Looking for diverse audiences? Here's where they are... But orchestras are still struggling to be relevant... Turns out attention might be a muscle we have to use or we lose it... FaceBook wonders if it will be all-video in five years... And libraries get into loaning e-books. We (Say We) Want Diverse Audiences... So here's where the audiences already are diverse says a … [Read more...]

With traditional delivery/distribution for the arts changing, we're looking at new models: Maybe Rotten Tomatoes or Netflix, anyone? We definitely have to change our ticketing model (and "Hamilton" is trying). A rethink of program notes. And some evidence that making "augmented activity" in movies leads to increased demand for the arts... A Rotten Tomatoes For Books? How … [Read more...]

How will stories change when we have a universal translator? How will our relationships to things change when things respond to our voices? What is a live performance when the performer isn't live? Why you increasingly can't buy cheap tickets. And why crowdfunding is having a corrosive effect on art. Experience At Warp Speed? Last week a company introduced a version of a … [Read more...]

Should we be investing in festivals rather than more arts buildings? Google's hi-rez art cam is ingesting art from the world's great museums. Some evidence that live-streaming might be hurting live audience box office. Some doubts about streaming as the future of how we get music. And the futility of chasing millennials. Is The Future Of the Arts In Festivals? Over the … [Read more...]

TV and movies are shape-shifting. How to ruin a critic? Make her worry about the art. And is that what happened to jazz? | Why are we fascinated by a dancing football star? And is it fair to blackmail audiences who want "Hamilton tickets? So TV Is The New Movies/Movies Are The Old TV? "As digital delivery platforms morph and multiply, the nature of visual storytelling has … [Read more...]