Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
How “Jurassic Park” Pioneered CGI Special Effects 30 Years Ago
"From those six minutes of animated dinosaurs, CGI has become so integrated into the industry to the extent that nearly all film and television...
Classical Music Site Sold For $1 Million
Toronto's Ludwig Van is bought by ZoomerMedia. The publicly traded company run by Canadian media mogul Moses Znaimer is the pioneer behind CityTV, MuchMusic,...
Why Promising Young Actors Are Leaving The Theatre
As someone who's monitored the performing arts industry for decades, I've seen dozens of talented, up-and-coming artists leave the profession. Or rather, I likely...
The Revolt Against Humanity
The revolt against humanity, Adam Kirsch argues, is no longer an “avant-garde phenomenon†of interest only to the chattering classes, and the spiritual development...
Author Pulls Her Book Set In Russia In Protest Of Invasion Of Ukraine
The uproar that drove Elizabeth Gilbert’s decision to pull her novel, which is set in 20th century Siberia, suggests that the debate has broadened...
Boston’s Handel And Haydn Society Explores Handel’s Relationship To Slave Trade
H+H was exploring the possibility that Handel, one of the bedrocks of its repertoire, had held investments in trans-Atlantic trading companies that participated in...
Arkansas Symphony Gets A New Music Director
Geoffrey Robson, 41, who joined the orchestra in the fall of 2008 as associate conductor and a full-time member of the violin section, will...
In The Writers Strike, An Unscripted Tony Awards Was The Best In A Long...
Ironically, the script-free ceremony was one of the most soulful Tony Awards in history, because there were no intermediaries brought in by the network...
Netflix’s Password Crackdown Generates Record New Signups
In a two day period following Netflix's roll out of the password sharing change last month saw the largest number of new Netflix account...
Does Every City Really Need An Orchestra?
Tom Wolf: Is there any way to determine in which cities orchestras are likely to be successful artistically and financially? - Nightingale Sonata
Scientists Wonder: Have We Reached The Long-Awaited Singularity?
Artificial intelligence is roiling tech, business and politics like nothing in recent memory. Listen to the extravagant claims and wild assertions issuing from Silicon Valley,...
In Portland, A Bar For Classical Musicians To hang Out And Play
Tucked in the bustling neighborhood, Mendelssohn’s has become a gathering place for Portland’s musicians to sip on themed drinks, sing ballads from the high...
Lessons From The First Revivals After Sondheim
I think it’s not an accident that after his passing, the gravitational pull toward his work and what he left us with, and the...
The Real Reason CNN Doesn’t Work In Today’s Culture
Less than 10 million people watch cable news nightly; 155 million voted in the 2020 election. There simply aren’t enough rabid news consumers who...
Here’s Hoping CNN Is Done With The Idea Of “The View From Nowhere”
A serious news organization in 2023 cannot adopt a “view from nowhere” mentality that draws false equivalence between the two major political parties—at least...
Study: One Third Of Those In A Survey Say Says Reading Books Is Best...
The survey by the trade body showed that a third (33%) of people think that books offer them the best form of escapism when...
Why Pop Music Is Currently Obsessed With Remixing The 90s
The sheer availability of music right now lends itself to a more sample- and interpolation-oriented pop music culture. “A hundred thousand tracks go live...
Here’s What Hollywood’s Directors Settled For In Their New Contract
The Academy may seek to apply all of the provisions to the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike for more than...
Are The Good Old Days Of The Met Opera Over?
The days of being America’s grand repertory company, of 20-plus titles a year, could be slowly entering the rearview mirror. - The New York...
Why Influencers Are Leaving Instagram
Over time, she began to realize that she wasn’t the problem. The issue, she said, was that Instagram was implementing changes that she felt...
This Year’s Tonys Could Be Weird
As if coaxing people back to the theater wasn’t difficult enough — weekly Broadway ticket grosses are still millions of dollars short of pre-pandemic...
Finally: Universal Says Its Video-On-Demand Strategy Is Making Money, Not Impacting Theatre Box Office
Universal has generated more than $1 billion in premium V.O.D. revenue in less than three years, while showing little-to-no decrease in ticket sales. In...
Deborah Borda On Her Life In Music
"Decades ago, I was offered and accepted the top post at the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; then Lorin Maazel, its music director, objected, saying that a woman...
AI Is Going To Change Music. Until Then, We Have Issues…
“How do you search? Who are the creators? How do you attribute labels to them? What do those revenue splits look like?” he says....
The Problem With Thinking About Misinformation As A Virus
We do not actually have an immune system for misinformation, and there is good reason for this. Unlike viruses, there is nothing inherent in...
