Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Disney suspends media blackout on LA Times
After a fierce backlash, the Walt Disney Company has ended a ban that barred LA Times film critics from screenings of its films. The reason for the ban: Disney was unhappy about an LA Times investigation into the company’s business deals with the city of Anaheim.
By Madeleine Brand • • 46m ListenPhoto: People walk past the building of Los Angeles Times newspaper, which is owned by Tribune Publishing Co, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 27, 2016. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)
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3 storiesDisney lifts media blackout on LA Times for critical story
An LA Times investigation found the Walt Disney Company received subsidies, rebates, incentives, and tax protections from Anaheim exceeding $1 billion over the past two decades. Disney retaliated by barring LA Times film critics from press screenings of their movies.
Read the story9 minThere Goes the Neighborhood: Who's moving in and out of LA?
What happens to a city when only the rich can afford to live there? As Los Angeles becomes more expensive, some residents are leaving California for places like Arizona and Texas. Does that mean LA will end up looking like San Francisco? That’s what we look at in this week’s episode of “ There Goes the Neighborhood .”
Read the story23 minLA band Chicano Batman reflects on Trump's first year
The Latin–psychedelic soul band Chicano Batman has been touring with their album “Freedom is Free” for most of Trump’s first year in office. The video for “Freedom is Free” features each of the band members being tortured and drowned by two nondescript agents in aviator sunglasses. What’s it like to make political music in the Trump era?
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