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The BBC is cutting 2,000 jobs and £500 million from its budget (AP). Disney is eliminating entire PR and marketing teams (TheWrap). San Diego’s mayor wants to slash city arts funding by 85% (San Diego Union-Tribune). And in Berkeley, a 36-year-old theater company is closing because nobody wanted to work that hard for that little money (San Francisco Chronicle).
But here’s the counterpoint: NPR just announced $110 million in philanthropic gifts — the largest from a living donor in its history (Editor & Publisher). The Met is in the middle of a $1.5 billion renovation (New York Times). The money hasn’t disappeared. It’s concentrating at the top.
Meanwhile, Helen DeWitt turned down a $175,000 literary prize and opinion is sharply divided on whether that’s principled or deranged (The Guardian).
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