If you’re in Florence on the 26th of September, join us at the European University Institute @eui-eu.bsky.social in Fiesole to talk about #culture, the audiovisual sector and #cultural diplomacy/relations – and their potential contribution to addressing EU challenges www.eui.eu/events?id=57...

Life's not ideal right now, but there is a cinema in Brussels screening all the Ghibli movies throughout the semester

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It was great working with the colleagues from ULB on this pièce. It's based on our work in ALGEPI . We had to be synthetic for the comparison of AI's impact on journalists in Belgium, France and Spain but this will be developed in forthcoming publications. Check out www.algepi.com

Dans le dernier n° de la revue Medijske studije/Media Studies, nous publions avec B. Lefèvre, A. Errando, A. Afilipoaie et H. Ranaivoson les résultats d’une recherche consacrée aux enjeux éthiques de la régulation de l'IA dans les médias d'info, disponible en open access : hrcak.srce.hr/file/483372

On his current tour, Rod Stewart has been singing “Forever Young” in front of an AI-generated video of Ozzy Osbourne taking selfies in heaven with musicians like Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, and XXXTentacion

"Bien joué, mais ça ne change rien" comme dirait l'autre. #Macron #Netanyahou #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #dessin #dessindepresse #actualité #actu #politique

This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I... Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…

SOEF Vol 2 Final Takes! Cinema visibility & loyalty schemes, VOD, AI, & workforce challenges: small film markets need smart, data-led support: crescine.eu/2025 Volume 3 will explore audience reception - stay tuned. #crescine #eufilm #smallmarkets #filmfuture

@arretsurimages.net - des problèmes avec votre site?

Aujourd'hui, si vous tapez « vel… » sur Spotify, ce n'est pas Velvet Underground qui vous est proposé, mais The Velvet Sundown. Un groupe monté de toutes pièces par IA, qui cumule presque autant d'écoutes mensuelles que de jeunes espoirs de la pop française. leclaireur.fnac.com/article/6070...

Spano with an event study design of the impact of film releases on book sales. There is a positive, significant impact of film releases on the probability to appear on bestseller lists. There is also a small negative effect 6 months after the release

Piovesan behind the success of books: from cultural concentration to capitalistic concentration. In French context. Cultural concentration = what I would put in diversity on the demand/consumed side Capitalistic concentration = concentration of ownership

Almost final session for me at #acei 2025 on books. First Svetlana Kharchenkova on creating a market for children's picture books in china. This is based on using "reading guides". They are analysed as localisation devices. Cf market device. Concept that moves away from notions centre & periphery

The trick to any lab reorganisation is to just do the opposite of whatever you did last time

Now starting the session on 'streaming services'. First presentation by Chia-Yi Cheng on the promotion of online streaming TV series, based on uses & gratifications theory. Variables included: cultural info, audience identification, title informativeness. Which impact on audience satisfaction?

After a nice session on the economics of music and its impact on fairness, based on Fair MusE, it flows naturally into Michela Giorcelli on VIVA Verdi: an economic analysis of copyright and creativity. I see it's quite a jump in the past, though.

'Understanding and fostering diversity in the arts' panel. Fukuda explains feel from the perspective of the Champlain trio. They champion classical repertoire by female composers. They were often known while alive but forgotten once dead.

Handke on 'The great piracy experiment' with SLR of 81 high impact academic articles with factors of piracy Surveys are the most popular tools. Where ethics is covered, researchers find a significant impact. Neutralisation factors (inhibit the effect of ethics) yield significant coeff #acei2025

Now in the session on film industry, starting with a presentation by the colleagues from REBOOT discussing public value and comparing Austria and Greece.

Official opening of the Association for cultural economics international 2025 #acei2025 with a keynote by VERMEYLEN on AI and the art market focused on visual arts. He first discusses the consequences of AI production not being protected and fair remuneration for creators

Timbaland 2 weeks ago: I’m releasing AI generated music Timbaland today: Please read this apology and statement from my legal team

Le culot sans limites (Israël a détruit tous les hôpitaux de Gaza et d'autres au Liban et en Syrie)

Ah oui d'accord donc maintenant on est toustes fiché.e.s au simple motif d'être d'origine iranienne. Et vu qu'il parle de "poursuivre les efforts", ça veut même dire qu'on était déjà fiché.e.s ? Je sais même plus quoi dire là

This gets more and more bizarre. How many countries can Israel attack, before EU politicians stop talking about the 'right to defend itself'?

Countries Israel has bombed since Trump took power: • Syria • Palestine • Lebanon • Yemen • Iraq • Egypt • Iran

Les gens qui viennent dire RIP Brian Wilson sous la vidéo YouTube de Kokomo 😭😭😭 Mais comment leur en vouloir, jamais cette chanson n'aurait dû être signée Beach Boys.

🎬 ANIMA MUNDI is at #AnnecyFestival today! Set-the-Stage Workshop – diving into IP, partnerships & digital discoverability in animation. #ANIMAMundi #Animation #CreativeIndustries #MIFA2025

"Écrire cette lettre comporte un risque personnel considérable pour nous tous.Mais nous refusons de nous taire alors que notre communauté est attaquée. Nous ne pouvons pas nous permettre de nous taire. Harvard non plus"

GenAI + syndication+sloppy management...

Start of the day with the presentation of the Nostradamus report, introduced by Sten Saluveer @crescine.bsky.social Koljonen starts discussing the situation in Gaza (which I did not see coming). She presents all chapters. The first is from reality-resistant to resilient resistance.

Last conference of the day, with Faith Akin and Hideo Kojima. What an interesting encounter it should be!

Intro of the session on crossing borders in animation: making international co productions work. And already the reminder that animation exports: half exports for German films are animated films. And thanks @unifrance.bsky.social for mentioning @animamundieu.bsky.social and its objectives

Producer Kaža to explore how "Flow" can pave the way for the future of independent animation. From director Zilbadolis' first works (notably his first feature, away). film centre in Latvia gave 850,000 which is huge for this country. Involvement of France for 3D animation @animamundieu.bsky.social

Getting ready for the Crunchyroll session on 'from streaming to the big screen - how anime is driving cinema ' at Cannes marche du film @animamundieu.bsky.social

Now in the future media hubs. Sarah Geeroms introducing their 5 hubs. Now launching the duets m Future Media Initiative

Kanzler describes public funding. Its importance has increased in the last years. Mainly aimed at production. Selective funding more than automatic but the latter tends to increase relatively. Germany is an interesting example thereof. Valais analyses investment obligations

Valais presents the European tools for film policy and emerging goals such as sustainability @streamscapes.bsky.social AVMSD is key, notably with quotas for linear and non-linear services Discussion also of how independence is defined for producers: crucial for some public funding

Start of European audiovisual observatory Kanzler presenting 3 indicators of success: financial success (at least break even), audience reach and festival success Very limited financially, very successful in festivals. For audiences, good at reaching national audiences, less for non national

Babymetal a Bruxelles c'était le feu

📣 Certains qui soutenaient encore Israël sans réserve hier, découvrent soudainement la « situation humanitaire » à Gaza et en Cisjordanie. Mieux vaut tard que jamais ? Pas toujours! 🧵Un petit thread pour vous dire ce que j’en pense.👇 www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/proche...

Plateformes, IA générative et régulation algorithmique : perspectives critiques et interdisciplinaires - Colloque aujourd'hui et demain à l'ETS dans le cadre de l'ACFAS 2025 @_Acfas @rechercheUQAM @UQAM @etsmtl #acfas #acfas2025 www.acfas.ca/evenements/c... @acfas.ca @uqam.ca

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

Together with Jing Zeng and @rupertkiddle.com we're guest editing a special issue of the Journal of #Computational #Communication Research on "Computational Approaches to Researching Short Videos": journal.computationalcommunication.org/announcement...

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cheetos

"You wouldn't steal a car" 🫠 Xband-Rough used was in fact a pirated version of FF Confidential designed by Just van Rossum. news.sky.com/story/you-wo...

New from 404 Media: we've published the full internal Palantir wiki in which it argues why it is working with ICE. It is rare for outsiders to get insight from a tech company on why it might decide to work on a project like this. Spelled out acronyms but left unedited www.404media.co/this-is-pala...

I am hiring a PhD student on the meaningful interpretation of effect sizes as part of my VICI funded project. This is a 4 year paid position in a welcoming and collaborative environment. Find out more or apply at www.tue.nl/werken-bij-t...