Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Artists Warn Censorship Is Rising
Censorship is on the rise globally, say artists and art professionals: two groups that carry the unofficial but historic burden of speaking truth to...
State Of Texas Took Over Houston Schools. Now School Libraries Are Being Emptied
According to circulation data from the Houston Independent school district, the number of books checked out per student at NES schools dwindled to nearly zero compared...
Why The EU’s Fine For Apple Is Important
“This decision sends a powerful message — no company, not even a monopoly like Apple, can wield power abusively to control how other companies...
Why Public Radio Has Struggled To Diversify Its Audience And Not Succeeded
None of these efforts moved the audience measurement needle, in most cases because they didn’t sufficiently address the primary cause of audience — the...
Losing Your Mind? Forgetting Is Part Of The Design For How Memory Works
“The problem isn’t your memory, it’s that we have the wrong expectations for what memory is for in the first place. Severe memory loss is...
Apple Is Fined $2 Billion By The EU Over Access To App Subscriptions To...
The European Commission, the EU’s executive body, said it found the company violated antitrust rules by restricting app developers from telling users about alternative...
It’s Musicians Who Are Getting Hurt By The TikTok Music Ban
“TikTok is how you get the word out about a new song — and now you’re muting someone’s entire catalog? The labels say TikTok...
UK Backs Down, Grants Visas To Afghan Youth Orchestra Musicians
The band of 47 exiled musicians aged between 14 and 22 had been working for months on their repertoire for the shows, which are...
Study: Millions Of Research Papers Are Not Being Properly Preserved Online
More than one-quarter of scholarly articles are not being properly archived and preserved, a study of more than seven million digital publications suggests. The...
Was Keith Haring A Sellout?
There are few artists whose signature styles have been so widely, unashamedly capitalized by big brands (with the help of estates and foundations). But...
New Dance Company In Ireland Will Change Irish Dance
The establishment of a new, all-Ireland dance company has been described as “a new dawn” for the art form in Ireland by the Arts...
Why Is There No Best Choreography Oscar?
Why isn’t there an Oscar for best choreography? It’s a question people in the dance world have been asking for decades. And there’s no...
How AI Is Going To Starve News
We spend hundreds of thousands of dollars a year on writers, then on editing and fact-checking their findings. Perplexity gets it all for free....
Reframing Sleep In a Cultural/Artistic Way
Works of literature and art, for example, can teach us to challenge dominant visions of sleep, allowing us to see sleep as a place...
AI Is Neither Artificial Or Intelligent
Let me explain why I think that it is in fact a mistake to use the term “artificial intelligence” to refer to these systems....
What Happens To Your Music If Your Streaming Service Goes Away?
The reason I’m screwed is that Spotify listeners’ ability to access their collection in the far-out future will be contingent on the company maintaining...
TikTok Has Become Broadcast TV
The algorithm ends up being a centralizing force; although the viewing options on TikTok can feel limitless, the reality is that you are being...
Uh-Oh… The New York Times Discovers There’s Culture In LA (Again)
"I’m feeling very energized by California. There is clearly a rich universe of creative forces at work — not to mention good food and...
Algorithms Are Dulling Your Musical Taste
“Algorithmic recommendations are addictive because they are always subtly confirming your own cultural, political, and social biases, warping your surroundings into a mirror image...
Uh-Oh: AI Can Be Infected With Worms
Now, in a demonstration of the risks of connected, autonomous AI ecosystems, a group of researchers have created one of what they claim are...
Creating Invented Languages For Movies
Today, with the budgets of the biggest films and series rivalling the G.D.P.s of small island nations, constructed languages, or conlangs, are becoming a...
A Wave Of Civic Construction Along The Mexican Border
Known for keeping a tireless schedule, Meyer Falcón said P.M.U. has so far completed about $2 billion worth of public buildings and community infrastructure....
The New Science Of Telling History
What if instead of digging in the archives and criticising arguments, you could write history directly from the physical remains of the past, reconstructing...
The Crisis In Pop Music
In the streaming era, tours have become the main source of cash as sales of recorded music have plummeted. However, a recent study by...
The Volunteers Who’ve Pitched In To Keep UK Theatre Going
A theatre belongs to the people who make it more than just a building. That includes the volunteers just as much as it does...
