Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Opera Is Elitist? Er… Not So Much
We have entered a culturally risk-adverse period. Our present age of anxiety — which includes post-pandemic economic challenges to the arts, diminished attention spans...
AI Copyright Wars: US Copyright Office Shifts On The Rules
he is considered the author of the “selection, coordination, and arrangement of text generated by artificial intelligence.” This means no one can copy the...
Christopher Knight: LACMA Will Provide Art For New Vegas Museum — What A Bad...
As bad art museum ideas go, this one is right up there. But it fits LACMA’s similarly bad — and unprecedented — decision to build a...
The Virtual You Is Getting Closer
It would be a mistake to think that the algorithms in the room will remain mere observers. AI is more like an ambitious virtual...
Where The Money Is: Warner CEO Gets $50M This Year
David Zaslav’s 2023 pay consisted of a $3 million salary, and more than $23 million in stock awards, as well as $22 million in...
Is It Okay To Throw Away Books?
A book is different from a pair of shoes or a scented candle—but is it that different? The kinds of excess we permit—even exalt—for...
Bay Area Film Festivals Are Struggling
This is not just a Bay Area problem. Film festivals all over the world are hurting, no matter how well-established. The two biggest film...
Colorado Public Radio Has Big News Ambitions. There Are Challenges
Colorado Public Radio has a vision to be the state's top, free news source. Getting there has created some controversy. - WestWord
What Is Music? Noise?
With a universal definition hovering out of reach, the discourse concerning noise often starts with the personal. - The New Yorker
The AI Dilemma: Who Owns The Essence Of Our Work?
“More and more, we’re seeing AI used to replicate someone’s likeness and voice in novel ways without consent or compensation." - Politico
This Company’s Music Gets Played 2.5 Billion Times a Day, But Profits Are Thin
There are now 26 million videos on YouTube and TikTok videos featuring Epidemic Sound music, and the company reports that its tracks receive 40 million plays daily on...
New World Record For Dancers En Pointe
A total of 353 dancers from across the globe held the position, known as going “en pointe,” to beat the current Guinness World Record...
Spotify Audiobook/Music Bundle Means Lower Music Payouts
With the introduction of the stand-alone audiobooks offering, Spotify is now able to pay lower music-licensing rates for the music-and-audiobook bundle, introduced in the U.S....
What Does It Mean To “Own” Culture? (And Do We Have To?)
Our music, films, books and photographs are increasingly accessed via digital platforms rather than stored on our shelves. Do these digital items really feel...
Fighting Against The Information Overload
We’re living in what they call the “Information Age,” but life only seems to be making less sense. We’re isolated, listless, burnt out on...
Librarians Under Attack (And It’s Taking A Toll)
Instead of standing up for the robust exchange of ideas, lawmakers in state after state are pushing bills that would criminalize librarians for putting certain books...
How Accurately Can Computers Simulate The Real World?
Video games have long bent toward realism, and in the past thirty years engines have become more sophisticated: they can now render near-photorealistic graphics...
Pro-Palestine Demonstrators Protest At Venice Biennale
Around 100 protestors gathered outside of the Israeli Pavilion in the Giardini and moved toward other national pavilions, like those of the U.S., France,...
Canceled Glasgow Book Festival Gets a Surpise Gift From A Lottery Winner’s Fund
The full multiday festival – which last year saw 175 authors appearing in more than 120 events across 10 days – will still not...
Why New Zealand Nees A Culture Strategy
Government regulation can help and hinder the creative sector, just as much as it does agriculture and housing. - The Big Idea
Our Aimlessness Online
Byung-Chul Han diagnosed what he called “the violence of positivity,” deriving from “overproduction, overachievement, and overcommunication.” We are so stimulated, chiefly by the Internet,...
Seattle Opera Hires An “Artistic Ambassador”
Although specific events are not yet planned, in his role as artistic ambassador, Kellogg will engage with opera audiences through post-show Q&As, panel discussions,...
Anne Midgette: Calling Out Fake Concern In The Classical Music Industry
"I will truly believe you mean your support and sympathy when I stop seeing ads featuring these people as star attractions at your concerts;...
Welsh National Opera Has To Reduce Again After Funding Cuts
The funding received from Arts Council England (ACE) was cut by 35%, which led to WNO performances in Liverpool being cancelled in 2022, while operas...
Report: Lloyds Bank Estimates Taylor Swift Fans Lost More Than £1M In Ticket Scams
The bank said more than 600 of its customers had come forward to report being scammed, losing an average of £332 each - with...
