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Alisa Perren

@aperren.bsky.social
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Media studies prof. Director of Industry Relations for the Radio-Television-Film Department at UT-Austin. Opinions are my own.

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FLAVOR FLAV ⏰ @flavorflav.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Cleveland!
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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Whatever happened to nanotechnology? That was supposed to be really big. Also blockchain. Blockchain was definitely going to change everything. Most universities were meant to have disappeared by now because MOOCs. I wonder why we are not a bit humbler about predictions and technology.
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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Bear mama makes herself comfortable: 🔊 #AGoodPlace Source: The Weather Channel
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas.
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Did you know YouTube streams 9,000+ movies free w/ ads right now? And 1k+ of those are pre-1980? And that's just the legit stuff. Add public domain and "pirated" (but un-policed) old movies and it increases the number by a lot. YouTube Premium subscribers get all that ad free for $16/mnth #FilmSky
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Steven S. DeKnight @stevendeknight.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is exactly the issue. By the time you get through post, deliver the show, and they finally pick an airdate after dithering about, it’s already often been a year since you wrapped the writers room. Then they take forever to collect all their data.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 10/09/2026
Layoffs at USA Today, followed by layoffs at McClatchy -- Charlotte Observer, KC Star, Lexington Herald Leader, Miami Herald. Really can't go a week without media layoffs. What a sick industry.
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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 03/08/2026
There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
chart showing 280k pr specialists to 40k 'news analysts, reporters, and journalists'
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
My universal field theory of academia is that it’s no different than any other job but it presents itself as different and that discontinuity causes so so many problems.
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Edd Coates | Game UI Database @eddcoates.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
LinkedIn added an "AI slop" button. The U-Turn is happening, expect to see a lot more of this from other tech companies.
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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
After my parents were visiting set for the first time, I asked my dad what he thought. He said “I didnt realize, it’s like you’re building a house, and once an hour good looking people run in and put on a play for five minutes. Then they leave and you go back to construction.”
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danielle weisberg @danielleweisberg.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
there’s really nothing like finding a new-to-you but old network tv show that has 7+ seasons with over 20 episodes per season
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badly drawn boo! 🎃👻🧛🏼‍♀️ @soapachu.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
perfect dead drop 10/10 no notes (the shrouds really make this)
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
JUST IN: A federal judge has paused the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger, saying it likely violates antitrust laws. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
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Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
the future is here and it is picking images for news alerts
HEADLINE: Taylor Farms pulls iceberg lettuce linked to cyclosporiasis outbreak (CBS News)

IMAGE: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
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Micah @rincewind.run · 10/07/2026
introducing the exciting new product from the people who destroyed cable television: cable television
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Tiffany Knoell, Ph.D. @tlknoell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Not just for actors, everyone. If your account is public, your content is at risk.
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Heidi MacDonald @ SPX @comixace.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Hey squad, The Beat is finalizing SDCC coverage and we have a few openings for reporters! Duties include covering panels, activations, booth tours and so on. There is a LITTLE bit of pay. We cannot pay for accommodations but we will provide a press badge. DM or email - heidi at comicsbeat com
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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
"Google is extracting 100% of the value from the websites it summarizes, and giving nothing back in return."
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
"Mistakenly, we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence and ingesting the design requirements that we had, that that would produce a high-quality product." Holy cow, Ford bought the AI hype, believing they could go "hey computer, make me a good car" and it would.
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Carceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The arm on NBA star Kelsey Plum, who throws a rolled-up jersey to her dad sitting in the upper bleachers. www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUn...
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 26/06/2026
PlayStation is deleting 551 purchased movies from its customers' accounts, reminding us nothing digital is ever truly ours kotaku.com/playstation-store-movies…
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PlayStation Is Deleting Terminator 2 And 550 Other Movies
Movies like Rambo: First Blood, Bridget Jones' Diary and The Deer Hunter are all being unceremoniously removed
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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Media studies folks—new visualization for classes!
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Ben Fritz @benfritz.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Something unusual is happening with movie theater operators: For the first time in a long time, they're in a very good mood. www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Colin Dickey @colindickey.com · 13/06/2026
What remains one of the best life hacks I’ve ever learned: at any chain that has a phone number-based rewards system needed for discounts (CVS, Duane Reade, etc.), simply put in the local area code followed by 867-5309. There is always already an account. You will always get the discount.
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Doug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Just need everyone to know that the Belgium men's soccer team has new jerseys based on the art of Rene Magritte and this is the official photo shoot
Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player biting an apple. The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.Soccer player wearing fedora and with a green apple floating in front of his face, mimicking the Magritte painting "The Son of Man." The soccer player is wearing a jersey with a pattern of pink and blue stripes with half-visible spheres.
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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Will be curious to see if/when a YouTuber breaks through with a theatrical film that isn’t in the horror genre—and what that might be.
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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This weekend’s box office feels like a the start of a moment in the vein of the late 60s and late 90s—truly a generational shift. And with The Mandalorian as the main point of comparison? Demo data in early reports is 👀 Awaiting the think pieces to come… deadline.com/2026/05/box-...
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Box Office: 'Backrooms' $85M-$89M Opening Is An A24 Record
'Backrooms' has racked up $10M in previews with its opening weekend U.S. forecast now in the $85M-$89M range.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Between the box office performance of Obsession and Backrooms (as well as several other recent films), it feels like something about American moviegoing tastes and habits are shifting very quickly in a way for which most of the people with the money to finance movies are completely unprepared.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 25/05/2026
TMZ reporting on the pope’s encyclical was not on my bingo card.
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Pope Leo Warns Artificial Intelligence Could Threaten Humanity
Pope Leo XIV is throwing up a major warning flag about artificial intelligence ... saying the technology could become dangerous if nobody keeps it in check.
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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Just noticed this (lesser-discussed) data point re: the potential Paramount/WB merger: "Research house Parrot Analytics has found that if the two services had been combined in the first quarter of 2026, it would have a 25.1% share of demand for unscripted content across the SVOD services."
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HBO Max & Paramount+ Combo Would Dominate Unscripted Market
Parrot Analytics has found that if the two services were combined in Q1 2026, it would have a 25.1% share of demand for unscripted content.
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Astronomy 🔭 @astronomy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
NEW: Astronaut Reid Wiseman shares a video of ‘Earthset’ that was taken with his iPhone “This is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye…” Wiseman said. This has to be the greatest iPhone video of all time.
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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Good for those teaching business of media: streamers pushing us to ad tiers.
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David F. Sandberg @ponysmasher.social · 14/04/2026
I misread the headline as one movie and got very excited for a moment…
Headline on Hollywood Reporter that reads ”Paddington 4, Escape From New York' Reboot in the Works”
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Zane Griffin Talley Cooper @zgtcooper.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Watching the 1995 science fiction classic Waterworld starring Jennifer Aniston.
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RM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."
I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake

By A Horse

Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food.

I am thinking I would like to try cake.

Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape.

Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy.

Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much.

I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You  know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on."

Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …
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Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
NYT on the steady decline in reality TV production...now I gotta just get my own article on the the end of peak reality TV written. Summer? 🙏 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/b...
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Reality TV Confronts a Harsh TV Reality
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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Streaming subscription revenue tripled in 5 years, from $50 to $150 billion. And they're using unfettered price hikes to "nudge" subscribers to ad tiers — which are even more lucrative. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... #Streaming
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Global Streaming Subscription Revenue Tripled In Five Years, Poised to Top $200 Billion by 2030
Price increases have helped as major players are looking toward "extracting greater value from existing audiences," an Ampere Analysis survey finds.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 26/03/2026
Did you know that there's a third-party TweetDeck equivalent for Bluesky? Try the excellent @deck.blue
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Joe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
27 years later, every show on this list—other than 90210–is still around.
STILL GOING STRONG
Show/Network/Years

60 Minutes
CBS
32

NFL Monday Night Football
ABC
29

20/20
ABC
20

The Simpsons
FOX
11

Beverly Hills, 90210
FOX
10

Law and Order
NBC
10
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Aesop: I TOLD YOU
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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
This is a great list of techniques for getting real information out of a Google search and avoiding AI slop and paid results. (One thing not included is that if you add "-ai" to a search, you block the AI summary) cardcatalogforlife.substack.com/p/google-has...
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Google Has a Secret Reference Desk. Here's How to Use It.
40 Google features to find exactly what you need, the alternative search engines that do things Google won't, and the reference desk framework underneath all of it.
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Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 10/03/2026
"Mainstream media" is increasingly a misnomer when applied to outlets that publish content created by people they employ. That's now a niche in a media market dominated by online megaplatforms that aggregate and monetize content provided for free by others. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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YouTube Lays Claim to Another Crown: The World’s Largest Media Company
The influential financial research firm MoffettNathanson suggests that the Google-owned video platform passed Disney's media business in 2025.
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Traces of Texas @tracesoftexas.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Famed CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite while he was a student at UT-Austin. Walter was born in Missouri but moved to Texas when he was 10 years old. He went to elementary school, jr. high, and high school in Texas, then on to UT-Austin. He dropped out after two years to focus on being a journalist.
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Tammy Salyer @tammy-salyer.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
#writerslife
Post from Julia Fine that says, "Write the book you want to read because you will have to read it 75 times."
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