Yearly Archives: 2023
NFL Game Radio Broadcasts Dominate Audience Figures Like They Do On Television
"New data from Nielsen shows that NFL games broadcast on the radio attract audiences so large that they outperform the top-rated stations in many...
Chicago’s Arts Scene, Post-Pandemic, Is In Genuine “Crisis,” Says New Research Report
"The findings paint a picture of a cultural arts landscape plagued by: dwindling audiences and subscriptions; increased costs and shrinking budgets; declines in private...
“It Was Probably One Of The Most Stressful Work Experiences I’ve Ever Had”: Allegations...
"In roughly 20 interviews with the Globe, former museum employees and board members described a stressful workplace, characterizing (director Matthias) Waschek as an 'intimidating'...
Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians Reject Management’s Contract Offer; Strike Is Possible
"A union official said that it would seek continued intervention by a federal mediator and continue negotiations, but that a strike was possible. In...
Ed Fancher, Co-Founder Of The Village Voice, Is Dead At 100
"(He started) the nationally known alternative weekly newspaper with two partners" — editor Dan Wolf and writer Norman Mailer, who stormed off after a...
Europe’s Biggest Music Festival Struggled This Summer. Are The Good Times Over?
Summer festivals now face a balancing act between creative imagination and fiscal conservatism in the wake of a Covid wipeout that dispelled the older...
A Year After Their Last Contract Expired, San Francisco Symphony Musicians Sign A New...
The new contract mandates a minimum weekly salary of $3,313 ($172,276 annually), rising by the end of the term to $3,450 ($179,400). - San...
North Carolina Radio Director Tries To Make Her Case For Not Airing Metropolitan Opera...
Breaking into tears on the phone, Deborah Proctor said: "I have a moral decision to make here. What if one child hears this? When...
TV After Peak TV
Now television’s boom cycle has gone bust and Peak TV is winding down, like prestige TV did before it. There are hints of what...
The Next Act: What Post-Strike Hollywood Might Look Like
One veteran TV producer predicted the number of scripted shows Hollywood produces could fall by one-third in the next three years. - The Wall...
Banned Books? This Ritual Exercise Does A Disservice To Literature
This attitude toward reading — in which the only well-meaning response to a text is uncritical approbation, and anything else is tantamount to censorship...
How Bradley Cooper Worked To Become Leonard Bernstein
In his conducting studies, Cooper spent the most time with Dudamel and Nézet-Séguin. He visited Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, dressed and...
Banned In North Carolina: Now They Want To Ban “Banned Books Week”
"It has come to our attention that some schools have planned events next week October 1-7, to mark the American Library Association’s “Banned Book...
The Musee D’Orsay Has Added An AI Vincent Van Gogh
"Asked why he had cut off his left ear, the artist replied that this was a misconception and he had in fact only cut...
Is There A Way To ‘Opt Out’ Of Having AI Train On Your Art?
DALL-E-3 claims - unconvincingly - that artists can now decline having their work included in data sets. - The Atlantic
The Bookies’ Odds On The Nobel Prize For Literature
The list includes "the usual suspects—Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Michel Houellebecq, Anne Carson (who won’t win the year after Annie Ernaux, come on, the literary...
Robin Williams’s Daughter Says Union Must Protect Actors Who Can’t Consent
Zelda Williams: "I’ve witnessed for YEARS how many people want to train these models to create/recreate actors who cannot consent, like Dad. This isn’t...
Jhumpa Lahiri On Translating Her Own Work
The novelist also translates others. She says translating is "an act of radical change." - The Guardian (UK)
The Problem With LEGO
Aside from the bare feet in the middle of the night issue, LEGO has a massive plastic problem. - Wired
Lydia Davis Will Not Have Her Books On Amazon
"Her fans are legion – among them Ali Smith, Colm Tóibín and Dave Eggers – and she has won many honours, including the International Booker...
Instrumental Songs Can Be Hits, Even Now
But how? "It takes a very unique sort of musical mind to make these." - Slate
The Weird Father Of American Art
If you are fond of "odd, ugly, small-scale art that has a cracked and thwarted look, is radically antisocial, and radiates hidden agendas, you’re...
What Does Jaap Van Zweden’s Time With The New York Phil Add Up To?
Sort of a shrug emoji, follow by an emoji for a virus that did not kill the orchestra. - The New York Times
The Artists Working Under Siege In Gaza
"We have limited options but our horizons are still big. The aim is to train and inspire the next generation." - The Guardian (UK)
The Non-Actor Who’s Acting For The Actors
Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, executive director and chief negotiator for SAG-AFTRA, knows this week is crucial for the future of entertainment. - The New York Times
