Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Do Birds Have Languages?
Both birdsong and language are passed culturally to later generations through vocal learning. Geographically distant populations of the same bird species can make small...
Okay, So This Is Creepy: New Google Tech Monitors Your Movement Without Cameras
It sounds futuristic and perhaps more than a little invasive—a computer watching your every move? But it feels less creepy once you learn that these...
Even During COVID, State Of Georgia Rings Up Record Spending On Movie Production
Georgia film production in the 2021 fiscal year exceeded its pre-pandemic pace, setting a new record of $4.1 billion in direct spend from productions...
Netflix Is Obligated To Carry Russian Propaganda In Russia. It Isn’t… For Now
News that Netflix would likely be forced to broadcast Russian propaganda sparked a furious response from subscribers in the West, with hundreds taking to...
London: The Theatre’s Great. The Going To Theatre Not So Much
I’d been able to stop thinking about the ventilation, wondering what I was breathing and whether it was worth it. I decided it wasn’t...
6,500 Russian Architects Sign Letter Protesting Invasion Of Ukraine
More than 6,500 Russian architects, designers and urban planners have signed an open letter to condemn the invasion of Ukraine and "demand the immediate end of...
ASCAP Reports Record Revenue For 2021
Increases in collections from the audio streaming and audio-visual sectors pushed ASCAP’s domestic revenue to $1.011 billion in 2021, up 4.4%, an increase of...
Michael Tilson Thomas Announces He Has Cancer, Will Step Back From New World Symphony
Saying he was “taking stock of my life,” Thomas, 77, the former music director of the San Francisco Symphony, said he was reducing his...
13,000 Russian Artists Demand Putin Quit Ukraine
An open letter demanding the end of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has attracted the signatures of over 13,000 Russian art workers on Google Docs—even though...
How Social Media Distorts Culture
Social media enables people to make, shape, and share anything they want and call it their own, even when it’s not—further helps to distort...
AMC Movie Theatres Experiment With Variable Ticket Pricing
“This is all quite novel in the United States, but actually AMC has been doing it for years in our European theaters. Indeed, in...
NFT Investors Furious Over The Quality Of The Art They Bought
What was promised to be a beautifully-designed, Pokémon-inspired NFT project called Pixelmon turned out to be a huge mess of irredeemably ugly pixel art...
Guillermo del Toro To Oscars: This Isn’t The Year To Change Things
Del Toro commented: ”If any year was the year to think about it, this is not the year not to hear their names live...
Pay Attention! (It’s Not Because Of Smart Phones. Historically We’ve Had Problems Doing That)
“You can read medieval monks nearly a millennium ago complaining that they were suffering from attention problems of their own. As human beings get...
Financial Institutions Are Isolating Russia. Will The Art Market Follow?
As the financial community shuts its doors to Russia, scores of Russian millionaires and billionaires may need to convert their trophy Warhols, Rothkos, and...
Canada’s Plan To Make Tech Giants Pay For News
The Online News Act, like Australia’s code, will compel Google and Meta to agree licensing deals for the online content of broadcasters as well...
Why Are Hedge Funds Buying Local TV Stations?
“Local TV still has large audiences. Even with so much programming chasing , there’s only so many hours in the day. The strength of...
Russian Performances Are Being Canceled Worldwide
Not only has Russia been stripped of two prestigious events – the Champions League men’s final and Formula One’s Russian Grand Prix –but an...
How TikTok Is Similar To Victorian-Era Parlor Games
In the 1840s, a similar interest in amateur play took hold in the United States. ‘Home amusements’, as one guidebook dubbed them, ranged from...
A Sci-Fi Novel That May Explain Now
Cullen Murphy: "I have no idea whether the book is a parable of where we were, where we are, or where we’re heading. Maybe...
Film Critic Sheila Benson, 91
Her time as film critic at The LA Times coincided with the rise of both the ‘80s Hollywood blockbuster and the American independent scene. -...
Andy Warhol, Value Of Creativity, And Crypto
Andy Warhol, innovation expert Clayton Christensen, and Etherum creator Vitalik Buterin walk into the bar. They don’t start out talking about crypto, but like...
Why Russian Artists Supporting Putin Are Paying A Price
To claim, as many do, that art should “transcend” politics — that it exists in a realm where the push and pull of human...
SAG Awards: In-Person Awards Shows Return
The 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards pulled off the first in-person awards ceremony of 2022, moving ahead as if things were normal after other gatherings...
