Yearly Archives: 2023
Radio Anchor Shot To Death In Philippines While Live On Air And Facebook
"The gunman gained entry into the home-based radio station of provincial news broadcaster Juan Jumalon by pretending to be a listener. He then shot...
Facebook And Google Blocked Sharing News On Their Platforms In Canada. It Has Been...
While Canadian audiences are undoubtedly harmed by the blocking of journalism, for independent local news business, which the Bill aimed to protect, this new...
What 35 Years Of Data Show About How Book Awards Winners Are Chosen
Among other things, the scandal of the 1987 National Book Award emphasizes just how little we, as readers, know about how literary distinction is...
We Have To Either Sell Our Cézannes Or Close Our Doors, Says Museum
The director of the Museum Langmatt in Switzerland described the upcoming auction at Christie's of three Cézanne paintings as an "emergency measure," saying that...
Cellist Calls For Airlines To Clarify Procedures For Taking Instruments On Board
“Most of the airlines do not have a policy for musical instruments,” he said. “And when there is a policy sometimes it is not...
The Myths And Mythologies Of Misinformation (And The Damage They Do)
The internet is, it turns out, a powerful engine for the creation of mistrust and a rich source of raw materials for false beliefs....
The Line Between Science And Art Is A Mistake
We think of science as exact, objective, following a strict method, whereas art as creative and subjective, with no formal rules. But this picture...
Odesa National Museum Damaged In Russian Blast
According to a statement from Ukraine’s Interior Ministry, a missile launched by Russia caused significant damage to the Odesa Fine Arts Museum, one of...
Why Musicians Are Angry About Spotify’s New Monetization Scheme
The damage that Spotify is doing to the music ecosystem is well known. But it seems they are only getting started. Two months from...
Have Movies Gotten Too Long?
"For as long as I’ve been aware that people wrote about movies, they have been writing that they needed to be shorter." - Slate
Striking Actors Unions Respond To Studios’ “Best And Final” Offer
The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers indicated in a Zoom meeting on Saturday that its current offer is the best it can...
The Troubles At English National Opera Never Seem To End
The current crisis at the company is hardly the first: ENO has faced severe financial difficulties repeatedly over its history. Yet the government funding...
The Power Of Swearing
These days we mostly cause offense by swearing because swearing is a behavior that causes offense. When we swear in a context in which...
A New Company In Florida Aims For A Healthy, Eating-Disorder-Free Approach To Ballet
"After more than a year of planning, fundraising, obtaining nonprofit status, holding auditions and settling on a name (Azura Ballet), that vision – to...
Head Of Hungary’s National Museum Fired For LGBT Content In Exhibition
A controversial Hungarian law bans the "display and promotion of homosexuality" in materials accessible to children, such as books and films. The museum recently...
Philadelphia Orchestra Members Return To China, 50 Years After Its Historic First Visit
"The orchestra first visited China in September 1973, marking a thaw in U.S.-China relations just as the two nations began normalizing ties. … Fourteen...
Want To Understand How The Online Viral Creative Economy Works? Here’s The Guy
An ardent metalhead and community college dropout who was shaped by a turbulent immigrant experience, the 29-year-old Ursus Magana has built his company around...
Ibsen’s “Ghosts” Was A Huge Flop When It Was New. How Did It Become...
In the 1880s, the script was rejected by major theaters all over Europe. Its first London performance (1891) was denounced by the Telegraph as...
Poland’s Outgoing Right-Wing Government Politicized The Arts. Now What?
Jaroslaw Suchan, a former director of the Museum of Art in Lodz whose contract was not renewed by the Law and Justice government, said...
Paid Product Placement In Opera And Ballet Stagings? London’s Royal Opera House Is Seriously...
"High-end fashion houses like Burberry have experience in the performing arts, creating bespoke ballet costumes for special performances. The idea is to expand these...
Joan Woodbury, Who Pioneered Modern Dance In Utah, Is Dead At 96
"Woodbury and her artistic partner, Shirley Ririe, formed Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company in 1964, when they both taught dance at the University of Utah. …...
For The First Time, Broadcast And Audio Outlets Will Be Eligible For Pulitzer Prizes
The awards are still for written journalism only, but NPR, CNN, and the US TV Networks have been producing written journalism on their websites...
Trump’s Former White House Chief Of Staff Sued By His Publisher For Lying In...
"All Seasons Press alleges that sworn testimony by (Mark) Meadows undermined The Chief’s Chief, in which he wrote that the election was stolen from...
Four Men Arrested And Charged With Theft Of Maurizio Cattelan’s Solid Gold Toilet
The notorious art object, titled America, was stolen from an exhibition at Blenheim Palace in England in 2019. There's as yet no indication of...
The Wall Street Journal Discontinues Its Bestseller List
"The Wall Street Journal has stopped running its weekly bestseller lists. The final lists were carried in the past weekend's editions. The paper ran...
