Well, more than one problem, really. And Ed Zitron would like to be the one explaining why it’s all such a mess - and how much more skeptical media coverage should be. - Slate
An employee said, “Decades worth of taxpayer-funded reports and analysis gone in an instant. … We have no idea what is happening behind the scenes or what will be back, when, and in what form.” - Wired
“Rebuilding is not just about money,” Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, told The New York Times. “It’s about ingenuity and determination.” - Christian Science Monitor
“People drive out to Gary and see nothing but blight,” says artist Lauren Pacheco, who grew up in Chicago and moved to Gary nine years ago. “I drive around and see nothing but potential.” - Christian Science Monitor
While the announcement of three-year funding grants is months overdue, it's finally here — and, at £208 million, more generous than many organizations had expected. - The Scotsman
"And the two shall become one. That’s the plan that the Oregon Arts Commission and the Oregon Cultural Trust, two state agencies that overlap in much of their goals and responsibilities, are presenting to the Oregon Legislature." - Oregon ArtsWatch
The Copyright Office said it makes decisions on a case-by-case basis but clarified that it will approach such questions by examining the degree of human input and creativity in each work. - The Hill
There’s something sinister about the way brands keep finding bigger, flashier ways to repurpose great moments in art to sell products. I guess this is what advertising is and has always been: Don Draper’s carousel asking you to buy back your own nostalgia from Kodak. - Eater
"The organization is also freezing federal hiring immediately and instating a five-day return-to-office policy," both pursuant to othr executive orders from the White House. - The Washington Post (MSN)
Ms. Rutter, 68, the center’s president since 2014, guided the organization through the coronavirus pandemic, oversaw an expansion of its campus, added hip-hop and comedy to its offerings and lured the Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda to be music director of the National Symphony Orchestra. - The New York Times
What the actual artist-hating hell, UK? “The government is considering an overhaul of law that would allow AI developers to use creators' content on the internet to help develop their models, unless the rights holders opt out.” - BBC
“Anne’s iconicity requires her story to achieve a difficult balancing act. It warns powerfully against all persecution, but must remain true to its character as a Jewish work — as the complicated story of its publication and reception helps us to see.” - The New York Times
“Grant also argued a new investigation was needed because people who were at the paper at the time that private investigators who carried out ‘unlawful activity’ were instructed were still in ‘positions of great power.’” - BBC
“Everyone agrees that The Brutalist is particularly vulnerable to any association with AI. The film was shot on a rarely used format called VistaVision, and throughout the season it has positioned itself as a tribute to — and hopefully, an example of — the power of human creativity.” - Vulture
