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Amanda Lotz
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Reimaginer of media industries and society in digital age | Prof@QUT | Strategy consultant | US expat | Fan of swimming, baked goods & nature | drtvlotz@gmail | amandalotz.com | Mostly writing on LinkedIn, glimmers of also being a human here .. more

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Amanda D. Lotz is an American-Australian educator, television scholar, and media scholar based in Australia since 2019.

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Aug 5
Just dropped Media 2025, a mini book/limited newsletter publishing experiment hosted on my relaunched site. Media 2025 offers 11 posts (nearly 20,000 words) with state-of-the-moment thinking (behind a one-time charge paywall). I welcome conversation about its ideas! www.amandalotz.com/media-2025-2/
Media 2025 Explainer
Announcing Media 2025 – an experiment in digital-era publishing that is a cross-between a limited newsletter and a short book. It's 11 posts (10 paywalled – nearly 20,000 words) that provide state-of-...
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · 2d
Yep, that’s my 2025. Very grateful (so, so grateful) to the voices/minds behind thes pods; I’ve learned so much and they get me through the torturous gym sessions required to keep this body moving. 🙏 @edzitron.com @hcrichardson.bsky.social @eshap.bsky.social @pkafka.bsky.social

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · 3d
Shows that stay with me is probably my favorite category, and yes, Hal and Harper leads that list this year. A good read
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I put together a list of the TV shows that stuck with me in 2025 — not the “best,” just the ones I couldn’t shake. For better and for worse.

📧 Read and subscribe:
The TV Shows That Stuck With Me in 2025
This isn’t a 'best of' list — it’s a personal look at the new and old TV shows that truly stuck with me in 2025, from The Bear and Severance to Hal & Harper.
ryanschwartz.substack.com

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Ryan Schwartz @ryanschwartz.tv · 3d
I put together a list of the TV shows that stuck with me in 2025 — not the “best,” just the ones I couldn’t shake. For better and for worse.

📧 Read and subscribe:
The TV Shows That Stuck With Me in 2025
This isn’t a 'best of' list — it’s a personal look at the new and old TV shows that truly stuck with me in 2025, from The Bear and Severance to Hal & Harper.
ryanschwartz.substack.com

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · 10d
An extraordinary loss of a generous and bold thinker
humanitiesau.bsky.social Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 10d
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...

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Australian Academy of the Humanities @humanitiesau.bsky.social · 10d
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Emeritus Professor Graeme Turner AO FAHA FQA — one of Australia’s most influential humanities scholars and a towering figure in the Academy’s history. humanities.org.au/our-communit...

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · 20d
A great conversation! open.spotify.com/episode/6aGq...
Cory Doctorow and Ed Zitron on Enshittification and the Rot Economy
open.spotify.com

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Victor Shi @victorshi.bsky.social · Nov 6
And if you've never watched Lina Khan, I'd encourage you to check out @hcrichardson.bsky.social's interview with her last week. She's refreshing, whip-smart, and everything we need more of as a party: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydxk...
A Conversation with Lina Khan, Former Commissioner of the FTC
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Nov 3
Your team would be an ideal independent launch and these posts are a who's who of people who can make that happen quickly. Happy to jump on a call or Zoom if you are interested and want help.

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Douglas Farrar @douglasfarrar.bsky.social · Nov 1
Lina Khan in conversation with @hcrichardson.bsky.social about the history of antitrust and the future of the Democrats. Watch! 📺

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Live with Heather Cox Richardson
A recording from Lina Khan and Heather Cox Richardson's live video
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Oct 31
here (just the first section, 20 min), because it is dense and may be more understandable in my voice. Also, I love a publishing experiment.
youtu.be/VEwinLi3vD4
On hosted media, simple-professional cultural production, and micro media logics in anglophone video
YouTube video by Amanda Lotz
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Oct 31
quite different businesses at increasingly different scales that need correspondingly different conceptualization.

A more accessible (and not so deeply nerdy) version of this thinking is in sections 4-7 of Media 2025. www.amandalotz.com/tag/media-20...

And you can watch me read the intro...
Media 2025 - Amanda Lotz presents A to Z Media Insights
www.amandalotz.com

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Oct 31
This new article brings the current dynamics of the ‘creator economy’ (hosted distribution) into conversation with decades of explaining how creative autonomy is constrained in commercial mediamaking. This lets us explore how the ‘creator’ sector encompasses journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
On hosted media, simple-professional cultural production, and micro media logics in anglophone video - Amanda D. Lotz, 2025
The media sector has expanded in the 21st century to encompass a ‘hosted model’ of circulation and ‘simple-professional’ dynamic of cultural production that coe...
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Oct 27
This too at the core media crisis where major services (YouTube) take share of revenue that prevents wider sustainability or options for makers beyond chasing brand deals. Can't wait for the book, eager to read more about precedent for limiting rent taking.

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Oct 15
The doco lineup on Dis+ is well curated for some needed 90s nostalgia. The Lilith Fair doc is fantastic and In Vogue surprisingly enthralling (not so much a fashionista). Bio docs on Brooke Shields and Barbara Walters also compelling and complicated. variety.com/2025/streami...
How to Watch ‘Lilith Fair: Making a Mystery’ Online
Stream "Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery" documentary on Hulu. Ally Pankiw's doc the story of the all-female music festival created by Sarah Mclachlan.
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · Sep 29
Since President Trump resurfaced talk of a "100% tariff" on foreign made movies - once again, without details on stuff like who would pay - I'm resurfacing what I wrote in May when he first posted about it. Media must curb hyping his vague announcements: https://loom.ly/_nTJx-E
Trump, movie tariffs and the news media: Why do we keep falling for this?
Journalists should resist rampant speculation when it's not attached to a tangible policy
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Sep 18
Deeply fascinating exploration of how Angel is doing the business of movie and series making in radically different ways. themediaodyssey.transistor.fm/episodes/how...
The Media Odyssey | HOW ANGEL IS REVOLUTIONIZING ENTERTAINMENT
After raising $55M in commitments in just 18 days, Angel is ringing the bell on Wall Street and the three founding brothers come on this special episode of The Media Odyssey Podcast for the first t...
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Sep 12
LOL--my kind of quiz!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Who said it: Lachlan Murdoch or Succession's Kendall Roy?
As Lachlan Murdoch's ascension to the head of the family business is cemented, can you tell his quotes apart from Succession's self-proclaimed "eldest boy", Kendall Roy?
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Sep 11
I was thinking that might be the case ;) Only 4 of the eps are available here, but solid resource. Happy to Zoom, late afternoon US works, or I could record a Zoom with you to use. Explaining 'mass media' to those who never really experienced it has been a fascinating challenge

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Sep 11
Enjoyed talking with Gareth King for his podcast series digging into the internet's role in how we live now. Love the podcast form for being able to talk through things that don't have easy answers. Has the internet ruined Broadcast Television? www.ruinedbytheinternet.com/has-the-inte...
Has the internet ruined Broadcast Television? - Amanda Lotz
Has the internet ruined Broadcast Television? By replacing linear, scheduled programming with huge libraries of on-demand content, have the business models and powe…
www.ruinedbytheinternet.com

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Sep 11
There's a good episode in the Dark Side of the 90s doco series (on Hulu) that helps make it accessible to those who didn't live it (Hi Amanda!). Sounds like a great course

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Sep 10
I can't overstate how important this article was to my academic start. It will continue to stand as a crucial part of the foundation of television studies and feminist media studies. Go with our great gratitude Lauren www.jstor.org/stable/1225298

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Michael Socolow @michaelsocolow.bsky.social · Sep 6
For 16 consecutive weeks [all summer], David Muir's "World News Tonight" has been by far the most-watched show on *all* U.S. TV. (~8 million viewers).

More than any primetime entertainment, more than any sports broadcast, much more than anything on cable.

www.adweek.com/tvnewser/wee...
Week of August 25 Evening News Ratings: ABC News and CBS News See Gains Before Holiday Weekend
CBS Evening News experienced double-digit growth of over 20% in the demo.
www.adweek.com

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Leon Barillaro @barilleon.com · Sep 1
When you're working on a solo project and you lose so much momentum that everything grinds to a screeching halt, what you are suffering from is a lack-of-feedback loop. It's time to show what you have to someone who is not you.

Is what I'm doing worth it? Is it good? Entertaining? GO FIND OUT!

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Aug 27
Well, that's a cost
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
A quarter of your water. Could this be the true cost of AI?
Australia is being flagged as a hub for data centres but there are concerns the nation is not ready to deal with the amount of water they need to function.
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Aug 27
In a world where many people are using many different media technologies and services daily, and those technologies and services each offer widely ranging content, maybe we need to organize media use by WHY people use rather than what or how if we want to begin to understand that use.

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Aug 27
Pleased to have a collaboration with Jonathan Gray and Catherine Johnson now in print. A conceptual article drawn from conversations since 2020ish as we each investigated television/video (defined broadly) in US, UK, and Australia respectively.
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Rethinking watching: A viewer-centred approach to understanding the changing audience experience - Amanda D. Lotz, Catherine Johnson, Jonathan Gray, 2025
Audience research is widely regarded as a crucial area of media scholarship and needed to understand the role of media in society. Significant changes in how an...
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Aug 22
@hcrichardson.bsky.social offers a masterclass here; 100+ yrs of US history to explain the current moment in 13 min. Her daily missives have become core to my media diet. A gift to sanity and the fight for democracy. Strongly recommend! open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
August 20, 2025
A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.
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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Aug 19
US TV friends-I think Hal and Harper may only be on Mubi for you, but it offers some of the most beautiful & haunting character study. Risky choices and rewarding; strongly recommend finding. (Great no matter where you are, just unusual I find a US show before my US feed) #tv #streaming

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Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social · Aug 18
It used to be that the citation data was mostly correct, now more than half of the books have publication dates off by a decade-if search surfaces books at all; and why are the chapters of my new monograph listed as separate publications? Just a few small nice things instead of plagiarism robots😔?