Probably Violated The Espionage Act 
  4. SFPD Earning Universal Condemnation For Raiding A Journalist’s Home During Its Internal Leak Investigation
  5. San Francisco police chief concedes raid on journalist was wrong – ‘I’m sorry’
  6. San Francisco police union wants chief out over raid on freelance reporter
  7. ‘Gimme the prize’: the author dysfunction (Johanna Gibson)
  8. The Books of College Libraries Are Turning Into Wallpaper: University libraries around the world are seeing precipitous declines in the use of the books on their shelves.
  9. Portland Trailblazers Streisand Stupid Local Article Into National Spotlight For No Reason At All
  10. Countdown To Canada’s New Trademarks Act
  11. PR Firm Not Covered by Privilege Umbrella in Trademark Row
  12. ITC to Investigate Infringing Uses of Trademarks and Copyrights to Sell Counterfeits
  13. Peppa Pig: Copyright infringement by the former licensee
  14. Jenni Rivera Enterprises LLC v. Univision Communications Inc.
  15. A “Boost” for copyright protection in the fashion industry: Kanye’s Yeezy sneakers to receive copyright registrations 
  16. NCAA Athletes Move Closer to Receiving Pay from Their Names, Images, and Likeness
  17. Publishing Law Insight – The Perils of Mimicking a Famous Advertising Slogan
  18. Chris Brown’s “Wobble Up” Video Allegedly Copied Visual Artists’ Work
  19. Double trouble: the fight to be the real Lord Buckethead:
  20. When the political candidate stood against Theresa May in the 2017 general election, he became a viral star. But not all is well
  21. Bittersweet no more: Rolling Stones pass Verve royalties to Richard Ashcroft – Acrimonious dispute meant Ashcroft gave up royalties but ‘kind and magnanimous gesture from Mick and Keith’ passes rights to him
  22. A True Story Of ‘Copyright Piracy’: Why The Verve Will Only Start Getting Royalties Now For Bittersweet Symphony
  23. Why Is Congress Moving Forward With Its Plan To Encourage Copyright Trolling?
  24. Brooke Shields Hits Charlotte Tilbury with Eyebrow Suit
  25. Profit Motive Does Not Magically Transform Data Request Fax Into Unsolicited Advertisement 
  26. How One Hollywood Producer Is Trying to Change the Boys’ Club From Within
  27. NAD Washes Out Superiority Claims in Tide Pods Commercial
  28. Meredith Sells Sports Illustrated to Authentic Brands Group for $110 Million
  29. Jeff Koons becomes world’s most expensive living artist 
  30. Aaron Sorkin read Breitbart for inspiration as he wrote “To Kill a Mockingbird” script
  31. By Censoring Arthur’s Same-Sex Wedding, Alabama Public Television Betrayed Mr. Rogers’ Legacy
  32. How Berlin Became an Unlikely Home for China’s Artists: The German capital not only offers freedom, but also invites people to provoke and challenge orthodoxy.
  33. The 25 Best High School Movies

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