Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
New Technologies Usually Arrive In Clusters. So What’s Coming With AI?
The potential — and hype — surrounding machine learning, artificial intelligence, and especially generative AI is everywhere. Some are predicting a full suite of...
Disney Is 100-Years-Old: Its Business Smarts Have Been Its Superpower
The business acumen of those behind the scenes at Disney have been central to the peaks and troughs of the company’s enduring presence in...
When Public Art Is Funded By Corporate Interests (Yes, There Are Issues)
While publicized as an investment in art and beautifying the city, the location, impact, and funding sources of these murals seem to correspond closely...
Why Disney Is Going All In On Sports Betting
Sports betting company Penn Entertainment will pay Disney $1.5 billion in cash while ESPN will receive warrants worth about $500 million to purchase shares...
What It Costs When A Big Concert Is Canceled
Generally speaking, a sudden cancellation could mean an arena loses out on roughly $500,000 in revenue, according to some estimates. For music’s largest shows—stadium...
The Lines Between Galleries And Museums Has Blurred
In an increasingly difficult fundraising climate, dealer involvement in museum shows has become ever more prevalent. This begs the question: are the works we...
The Movie “Oppenheimer” Versus The Opera “Dr. Atomic”: Is Opera Better At Ambiguity?
Is musical drama better suited than film to represent tragedy without manipulating its audience? - Van
Public Radio’s Largest Station Steps Back (A Bit) From Podcasts
Last week, 6 percent of New York Public Radio’s workforce was let go — with most of the cuts targeting its podcast vertical, WNYC...
Best Buy On The Leading Edge: Will (Finally) Stop Selling DVDs
“To state the obvious, the way we watch movies and TV shows is much different today than it was decades ago,” a Best Buy...
Coming To A Mall Near You: Bricks-And-Mortar Netflix Stores
The stores will sell merchandise based on hit Netflix shows, so you can finally snag that Lincoln Lawyer coffee mug you’ve always dreamed of. - Engadget
Robot Fido Scours Pompeii And Finds Work As Tour Guide
After Learning to Paint and Patrolling the Ruins of Pompeii, a Robot Dog Is Helping Humans Visit an Abandoned Monument in a State of...
The Rewards Of Learning To Love More Complicated Music
When repeated listenings do deliver, the satisfaction can be deeper than the feeling the easier kind of music brings, at least for me. - The...
Vancouver Opera Gets A New Artistic Director
In February of this year, the Orchestre Classique de Montréal named Jacques Lacombe its new artistic director and principal conductor. - Stir
FTC Wants To Go After Junk Fees (Including On Tickets)
FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement that “by hiding the total price, these junk fees make it harder for consumers to shop for the...
Report: Teens Are Now Spending More Time On YouTube Than Netflix
Time on YouTube rose since the spring, adding nearly a percentage point, while Netflix fell more than two percentage points. - CNBC
How Images Are Shaping The Middle East War Narrative
In the 20th century, Americans saw war through the eyes of professional photojournalists and camera operators. Today, it is those doing the fighting or...
Norway’s Biggest Newspaper Is Using An AI Voice To Read Its Stories (And Finding...
Comparing the number of unique listeners of Aftenposten’s podcasts with those who have used the AI-generated listen-to option on its text articles, the publisher...
Short Films Have A Category Problem
A feature-length film, according to the Academy, is anything over 40 minutes. But that has little to do with the length attributed to most movies. It’s...
This City In Arizona Is Carless. It Changes The Way People Live
“It is amazing how much the urbanism improves, both in terms of experience and efficiency, when you don’t need to store automobiles.” - The...
Fluxus: An Art Aesthetic For Our Time?
Its practitioners, mostly in big cities in the U.S., Germany and Japan, attempted to dethrone art by putting its enactment in the hands of...
Hi, My Name Is Paul. I’m An Audiobook Addict
The audiobook’s ascent into full-blown aesthetic autonomy came with the arrival of the iPod and its MP3 file format in 2001, and, as of...
A Theory On Who Banksy Is
At one time, there was one Banksy who had a graffiti career and a famous “beef” in the subculture with London graffiti legend Robbo. That...
As Canadian Museums Try To Decolonize, Turmoil Ascends
“To a certain extent, all museums are colonial constructions, and some people have argued that true decolonization would require shutting down every single museum...
Branding Your Literary Favorites
Is it the ultimate pairing of the lowbrow (baseball cap) and the highbrow (literature)? Or is it wearing books as one might wear cult...
How Theatre Schools Are Adapting To The Future
Drama school leaders are at the sharp end: the issues experienced by the wider theatre sector often land first in drama schools, in raw,...
