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Writers, actors take to the picket lines in Hollywood

Hollywood studios are facing two strikes for the first time in 63 years. It comes after the members of the SAG-AFTRA actors union, representing nearly 160,000 actors an

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Setting the stage for creativity

Newly published book Yiqie Weixiju (Everything Is for Theater).[Photo/China Daily] It's hard to define what a theater producer does exactly, even for those working in the field. "Many think the

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Disney wants to become the happiest place in the metaverse

Mickey Mouse is poised to venture into the metaverse.Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek said the entertainment conglomerate is preparing to make the technological leap into a v

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APD | Dato Goh Hin San, Datuk of Malaysia: Cultural Communications Should Be "Breezes and Drizzles" instead of "Gusts and Storms"

By APD writer Li Zheyuan and translated by Sun ChenghaoIn the "Belt and Road" initiative, cultural communications and people-to-people bonds have always been regarded a

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40-plus tax increases: A rundown of House Dems’ $2 trillion tax plan

House Democrats this week are moving forward with their long-awaited plan to raise taxes to help pay for their next big spending package. With more than 40 separate tax

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Everything AI and robotics at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021

AI is everywhere in tech, and you can bet it will be a vital topic at TechCrunch Disrupt 2021 on September 21-23. It’s the driving force behind just about everything from rockets, robotics and custome

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Our favorite startups from YC’s Summer 21 Demo Day, Part 1

Y Combinator kicked off its fourth-ever virtual Demo Day today, revealing the first half of its nearly 400-company batch. The presentation, YC’s biggest yet, offers a snapshot into where innovation is

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Visiting Mars in Beijing

The Mars 2035 multimedia exhibition at Beijing's Millennium Monument creatively presents over 100 items that explore our scientific and cultural understanding of the red planet. [Photo by Erik Ni

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Now that summer is forever, here are 6 books on climate change to sharpen your intuitions and models

The climate is finally hitting a climax. Decades of discussions and reports by scientists have yielded pathbreaking works by writers like Elizabeth Kolbert, and today, climate fiction and non-fiction

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Bright raises $15M for its live video platform that lets you learn from top creators

Bright, a live video platform that lets fans engage in live conversations with their favorite creators and celebs, has raised $15 million in new funding, the company announced today. The round was co-

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Bright raises $15M for its live video platform that lets you Zoom with top creators

Bright, a live video platform that lets fans Zoom with their favorite creators and celebs, has raised $15 million in new funding, the company announced today. The round was co-led by co-founder and ta

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Substack acqui-hires team behind subscription social app Cocoon

Subscription newsletter platform kingpin Substack shared today that they’ve acqui-hired the team behind Cocoon, a subscription social media app built for close friends.We covered the Y Combinato

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OnlyFans’ explicit content ban should spark a conversation about a creators’ bill of rights

OnlyFans’ decision to ban sexually explicit content is reigniting an important and overlooked conversation around tech companies, content guidelines and sex work. However, the implications of this dis

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Derek Tsang to direct Netflix's 'Three-Body Problem'

Hong Kong director Derek Tsang is set to direct the first episode of the highly-anticipated Netflix original series, Three-Body Problem, based on Chinese writer Liu Cixin's award-winning sci-fi ep

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Growth roundup: Mail privacy protection and growth marketing beyond the tactics

“Email impacts marketing strategy and enables better overall business success. It’s the lifeblood of an effective multichannel campaign,” says Melissa Sargeant, CMO at Litmus. “However, Apple’s Mail P

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Twitter is testing a feature that puts users’ Revue newsletters on their profiles

This January, Twitter acquired the newsletter platform Revue, but until now its integration into Twitter has been minimal; sometimes when you write Twitter threads, you’ll be greeted with a R

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Contact, a platform for creatives backed by Maisie Williams, raises $1.9M Seed led by Founders Fund

With the pandemic digitizing every aspect of our lives, the Creator Economy has taken off like never before, with some estimates saying it’s now a $100Bn+ market. And yet, managing your professi