Netflix wins the bidding war for Warner Bros. by Dominic Preston

Netflix is poised to purchase Warner Bros.’ studio and streaming business after being selected as the winner of the bidding war for the media giant.

I can’t really imagine this going through. To be honest, any company that is big enough to purchase WB, should not be allowed to purchase, with the exception of perhaps Apple.

But hey I already have Netflix so great if the HBO stuff is available on Netflix.

Early childhood education teachers increasingly lack qualifications, Etla study finds

The number of early childhood education teachers has risen by around 20 percent, but during that same period the number of teachers with qualifications had only risen by three percent.

The situation is a bit dire. There are temps that fill the void at times. And I know there are many people who are learning Finnish who temp for some time - maybe a month or so.

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More Than Half of New Articles On the Internet Are Being Written By AI - Slashdot

The dramatic loss of this work points toward another issue raised by the Graphite study: the question of authenticity, not only in identifying who or what produced a text, but also in understanding the value that humans attach to creative activity.

I guess it has become even more important to read the people you trust. Most of the stuff mentioned here though - listicles read like slop even before AI.

Stranger Things is ending, and so is Netflix’s reliance on tentpole shows by Charles Pulliam-Moore

Rather than launching massive tentpole originals designed to get everyone watching the same thing, Netflix has invested more of its energy into projects that feel more targeted to specific audiences, like fans of anime and live sports.

You can’t make everyone happy is the one advice you keep hearing as you are creating something. Netflix is like a collection of niches. They have different things that appeal to different people. That is good, I think.