‘Lumberjanes’ Animated TV Series Based On Boom! Comics From Noelle Stevenson Eyed By HBO Max

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An animated series adaptation of BOOM! Studios Eisner Award-winning Lumberjanescomic books and graphic novels is headed to HBO Max. I hear the WarnerMedia streamer landed the rights to the books in a competitive situation in July; according to sources the deal is still in negotiations.

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She-Ra and the Princesses of Power developer Noelle Stevenson, one of the co-creators of the Lumberjanes comic books, is set to adapt and executive produce the project, which I hear has a script-to-series commitment. I hear the idea is to launch Lumberjanes with an hour-long special, to be written and directed by Stevenson.

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Apps Will Get You Paid Early, for a Price

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Americans have become accustomed to summoning just about anything on demand, from groceries to car rides. Now it’s just as easy to get paid when you want.

As the coronavirus pandemic squeezes household budgets, workers and employers alike are increasingly turning to pay-advance apps with friendly-sounding names like Earnin, Dave, Brigit and Rain. They allow users, for a sometimes-optional fee, to request money ahead of payday. One even briefly offered a program for those waiting for slow-to-arrive jobless benefits.

And many customers see them as lifelines.

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Maria Colacurcio, CEO of Seattle startup Syndio and co-founder of Smartsheet, has been selected as a 2020-21 fellow for the Emerson Collective’s Dial Fellowship.

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Emerson Collective is a social change organization founded by Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Launched in 2019, the Dial Fellowship is an invitation-only application and provides participants with communication tools, resources and a network to expand the reach of their work.

Founded in 2016, Syndio creates HR technology that helps companies maintain equal pay and eliminate disparities. The company in May announced a $7.5 million funding round, which included Emerson Collective as an investor.

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The Doctor Can Virtually See You Now

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With digital medicine, patients in rural and remote locations now enjoy much higher levels of medical attention 

By Justin Williams

Americans love change.  Except when it applies to their own lives.  The nation’s medical community feels the same way.  

There are, of course, innovations in healthcare happening all the time.  But for the most part, those innovations take place within the discipline of mainstream medicine, administered in a hands-on fashion at hospitals, clinics and doctors’ offices, under provisions consistent with the arcane stipulations of health insurance policies, and in ways compatible with the extensive business ecosystem that supports providers of healthcare.  Changes which threaten to disrupt that comfortable pattern are deeply suspect.

But for an industry involving trillions of dollars a year, the attraction of new players into the lucrative healthcare market is easy to understand.  So it’s no surprise that some of the nation’s biggest and most technologically sophisticated companies are elbowing their way into different areas of medicine – particularly those that involve big data.  

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