This Week: Business models and arts audiences... The rising impact of crowdfunding on the arts... Big Data can measure the wrong things, so be careful... Data show audiences are less affected by information overload than they were... What have we learned about translating live musical theatre to TV? The Arts, Business Models, And What Are The Arts For: The arts sector … [Read more...]

This Week: Two stories worth noting - the segregation of DC theatre audiences and what it might tell us... The translation of live theatre to the small screen is more than just filming a show. Defining an "Audience?" A report on Washington DC theatre audiences has lots of great news. Of the area's seven major professional theatres, attendance has increased over ten years … [Read more...]

This Week: A relation between common experiences and ticket prices?... Some clues about why arts audiences in Canada have declined over 20 years... Netflix taxes reflect changing culture... Does culture have to have social or political relevance? Our Most Popular Culture Is Getting Too Expensive For Most People: So if people are willing to pay hundreds or thousands of … [Read more...]

This Week: The Trump victory forces theatres to figure out who its audience is... A classic example of starting small in Kenya and developing a demand for books... How did an 80-year-old self-help book get on this year's bestseller list?... The six stories to which we all respond... Authenticity and an unlikely concert venue. Will The Trump Era Force The Arts To Better … [Read more...]

 This Week: Maybe we need a new strategy to make arts audiences more diverse (the old ways haven't worked)... An arts funder changes criteria to judge whether the artists "make change"...  The cult of the American "Outsider"... Your cell phone is designed so you can't not pay attention to it... Do books have to be on pages to be books? (not what the data say) We've Been … [Read more...]