Is the Streaming Model Changing Film and Entertainment?

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I think it's interesting, because the streaming services, especially early when they launched, was like, this is going to offer us this kind of entertainment that we've never had before. And then what you found a few years later was that ther their programmes were being cancelled much sooner than other people's shows. As a result, naturally, we have seen increasing concerns about whether people are going to keep going to cinemas,. Especially now that they have this option of streaming in their home. But one of the aspects of your peace that i really liked was kind of challenging the idea that this is the way that film and entertainment has to be, right? That we have to go down thi

Paris Marx is joined by Will Tavlin to discuss the history of the film industry, how the digital revolution was promised to democratize film, and how it actually helped cement the power of Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

Will Tavlin is a writer and fact checker based in New York City. Follow Will on Twitter at @wtavlin.

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