<p><div> <table> <tr> <td><img width="160" height="110" src="http://ia802808.us.archive.org/21/items/DTNS20180801/DTNS20180801.thumbs/DTNS20180801_000001.jpg"/></td> <td><img width="160" height="110" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NIp-mn1V8YQ/1.jpg"/></td> <td><img width="160" height="110" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NIp-mn1V8YQ/2.jpg"/></td> <td><img width="160" height="110" src="http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NIp-mn1V8YQ/3.jpg"/></td> </tr> </table><div><br>MoviePass the self-proclaimed future of movie cinemas across the nation now finds itself in a spiral of bad news borrowing $6 million to keep running, stopped access to Mission Impossible: Fallout, reduced the number of movie releases available, and raised prices. Was this inevitable and is the company’s failure all but assured?</p> <p>Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Roger Chang and Scott Johnson.</p> <p><iframe width="100%" height="188" src="https://embed.acast.com/dtns/dtns3337-moviepassed-" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none;overflow:hidden;"></iframe></p> <p><strong><a href="https://media.acast.com/dtns/dtns3337-moviepassed-/media.mp3">MP3 Download</a></strong <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NIp-mn1V8YQ" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/NIp-mn1V8YQ">Using a Screen Reader? 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Thank you!</p> <p>Big thanks to <a href="http://danlueders.com/">Dan Lueders</a> for the headlines music and <a href="http://twitter.com/martinbellmusic">Martin Bell</a> for the opening theme!</p> <p>Big thanks to Mustafa A. from <a href="http://thepolarcat.com">thepolarcat.com</a> for the logo!</p> <p>Thanks to <a href="http://ritualmisery.com/amos/amos_bio/">Anthony Lemos</a> of <a href="http://ritualmisery.com/">Ritual Misery</a> for the expanded show notes!</p> <p>Thanks to our mods, Kylde, Jack_Shid, KAPT_Kipper, and scottierowland on the <a href="http://dailytechnewsshow.reddit.com/">subreddit</a></p> <p><b>Show Notes</b><br /> To read the show notes in a separate page click <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSNOzF-5NZGWIv3IgfFh_akctxJQPdl6SxS9Zac55vFyzhe0QCrQzpDeb2J8d7rcbE-3qYGLDYkRDVG/pubhtml?gid=1187865700&single=true">here</a>!<br /> <span id="more-13185"></span></p> <ul> <li>Quick Hits <ul> <li>(01:10) <a href="http://fortune.com/2018/08/01/france-smartphone-school-ban/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Why France Is Banning Smartphones at School Just as the U.S. Is Letting More Students Use Them</a> | fortune</li> <li>(01:35) <a href="https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/3d-printed-gun-website-yanks-cad-files-after-federal-judicial-order/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3D-printed gun website yanks CAD files after federal judicial order</a> | ars technica</li> <li>(01:55) <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/93qnm5/we_had_a_security_incident_heres_what_you_need_to/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">We had a security incident. 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