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    • The Web Fills Up And Empties Out

      Good Morning,

      Two numbers today, and they belong together. Traffic to the ten biggest US news sites is down by a third in two years (Press Gazette). More than a third of web pages published since ChatGPT launched show signs of machine authorship (TechCrunch). The open web is filling with writing nobody asked for and emptying of the readers who used to justify the rest.

      Here’s what that does downstream: a hoax claiming the Tang Dynasty never existed is picking up genuine believers on the Chinese internet (CNN). Three centuries of poetry, apparently now up for a vote.

      The counterexample is in theaters. Hadestown — a show built in front of live audiences for more than a decade before it got near a screen — just broke Hamilton‘s box office records (IndieWire). Nobody found it through a feed. That’s the point.

      The bill still arrives: ICA San Diego laid off nearly half its staff (San Diego Union-Tribune), and a new study puts the Paramount-Warner merger’s cost to Los Angeles at 4,500 film and TV jobs (TheWrap).

      Meanwhile, America’s first jellyfish museum has opened in Pompano Beach, built by a Ukrainian couple who left their Kyiv one behind in 2022 (AP).

      All of our stories below.

    • Behold America’s First-Ever Jellyfish Museum

      “The private Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach, Florida, just north of Fort Lauderdale, … was created by Alex and Yana Yanovsky, who previously developed successful aquariums in Ukraine, including their first jellyfish museum in Kyiv. The couple left those facilities behind when they fled Ukraine following the 2022 Russian invasion.” – AP

    • Study: Web Traffic To The 10 Biggest News Websites Has Dropped By A Third In Two Years

      Combined traffic to the ten biggest news websites in the US is down by almost a third compared to two years ago, new analysis shows. The difference was even higher across the top 50 news websites in the US, with monthly visits falling 37% since July 2024. – Press-Gazette

    • Weird Idea Spreads On Chinese Internet That Tang Dynasty Never Existed

      The Tang era (618-907 CE) is considered a golden age, a period of territorial expansion, prosperity and high culture which every Chinese schoolchild learns about. Claiming it never happened is like telling Brits there was no Norman Conquest. Yet the bogus idea has caught on widely enough that China’s government is weighing in. – CNN

    • How The COVID Crisis Shifted Culture Funding

      In 2019, arts organizations in BIPOC-majority neighborhoods of a major U.S. city received 16% less median grant funding than those in white-majority neighborhoods. By 2022, they were receiving 289% more. – SMU Cultural Data

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    • Behold America’s First-Ever Jellyfish Museum

      “The private Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach, Florida, just north of Fort Lauderdale, … was created by Alex and Yana Yanovsky, who previously developed successful aquariums in Ukraine, including their first jellyfish museum in Kyiv. The couple left those facilities behind when they fled Ukraine following the 2022 Russian invasion.” – AP

    • The Growing Threat Of Cyberattacks On Museums

      We live in a time when digital systems underpin everything from ticketing to surveillance and building access. Sidelining cybersecurity leaves museums vulnerable to attacks that could threaten both their finances and their collections. – The Conversation

    • Institute Of Contemporary Art San Diego Lays Off Nearly Half Its Employees

      The ICA San Diego (not to be confused with the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego) is reducing its staff from 19 to 11, including almost all senior management and public-facing workers. The head curator position was eliminated last month. – The San Diego Union-Tribune

    • Colombian Cultural Heritage Sites Damaged In The Earthquake

      The report, published on 14 August, identifies 40 nationally protected cultural properties in the seven departments hardest hit by the disaster that suffered some degree of damage, 22 of which were severely impacted. Of the remaining properties, 13 suffered moderate damage and five were only lightly affected. – The Art Newspaper

    • This Summer’s European Heat Waves Are Damaging Monet’s Gardens At Giverny

      Horticultural staff are reporting that some foliage is scorched and many flowers are wilting, though they’ve been able to mitigate the weather’s worst effects by careful watering and moving some plants around. Chief gardeners also say they may have to change some of the seasonal scheduling and choice of plantings. – ARTnews

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    • The Web Fills Up And Empties Out

      Good Morning,

      Two numbers today, and they belong together. Traffic to the ten biggest US news sites is down by a third in two years (Press Gazette). More than a third of web pages published since ChatGPT launched show signs of machine authorship (TechCrunch). The open web is filling with writing nobody asked for and emptying of the readers who used to justify the rest.

      Here’s what that does downstream: a hoax claiming the Tang Dynasty never existed is picking up genuine believers on the Chinese internet (CNN). Three centuries of poetry, apparently now up for a vote.

      The counterexample is in theaters. Hadestown — a show built in front of live audiences for more than a decade before it got near a screen — just broke Hamilton‘s box office records (IndieWire). Nobody found it through a feed. That’s the point.

      The bill still arrives: ICA San Diego laid off nearly half its staff (San Diego Union-Tribune), and a new study puts the Paramount-Warner merger’s cost to Los Angeles at 4,500 film and TV jobs (TheWrap).

      Meanwhile, America’s first jellyfish museum has opened in Pompano Beach, built by a Ukrainian couple who left their Kyiv one behind in 2022 (AP).

      All of our stories below.

    • Behold America’s First-Ever Jellyfish Museum

      “The private Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach, Florida, just north of Fort Lauderdale, … was created by Alex and Yana Yanovsky, who previously developed successful aquariums in Ukraine, including their first jellyfish museum in Kyiv. The couple left those facilities behind when they fled Ukraine following the 2022 Russian invasion.” – AP

    • Study: Web Traffic To The 10 Biggest News Websites Has Dropped By A Third In Two Years

      Combined traffic to the ten biggest news websites in the US is down by almost a third compared to two years ago, new analysis shows. The difference was even higher across the top 50 news websites in the US, with monthly visits falling 37% since July 2024. – Press-Gazette

    • Weird Idea Spreads On Chinese Internet That Tang Dynasty Never Existed

      The Tang era (618-907 CE) is considered a golden age, a period of territorial expansion, prosperity and high culture which every Chinese schoolchild learns about. Claiming it never happened is like telling Brits there was no Norman Conquest. Yet the bogus idea has caught on widely enough that China’s government is weighing in. – CNN

    • How The COVID Crisis Shifted Culture Funding

      In 2019, arts organizations in BIPOC-majority neighborhoods of a major U.S. city received 16% less median grant funding than those in white-majority neighborhoods. By 2022, they were receiving 289% more. – SMU Cultural Data

    PEOPLE

    • The Web Fills Up And Empties Out

      Good Morning,

      Two numbers today, and they belong together. Traffic to the ten biggest US news sites is down by a third in two years (Press Gazette). More than a third of web pages published since ChatGPT launched show signs of machine authorship (TechCrunch). The open web is filling with writing nobody asked for and emptying of the readers who used to justify the rest.

      Here’s what that does downstream: a hoax claiming the Tang Dynasty never existed is picking up genuine believers on the Chinese internet (CNN). Three centuries of poetry, apparently now up for a vote.

      The counterexample is in theaters. Hadestown — a show built in front of live audiences for more than a decade before it got near a screen — just broke Hamilton‘s box office records (IndieWire). Nobody found it through a feed. That’s the point.

      The bill still arrives: ICA San Diego laid off nearly half its staff (San Diego Union-Tribune), and a new study puts the Paramount-Warner merger’s cost to Los Angeles at 4,500 film and TV jobs (TheWrap).

      Meanwhile, America’s first jellyfish museum has opened in Pompano Beach, built by a Ukrainian couple who left their Kyiv one behind in 2022 (AP).

      All of our stories below.

    • Behold America’s First-Ever Jellyfish Museum

      “The private Jellyfish Museum in Pompano Beach, Florida, just north of Fort Lauderdale, … was created by Alex and Yana Yanovsky, who previously developed successful aquariums in Ukraine, including their first jellyfish museum in Kyiv. The couple left those facilities behind when they fled Ukraine following the 2022 Russian invasion.” – AP

    • Study: Web Traffic To The 10 Biggest News Websites Has Dropped By A Third In Two Years

      Combined traffic to the ten biggest news websites in the US is down by almost a third compared to two years ago, new analysis shows. The difference was even higher across the top 50 news websites in the US, with monthly visits falling 37% since July 2024. – Press-Gazette

    • Weird Idea Spreads On Chinese Internet That Tang Dynasty Never Existed

      The Tang era (618-907 CE) is considered a golden age, a period of territorial expansion, prosperity and high culture which every Chinese schoolchild learns about. Claiming it never happened is like telling Brits there was no Norman Conquest. Yet the bogus idea has caught on widely enough that China’s government is weighing in. – CNN

    • How The COVID Crisis Shifted Culture Funding

      In 2019, arts organizations in BIPOC-majority neighborhoods of a major U.S. city received 16% less median grant funding than those in white-majority neighborhoods. By 2022, they were receiving 289% more. – SMU Cultural Data

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