Marketplace quoted Jeffrey Cole of the Center for the Digital Future on how AT&T and Discovery can create a successful company together. “The only answer is to put billions into content," he said. "And I think you need a massive economic engine to do that.”
Diverse Issues in Higher Education quoted Miki Turner in an article about ViacomCBS and USC Annenberg creating a scholarship fund for HBCU graduates.
EdSource highlighted research by Hernan Galperin of USC Annenberg and Stephen Aguilar of USC Rossier on the need for affordable broadband access for K-12 students.
The Los Angeles Times cited research from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative on the number of speaking characters with a disability in top-grossing movies.
The Atlantic quoted Dan Schnur on the low percentage of Californians backing the recall effort against Gov. Gavin Newsom. “There are a lot of voters who are unhappy with the way Newsom has handled the pandemic, but not nearly enough to remove him from office,” Schnur said.
The Washington Post quoted Matthew Belloni on how canceling the Golden Globes affects holiday season movie marketing.
Marc Ambinder wrote a column for MSNBC about how to better prepare against ransomware attacks. "The threat is one that requires persistent engagement and personal resilience. Until those things have improved, America remains very vulnerable," he wrote.
CBS News Los Angeles affiliate KCBS-TV featured USC Annenberg and ViacomCBS announcing a new $1 million endowment to fund scholarships for graduates of historically Black colleges and universities to enroll in master's programs. "HBCU graduates are critical to advancing our country's future, including the next generation of journalists," Dean Willow Bay said.
WBUR-FM's Here & Now interviewed Allissa Richardson on the public airing of videos showing the deaths of Black people at the hands of police. "Only African Americans have to show, or prove, that they did not deserve their own killing in this way," she said.
The Los Angeles Times featured an op-ed by PhD student Frances Corry on what happens when social platforms shut down. "In many ways, what is put on these platforms today represents a significant part of our cultural heritage, however banal it may seem in the present," she wrote.
NBC News spoke with Karen North about the heated debates on social media over pandemic restrictions. "We can now go online and not only watch someone break a rule but watch someone attack someone for breaking a rule,” she said.
KCRW-FM's Greater L.A. spoke with Christina Bellantoni about the hiring of Kevin Merida as executive editor of the Los Angeles Times. “Having someone that’s going to come in and be a real newspaper person with a vision to be able to lead staffs large and small, I think is going to be really beneficial,” she said.