Attention Spans Drop by 33%
The human species has been evolving for millions of years, but in less than one generation, human attention spans have dropped by a third,
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In a Feminized Society, Can Male Movies Succeed?
As the Wall Street Journal said, some audiences found The Revenant “too strenuous, too long, too exhausting, too male, too snowy, too much raw meat,
Before You Steal Your Next Movie
You should appreciate how much work, and often suffering, goes into making it. Filmed only in natural light with temperatures sometimes 30 degrees below
Novels are Getting Bigger, not Smaller
Despite all the talk about how short attention spans have become thanks to social media, the Internet, etc. the fact is that the most
The Future of Media
McKinsey and Company, a huge international consulting firm, has put together a report on the next five years of media by growth rates: Digital
Literary Heroines
This is a clever idea, the sort of thing we wish we’d see more of. New York magazine had five rising novelists dress up
Seal on Predicting Which Songs are Hits
“People tell you they know what will be a hit. Nobody knows shit. It was always a good song. Was it a hit? It
Girls, Gadgets, and Cars – James Bond
The James Bond movies are famous for girls, gadgets and cars, not necessarily in that order. A look at the cars.
The Tangled Web of NFL Coaches
Who is your favorite coach related to? Who was he an assistant coach to before he became head coach? The NFL coaching fraternity
What it Really Takes for Bestsellers
Ian Fleming didn’t write his first novel until he was 43, and only lived 12 more years, but his James Bond franchise is still