“It’s not surprising that the entertainment industry finds itself behind other giant corporations on this,” Ms. Press said. A few other industries — banking, news media, travel — are also largely absent from the boycott list. Besides, they said, movie studios are not spending much money on advertising right now because theaters are closed. “You can now get more reach on an Instagram post than through a prime-time cable spot,” Mr. Lowenthal said. Facebook owns Instagram.

Source: New York Times July 15, 2020 19:07 UTC