Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Universal Music Makes AI Deal With Spotify On New Tool
The new tool will launch as a paid add-on for Spotify Premium users, the companies said on Thursday (May 21), creating what they described as an...
Trump Panel Approves Trump Arch
Thursday’s vote by the Commission of Fine Arts, whose job is to vet the design of monuments and other major projects in the capital,...
AI Passes Turing Test For The First Time
Researchers discovered that when equipped with specific “persona” prompts, advanced models like GPT-4.5 were judged to be human 73% of the time, significantly outperforming...
San Francisco Symphony Picks A Music Director
The appointment is a historic one. Chan will be the first woman to lead one of the so-called “Big 7” symphony orchestras in the...
Paramount’s Credit Rating Gets Further Downgraded After Warner Deal
Currently S&P Global has a “BB+” issuer credit rating on Paramount. On Wednesday, the firm said it will “lower the issuer credit rating on...
How Does Your Brain Process Beauty?
“Neuroaesthetics is a search to give a value, a quantity, to beauty—to locate it, perhaps, in the brain and in the heart.” - Smithsonian
The Perils Of Writing With AI When You Don’t Check
My fellow nonfiction writers: AI can be a helpful tool. If you rely on it for factual accuracy you are putting your reputation, your...
Orchestra Report Card: Something New Is Changing The Field
Until the new conductors settle in, we won’t fully know how transformative their impact will be, but early signs suggest they could accelerate changes...
No Transparency: Palm Springs Museum Refuses To Release Report On Investigation Into Fraud And...
The whistleblower complaint made numerous detailed allegations. Among them are claims that the museum improperly reclassified funds in its endowment to meet cash crunches....
National Trust Lists America’s 11 Most-Endangered Historic Places
Among those selected are two sites that have drawn the ire of the Trump administration, the Stonewall National Monument in New York, often considered the birthplace...
Executive Director – NXTHVN via TOC Arts Partners
NXTHVN in New Haven, Connecticut seeks an Executive Director.
The book about truth that made things up
Good Morning,
The author of a new book about how AI corrupts truth has admitted that AI fabricated some of the quotes in it (The...
Sham AI Local News Sites Are Proliferating
A digital mirage masquerading as local news, the South Florida Standard underscores just how easy it has become to corrupt one of the country’s...
Author Of A Book About AI And Truth Admits Some Of His Book Was...
The author of a nonfiction book about the effects of artificial intelligence on truth acknowledged on Monday that he had included numerous made-up or...
The Tony Effect: Broadway Shows That Are Thriving After The Noms
Death of a Salesman, which received nine Tony nominations, hit $1.7 million, its highest gross yet, last week playing to 100 percent capacity at the...
Much-Anticipated “Beaches” To Close On Broadway After Tony Shutout
The show began previews at the Majestic Theatre March 27, ahead of an April 22 opening date, but has failed to catch on with...
This Philadelphia Orchestra Is Growing Like Crazy
To co-music director and conductor Gary Clark, GPGSO’s rapid growth makes sense in a city known for niche, DIY music scenes. It hasn’t exactly...
Why Peter Gelb Needed Saudi Money For The Met Opera
His supporters blame the Met’s issues on opera’s declining cultural currency and an operating structure that puts it at a unique disadvantage among arts...
Israeli Organization Threatens Suit Against Canadian Museum for Human Rights Exhibit
A prominent Israeli legal organization is threatening legal action against the Canadian Museum for Human Rights over an upcoming exhibit on the Palestinian Nakba,...
Always On: Pretty Much Everything We Do Now Is Being Recorded
The next time you conduct a delicate bit of office diplomacy or share a romantic or financial secret with a friend over drinks, a...
Boston’s Investment In The Arts Is Deflating
The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture more than doubled its operating budget and staff, and the city earmarked $26.2 million from the American...
Can Any Real Reform Come Out Of The Ticketmaster/Live Nation Case?
With Ticketmaster signaling its intent to contest the outcome aggressively and drag out the litigation, any meaningful accountability may arrive only in the distant...
Democrats Slam Live Nation/Ticketmaster “Sweetheart Deal”
Many of the lawmakers advocated on Monday for a Ticketmaster breakup. Raskin, for example, stated that Live Nation’s monopoly is so strong that artists...
Saint Louis Art Museum Chief Exhibitions and Collections Officer
Saint Louis Art Museum seeks Chief Exhibitions and Collections Officer. Salary range is between $210,000 and $240,000. Please visit the link for full job description.
The Americanization Of Tourism
We’re selling vibes, textures. A sunset on the hills in Chianti, riding a bike on an island in Sicily. Imagine us discussing it in...
