Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
The Fugitive (1993) is the top St. Patrick’s Day movie. – The St. Patrick’s Day parade scene is legendary. Richard Kimble, played by Harrison Ford, runs through the Chicago parade keeping a low profile. It turns out the scene wasn’t scripted. Director Andrew Davis got permission from the mayor to film the day of the parade.
The entire thing was filmed with a hand-held steady cam. With no rehearsal, Ford and Tommy Lee Jones went into the crowd and played out the scene. Ford said he lasted several minutes in the parade masses before being recognized.
TikTok is participating in SXSW 2021 Online March 16-20– Through panels, roundtables, and discussions, TikTok is going to dig deep into how brands are an essential part of the cultural and social conversations happening on TikTok and the impact TikTok has made on the Music industry. [TikTok]
Learning Apps Have Boomed in the Pandemic. Now Comes the Real Test. – Start-ups hope there’s no turning back for online learning, even as more students return to the classroom.
Tech evangelists have long predicted that computers would transform education. The future of learning, many promised, involved apps powered by artificial intelligence that would adjust lessons to children’s abilities faster and more precisely than their human teachers ever could. [NYT]
The New York Times was nominated for 2 Oscars. -The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has nominated “Time” for Best Documentary Feature and the Op-Doc “A Concerto Is a Conversation” in the Documentary Short Subject category. [NYT]
Nielsen and Barrington Media Group announce multi-year agreement -Barrington signs up as a new client for Nielsen’s National and Local TV measurement services in all markets. [Nielsen]
Kevin Mayer talks about his disappointing departures at Disney and TikTok, and the long decline of pay TV [CNBC]
The NFL is set to beef up its regular season schedule with the introduction of a 17th game for each of its 32 franchises, but an official announcement about the expanded 2021 slate won’t be made until after the league has signed off on at least one of its new media-rights deals. [Sportico]
Amazon has surpassed Walmart as the No. 1 apparel retailer in the U.S.
Comscore and CoxReps Announce Local Television Measurement Renewal – Comscore announced a renewed agreement to provide CoxReps, a leading television representative company for local broadcast television stations, with full-service ratings and impressions information for all local TV markets, including Comscore’s Advanced Automotive Demographics segments. [Comscore]
