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For the Jacob Burns Film Center, a Season of Off Screen Turmoil

“The J.B.F.C. is a force for social change disguised as a movie theater,” Demme once said. But now something more unsettling than a sudden, cinematic cut to black has stirred debate at the institution in Pleasantville, about 30 miles north of Manhattan. The former head of programming, Brian Ackerman, was quietly fired in May after […]

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Behind Apple’s Aggressive Moves to Protect Its Trademark

The company has opposed singer-songwriters, school districts and food blogs for trying to trademark names or logos featuring an apple — or a pear or pineapple. Ryan Mac reported from Los Angeles and Kellen Browning from San Francisco. March 11, 2022 When Genevieve St. John started a sex-and-life coaching blog in 2019, she designed a […]

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