Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Book Statistics Site Shuts Down After Revelations It Used AI Trained On Copyrighted Work
The site, which analyzed word usage and provided statistics, did not have consent to use copyrighted works within its program. - Gizmodo
Has Loneliness Been Weaponized Against Us?
Hillary Clinton: An “epidemic of loneliness” may sound abstract at a time when our democracy faces concrete and imminent threats, but the surgeon general’s...
Amazing (And Rare) Turnaround: “Funny Girl” Revival Makes Back Its Investment
Michele, whose reputation had been tarnished by allegations that she had behaved poorly to co-workers on “Glee,” worked tirelessly to transform the way people...
Maybe We Ought To Expect More Complexity In Our Theatre?
The problem arises when melodramatic simplicity makes its way into a play without elaborate spectacle, and instead claims to present a realistic view of...
The Many Ways AI Will Upend Publishing
In publishing, too, the technology has the potential to reshape nearly every aspect of the work that goes into producing a book — even...
The New Intensity Of Concert Experiences This Summer
Concerts have always been spaces where like-minded fans can gather to discover connection, but now this brand of togetherness has transformed concertgoing into an...
Buffalo’s Albright-Knox Museum Reopens After a Refresh. Here’s A Look
The once-in-a-generation refresh, the work of architect Shohei Shigematsu at design firm OMA, reestablishes the modern art museum as a friendlier neighbor with easier...
The Republicans’ War On Libraries
Attempted book bans in libraries and public schools have proliferated in Republican states, complaints made on grounds of history, race, gender, LGBTQ+ rights and...
Some Real Talk About AI In Music
Production music, aka commercial music, will likely be AI’s victim number one. Production music is rarely the music you’d choose to listen to all...
Can You Make A Successful Film Festival Without The Big Stars?
It's an existential crisis: How, exactly, does a splashy, global celebration of movies survive without movie stars? - Washington Post
Judgment Of Judgment: Serious Criticism In Crisis
"No clear economic reason for art criticism that is not glorified public relations to exist, so it barely does. While art is an extreme...
Is Hip Hop Really 50 Years Old? The Debate Intensifies
In a genre that has always valued volume as much as it loves liberation, the elders still compete over the story’s beats, much as...
Netflix Changed The Way TV Is Produced. Writers Want it back The Way It...
Netflix habitually pays more for its productions up front, but because it did away with the syndication model and keeps its viewership data to...
New Diagnosis: Scientists Studying Beethoven’s Hair Discover Something New
Several locks confirmed as far more likely to be from the composer's head demonstrate his death was probably the result of a hepatitis B...
Australia Is Festival-Happy – But Does Melbourne Need Another?
With a $2.7 million major investment from the City of Melbourne and a further $1.25 million from the Victorian Government, Now or Never is...
Conductor John Wilson On Reinventing The London Sinfonia
“Most of us enjoy that; that’s why we come back. We want to be in that very demanding, high-achieving environment, where most of us,...
Subscription-Happy: Apple Reports It Has 1 Billion Subscribers
Its services business continues to grow at a rapid pace, hitting $21.2 billion in the quarter, up from $19.6 billion last year. - The Hollywood...
The Art Of Conversation – And Why It’s More Difficult Today
“To speak to the converted or the entirely familiar is not to truly converse,. It is to have one’s beliefs reinforced; it is self-soothing...
Ticket Prices Have Gotten Crazy. Here’s Why.
A 2018 Government Accountability Office study shared by the White House earlier this year found service fees to hover around 27 percent of the face value...
Friends, Romans, Gives Us Your Numbers! (Why Roman Numerals Are Better Than Arabic)
I could probably come up with another DCCCLXXXIX reasons why Arabic numerals eat Neptune’s you-know-what's for breakfast, but you get the idea. - The...
The Thrill Of Moral Superiority (Just Look At Your Social Media)
Look at any social media post that has more than a dozen responses; inevitably, one of them will attack the original post on the...
Charles Berggruen Expands His Thinktank To Venice
The billionaire philanthropist, investor, and founder of The Berggruen Institute, a global think tank, sees Venice as a strategic location for his intellectual and cultural...
Even “Barbie” Hit Likely Won’t Put Warner Studios In The Black
Total advertising revenue fell 13% year over year to $2.5 billion, while revenue from studio content plunged 25% to $2.4 billion during the quarter,...
Warner Loses Almost 2M Subscribers After HBO Max Launch/Shift
Warner Bros. Discovery lost 1.8 million streaming subscribers from April 1-June 30, the quarter during which it launched new combined streamer Max. - Variety
Why Punishment For Art Fraudsters Is So Erratic
The logic behind sentences can appear bewildering if not considered in the context of the myriad factors underpinning a judge’s decision. - The Art...
