Princess movies and opera alike reveal the limited number of models available to women. "Le Dernier Sorcier", composed by Pauline Viardot in 1869, shows that a much richer world is possible.
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Real-life adherents to the Mandela Effect veer into conspiratorial thinking. But they do hit on an important truth: Our understanding of history is malleable.
Netflix's competitors are multiplying, and they're ambitious. After Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, and a dozen others, Disney+ has lauched, and Netflix is clearly in the crossehairs.
Although some have dubbed the flurry of new video services coming out as a 'streaming war,' the reality is very different.
Giants like Disney and NBCUniversal have been locked in the horns of a business problem known as the innovator's dilemma.
Aladdin draws on hundreds of years of anti-Muslim sentiment in western culture.
'The Lion King' illustrates how a child moves through five stages of grief with the support of loving friends, family and community.
While the 2019 'Aladdin' is a big improvement from the 1992 version, it still recycles some old tropes.
Vudu, Apple TV+, Disney +, NBC Universal: there's going to be a lot of blood on the carpet.
In production as the #metoo uprising took hold, the sequel is a real chance for Disney to normalise strong, independent female characters.
We've had 90 years of those famous ears.
The latest fairy tale movie from Disney has a dark twist, so it's right on trend.
Comcast and Disney's bidding war for Sky can only be justified by the outside threat of Amazon and Netflix.
In ten years, Netflix has built up a streaming business with a staggering 125m subscribers. Here's what it needs to do next.
A scholar of the media business tries to make sense of the flurry of merger news lately, and why the contested tie-up between AT&T and Time Warner will profoundly reshape the American media landscape.
United's CEO called the Trump policy 'in deep conflict' with his company's values, the latest example of a corporate leader speaking out on a political issue, something almost unheard of a few decades ago.
The proposed Sky takeover is just the latest chapter in the Murdoch family saga which will see power shifting at the top of the empire.
Black Panther arrives at a moment of possibility. Its popularity demonstrates that people are crying out for chances to see themselves and their communities portrayed with dignity—as heroes.
Acquiring companies that don't complement the main business went out of fashion more than a decade ago.
In the coming year, media companies will be adjusting to a new reality – one that ultimately leaves consumers with fewer choices.
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Film and Television Studies, University of Hull
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer, Head of Department Design Innovation, National University of Ireland Maynooth
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Narratology, University of Sydney
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