Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Justin Davidson Spends A Day On Set Of Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein Movie
"I’m not sure I envy Cooper (who is directing the film and co-wrote the script) the task of getting into that storm-strafed mind or...
Study: Products Launches During A Recession Do Better
“I thought discretionary-product launches would be more likely to fail, because nonessential purchases tend to decline in tough economies. But the effects are consistent...
Edinburgh Fringe: On The Road To Terminal Decline?
"I’ve been talking with many here this summer, from producers to those who run venues to the artists themselves, and I’m struck by how...
Has The Edinburgh Fringe Regained Its Magic? Or Is It An Atrocity of Chaos?
Depending on whom you listen to, fringe 2023 is an atrocity against mental health, social justice and artists’ bank accounts. Or it is a...
Bloom Is Off The Podcasting Boom: Podcast Company Quits “Onerous” Public Radio Deal
When American Public Media and Audacy’s Cadence13 announced a three-year “strategic” partnership in the summer of 2021, it seemed like a perfect union between public and...
The Harder They Fall: New Tucker Carlson Bio Sells Only 3000 Copies
According to Publishers Weekly, Tucker by Chadwick Moore sold just 3,227 copies in its first week after publication on 1 August. - The Guardian
Big Publishers See Big Money In AI (But Little Publishers Will Be Shut Out)
Large tech companies will pick and choose what publishers they want to negotiate with and how much they’re willing to hand over. The numbers...
Amazon Says It Will Use AI To Help Review Products
The retailer says it will use the new technology to provide a short paragraph of text right on the product detail page that will...
Small Washington Town’s Library Under Siege By Book-Banners
The library director and board initially refused to move any of the books. But, more recently, the library has tried to assuage its adversaries,...
Iowa School District Used ChatGPT To Decide Which Books To Ban
Each of these texts was reviewed using AI software to determine if it contains a depiction of a sex act. Based on this review,...
TikTok Says It Will Let Users Opt Out Of Its Algorithms In The EU
TikTok’s algorithm learns from users’ interactions—how long they watch, what they like, when they share a video—to create a highly tailored and immersive experience that can...
Traditional TV Watching Falls Below 50 Percent For First Time As Streaming Dominates
In July, cable’s share fell below 30% for the first time, losing a full share point to stand at 29.6%. Broadcast usage fell 3.6%,...
How A Big Investment Bank (Morgan Stanley) Breaks Down The Art Market
As the fine-art auction market has grown more and more financialized in recent years, it has also grown more and more opaque to nearly...
Music Labels Sue Internet Archive Over Giving Access To Historic Recordings
The labels' lawsuit filed in a federal court in Manhattan said the Archive's "Great 78 Project" functions as an "illegal record store" for songs by musicians...
What’s Ailing University Music Programs: Study Of The Art Form
The progressive marginalisation of the study of music theory and analysis, relentlessly dismissed as “formalism”, deprives music departments of the one thing, other than practical work,...
Nigel Kennedy: Today’s Musicians Are “Clones”
“Every kid wants to play because of the love of music. But quite often they’ve got that beaten out of them and they’re having...
A Musician Describes Years Of Playing Through Pain
I developed tendinitis in my elbows and my knees and neither healed. The pain and muscle spasms from those injuries increased and migrated, eventually...
Has The Culture Of Possessing Art Subverted The Power Of Art?
Selfie-takers in museums epitomise ‘possessive modes of looking’ that are a symptom of a history of art rooted in the conflict between how the...
How Ancient Rome Used Libraries To Project Power
Today’s libraries are a direct legacy of the Roman impulse to transcend practicality and invest arenas of knowledge with a sense of scale akin...
Hollywood — Too Big to Fail (Until It Does)
As the oddly mismatched mega-companies who currently produce, own, and distribute TV shows and movies fumble to align themselves on basic issues, it...
Podcasts May Be The Sexy New Thing, But AM/FM Is Still The Preferred Choice
AM/FM radio is the top audio source in the U.S., with double the time spent listening of any other audio platform, according to the...
Software That Allows Conductor To Change Music Musicians Play On The Fly
A DJ will be able to adjust what musicians are playing what melodies and licks to create a unique arrangement on the spot. This...
Ukraine Sets Up Database Of Artwork Owned By Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs
Now accessible through the embattled country’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) is a new “War & Art” database of paintings, sculptures, and other...
Why Are Rappers Finding A Home With Right Wing Media And Politicians?
In discussions about money, gender identity, public health and a variety of social issues, rappers and rightwingers have a lot more in common than...
I Helped Write “Suits.” This Summer It Became A Big Netflix Hit. Here’s What...
Here, when you write for a show that becomes an unprecedented success, there is no such windfall. There is only a check for $259.71....
