Yearly Archives: 2023
So, What Exactly Are The “Liberal Arts” Anyway?
"A higher education expert once said that putting the words 'liberal' and 'arts' together was a 'branding disaster' – one so toxic that it...
Kyiv And Lviv Sites Added To UNESCO’s World Heritage In Danger List
"The iconic St. Sophia Cathedral in the capital, Kyiv, and the medieval center of the western city of Lviv, are UNESCO World Heritage Sites...
The Private Equity Firm That Bought Simon & Schuster Is Giving Employees An Ownership...
Pete Stavros of KKR: "If you're managing teachers' pension money and you want to just raise everyone's salary, that's on the backs of teachers,...
Potential Orchestra Audiences Want Some Changes To The Concert Format: Survey
"Shorter concerts (27%), more matinee performances (24%), conductors speaking to the audience (20%) and being encouraged to keep phones on during a performance (11%)...
“Shadow Library” Or Piracy Site? Four Publishers Sue LibGen
"Cengage, Macmillan Learning, McGraw Hill and Pearson Education filed the suit against Library Genesis, also known as LibGen, in Manhattan federal court, citing 'extensive...
After A Monthlong Standoff, The Writers Guild And Studios Will Start Talking Again
"'The WGA and AMPTP now have a confirmed schedule to bargain this week, starting on Wednesday,' the union said in the message. 'You might...
The Consequences Of The Russell Brand Sexual Assault Allegations Have Started To Hit
Not only have promoters postponed the remainder of his current standup tour, his agent and publisher have dropped him. Perhaps even more damaging, YouTube...
Amazon Will Limit Number Of Books Authors Can Upload To Combat AI Submissions
KDP said that, while it has not yet “seen a spike in our publishing numbers,” it is lowering the number of new titles users...
Take The Money And Run: Museum Sues Artist For Submitting Empty Frames After Being...
The museum provided about 532,000 krone (£61,500) from its reserves to recreate artworks as well as an artist’s fee of about 40,000 krone. But...
Alabama High School Band Leader Tased And Arrested When He Refused To Stop His...
The altercation happened after a Thursday football game as police were trying to clear the stadium. - AL.com
Musicians Sold Their Song Catalogs To Investment Funds For Big Money. Those Investments Haven’t...
Hipgnosis admitted that they sold these songs at 17.5% below their estimated “fair market value.” This added to the already widespread suspicion that current claims of...
Eric Deggans: Streaming Broke TV And Streaming Is Now Broken. Now An Opportunity
The future of the medium – and America – lies in widening our ideas of whose stories are important and making those stories accessible,...
Red States Are Attacking America’s Oldest Library Association
The American Library Association is facing a partisan firefight unlike anything in its almost 150-year history. - Washington Post
Amazon And Goodreads Are Just Flat-Out Letting AI Tank Authors’ Reputations
Jane Friedman, who writes a newsletter about the publishing industry and was a victim of AI-generated content: "There’s not a lot of critical thinking...
How I Lost My Desire To Read
I blithely assumed reading would be mine to reclaim when the right moment arrived. But when I finally looked toward my bookshelves, I found...
In These Times: Three Books Chronicle The Dance Life In New York
“Manhattan’s filled with struggling dancers/instructors running a marathon merry-go-round of rehearsals, gyms, private homes. Our Unlimited Metrocards are swiped up to twenty times a...
Miro’s Yellows Have Lost Their Brilliance
Even his works from the '70s have faded - and it's because of the atomic structure of his yellow paint. - The New York...
Orchestra In Ontario Cancels All Performances And Practices
The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, founded in 1945, abruptly canceled its youth events on Saturday - and then deleted everything off its calendar for 2023-24. -...
Fury And Grief As The UK Closes Its Art Schools
"These places are where people begin their art careers. No one starts at the RCA – you go to your local site of...
The Wildenstein Art Dynasty Is In Court In France, Again
The so-called "discreet dynasty" of art dealers is no longer impregnable thanks to multiple lawsuits from generations of women who say they were cheated...
The Namer Of Nail Polish Colors Speaks Up
It's a tough job, coming up with names like "Yummy Mummy" (beige) or Molly Coddled (pinkish), but someone has to get paid to do...
Judge Throws Out Four Of Five Claims In Fired Art History Professor Case
But art historian Erika López Prater, fired for showing an image of the Prophet Muhammad in an online Hamline class, may keep her lawsuit...
In England, An Orchestra Has Its Very Own School
The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra now has built-in students at a new school - and that might help orchestral music stay alive in...
Southern Kids Have Lost Their Accents
We're all West Coasters now: "This same accent that Gen Z has, which sounds a little bit like California English, to be honest, has...
We’ve Suddenly Got A Few Middle-Aged Heroines In Film, If You Can Believe It
Of course, there's Michelle Yeoh's Evelyn in Everything Everywhere All at Once, but that's not the only zeitgeist change. Middle-aged women "have had enough...
