Joe Flint

@JBFlint

WSJ media reporter. Contrarian. Curmudgeon. Provocateur. "Sleep is for fools who never see the sun rise." A lifeboat in a sea of turds. Open DM: DON'T ABUSE IT.

Los Angeles

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Joined January 2009

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Joe Flint
@JBFlint
Nov 21, 2019
Yes I’m now an advertisement!
wsj.com
Joe Flint — Reporter at The Wall Street Journal
Joe Flint is a media and entertainment reporter for The Wall Street Journal based in the Los Angeles bureau, covering everything from broadcast networks and sports to cable and streaming. He writes...
Joe Flint
@JBFlint
21h
How long have I been covering this industry? Long enough to explain how fin-syn rules worked, how gutting them cleared the way for studio-network mergers, and how their removal destroyed the independent production biz. Also, how hard it would be to bring rules back today.
Joe Flint
@JBFlint
Aug 19
Paramount v California et al trial will run 12 court days. Judge will not increase that.
Joe Flint
@JBFlint
Aug 19
Judge in Paramount v California et al says she is reluctant to close the courtroom during trial. "Trials happen in public." And hopefully on Zoom too with better capacity than what we had today.
Joe Flint
@JBFlint
Aug 19
Big tech companies are battling a volcanic grassroots backlash that threatens the foundations of the AI boom -- from @thesimonetti and @MeghanBobrowsky
Inside Big Tech’s Frantic Race to Quell the Growing Backlash to AI
From wsj.com