Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
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...
Quiet Tragedy: Sale Of The Whitney Breuer Building To Sotheby’s
There is an important difference between a building that is “open to the public” and a public building, and that distinction may explain the...
Annie Ernaux: Winning The Nobel Ruined Me
“So I’m going to be brutal and say that I obtained a prize I never wanted. The Nobel prize fell upon me. It fell...
Measuring “Wellbeing” After Visiting A Museum
According to the final technical report, more than 95% of participants reported some benefits to their well-being after visiting a museum and 85% indicated positive...
Sorting Out What The Research Says On The Benefits Of Music On The Brain
In recent decades, numerous studies have shown that kids who study music outperform their peers in a variety of realms. The problem is it is...
The Artists Rebuilding Beirut
The Lebanese creative scene has never been more prosperous and vibrant: it has kept on blooming like an unlikely flower on a volcano’s crater....
Italian Court Rules Against Magazine For Using Image Of Michelangelo’s David Without Permission
An Italian court has ruled in favor of Florence’s Gallerie dell’Accademia in its lawsuit against the publishing house Edizioni Conde Nast, which used an...
New Report: Diversity Study Across American Orchestras
Commissioned by the League, the report covers the ten-year period from the 2013-14 season through the 2022-23 season and presents analyses by orchestra role...
Bizarre: A New Genre Of AI-Generated Movie
The Frost is a 12-minute movie in which every shot is generated by an image-making AI. It’s one of the most impressive—and bizarre—examples yet of...
