Entertainment industry coverage from the trade press + general culture outlets.
Trade press
Variety, Deadline, Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, IndieWire.
General coverage
NYT Arts, WaPo Style, Vulture, The Ringer, Vanity Fair.
Latest stories
The Fish Are Getting Bigger
What AI is doing to our hobbies
Who Has Expertise in the AI Age?
Artificial intelligence could unmake a crucial human achievement.
Is American Culture Simply Bad Now? I’ve been hanging...
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The GOP’s Culture-War Hail Mary
Will it work?
Homer’s Catalogue of Ships from the Iliad. Where the...
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Ed Sheeran tried to stay neutral on a moving train. “If...
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How to Regulate the Ghosts
The catastrophe at its center begins when Walter Peck (William Atherton), a bureaucrat from the Environmental…
The Curious Left-Wing Argument Against New AI Regulations
IdeasThe Curious Left-Wing Argument Against New AI RegulationsThe governing challenges raised by AI expose several…
College Sports Are Great
IdeasCollege Sports Are GreatThe accomplishments of athletes are every bit as impressive and legitimate as those of…
The Wisdom of Uncertainty
Most of us spend our lives trying to know more. We look things up, seek expert advice, and gather information before…
The Data Center Debate Is Divorced From the Facts
IdeasThe Data Center Debate Is Divorced From the FactsAll those scary numbers aren’t what they seem.By Andy…
Trump Is Betting on the Wrong Europe
GlobalTrump Is Betting on the Wrong EuropeThe far-right parties the White House favors have a foreign-policy agenda…
It’s Jon Ossoff’s Moment
Nicole Craine for The AtlanticPoliticsJon Ossoff Is Doing Something DifferentWhat does that mean for 2028?By Elaine…
Naomi Klein : “Extreme wealth has a deranging...
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A Bigoted Outburst Against Texas Sports Fans
Their Longhorns were playing Ohio State, the nation’s No. Then they improbably scored three touchdowns in the fourth…
The Legal Right’s Unofficial Birthday
IdeasThe Birth of the New Legal RightForty-four years ago, a conservative legal convention offered disaffected…
The Property-Tax Revolution
IdeasThe Property-Tax RevolutionStates can’t afford these cuts.By Annie LowreyIllustration by The Atlantic. At the…
It’s All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card
But when it comes to the more mundane tasks of life—such as ordering groceries or booking flights—these tools…
Frequently asked
Movie release dates / box office?
Yes — Box Office Mojo + trade press cover release windows.
Streaming industry coverage?
Yes. Included trade publications regularly cover major Netflix, Disney+, and Max programming and business moves.