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...]

A confluence of stories this week that rocket between new and old, digital and physical. Physical books making a comeback while e-book sales fall. Downloads collapsing as streaming takes hold. Transitions sure are messy... Books: Screens Versus Paper Sales of E-books are down. Sales of tablets and E-readers are down. Sales of physical print books are up. And it looks like … [Read more...]