Media News Digest

Media News Digest

Automated media & entertainment industry news digest system. Covers Hollywood trades, box office, streaming platforms, awards season, film festivals, production news, and industry deals.

Quick Start

1. Generate Digest (unified pipeline — runs all 4 layers in parallel):

   python3 scripts/run-pipeline.py \
     --defaults <SKILL_DIR>/config/defaults \
     --hours 48 --freshness pd \
     --output /tmp/md-merged.json --verbose --force
   

2. Use Templates: Apply Discord or email templates to merged output

Data Sources (44 total, 35 enabled)

• RSS Feeds (15): THR, Deadline, Variety, Screen Daily, IndieWire, The Wrap, Collider, Vulture, Awards Daily, Gold Derby, Screen Rant, Empire, The Playlist, Entertainment Weekly, /Film
• Twitter/X KOLs (13): @THR, @DEADLINE, @Variety, @FilmUpdates, @DiscussingFilm, @ScottFeinberg, @kristapley, @BoxOfficeMojo, @GiteshPandya, @MattBelloni, @Borys_Kit, and more

Topics (7 sections)

• 🎟️ Box Office — NA/global box office, opening weekends
• 📺 Streaming — Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO, viewership data
• 🎬 Production — New projects, casting, filming updates
• 🏆 Awards — Oscars, Golden Globes, Emmys, BAFTAs, campaigns
• 💰 Deals & Business — M&A, rights, talent deals, restructuring
• 🎪 Film Festivals — Cannes, Venice, TIFF, Sundance, Berlin
• ⭐ Reviews & Buzz — Critical reception, RT/Metacritic scores

Scripts Pipeline

Scripts are shared with tech-news-digest architecture:

1. fetch-rss.py — RSS feed fetcher with retry & parallel fetching
2. fetch-twitter.py — Twitter/X KOL monitor (requires $X_BEARER_TOKEN)
3. fetch-web.py — Web search via Brave API or agent fallback
4. merge-sources.py — Quality scoring & deduplication
5. validate-config.py — Configuration validator

Cron Integration

Reference references/digest-prompt.md in cron prompts. See digest-prompt.md for placeholder documentation.

Daily Digest

读取 <SKILL_DIR>/references/digest-prompt.md，按照其中的完整流程生成日报。
- MODE = daily, FRESHNESS = pd, RSS_HOURS = 48
- DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID = <channel_id>
- EMAIL = <email>
- LANGUAGE = Chinese

Weekly Digest

读取 <SKILL_DIR>/references/digest-prompt.md，按照其中的完整流程生成周报。
- MODE = weekly, FRESHNESS = pw, RSS_HOURS = 168
- DISCORD_CHANNEL_ID = <channel_id>
- EMAIL = <email>
- LANGUAGE = Chinese

Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

All scripts work with Python 3.8+ standard library only. feedparser optional but recommended.