Following sexual abuse allegations against the author, Dark Horse Comics, which "was set to publish more works in the Anansi Boys series, a spin-off of the British author's novel American Gods,” has canceled those plans. - BBC
"Sleep-deprived travellers are choosing their hotel on the basis of its pillow menu or booking themselves into away-from-it-all sleep retreats with tailored sleep-inducing activities. Sweden has a different, more natural approach to sleep tourism." - BBC
"Among the issues are determining what private philanthropy’s role should be in maintaining the arts-and-culture ecosystem and forging a unified effort to advocate for increased public funding." Key to the latter is forming partnerships with organizations elsewhere in Wisconsin, so as to counter "deep Milwaukee skepticism" in the state legislature. - Milwaukee Magazine
Among the findings of the study are that people value being closer to the stage than further away. Reserved seating is more valuable than general admission seating. However, for people with children and older respondents, reserved seating held significantly more value. - Butts In Seats
"The £60 million funding package includes £40 million for initiatives such as the Create Growth Programme, the Supporting Grassroots Music Fund, the UK Games Fund, the Music Export Growth Scheme, and the UK Global Screen Fund. Additionally, £16.2 million will be allocated to four cultural projects under the Cultural Development Fund." - WhatsOnStage (UK)
Among Trump's executive orders on the first day: canceling Biden's Executive Order 14084 of September 30, 2022 (Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services). - The White House
Alan Cumming, who made the comparison, provides a good example: he was hired in September to run the Pitlochry Festival Theatre and "invite the world's best theatre artists" to perform. He still doesn't know whether the company will be funded even for this summer. It's like this throughout the sector. - The Scotsman
"Introduced in 2003 by then culture minister Jean-Jacques Aillagon, this policy incentivises corporate philanthropy for arts and charities by offering a 60 per cent tax relief on donations, capped at 0.5 per cent of a company’s annual turnover. The law has transformed France’s cultural funding." - Financial Times
“The main takeaway from this study is that LLMs, while impressive, still lack the depth of understanding required for advanced history. They’re great for basic facts, but when it comes to more nuanced, PhD-level historical inquiry, they’re not yet up to the task." - TechCrunch
But not everyone agrees. “Workers at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema collected just over 1,000 signatures in an ongoing petition requesting the theatre chain pull the film. ... The petition cites the film as being complicit in "manufacturing consent" for actions taken against Palestinian people.” - CBC
“The idea that blandly macho host would become one of the most influential figures in American life would have seemed as ridiculous as, well, Donald Trump getting elected president. Twice.” - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo)
“This will be the first time that News Group Newspapers has had to defend itself against allegations that its journalists and executives across the whole organisation were involved in or knew about unlawful newsgathering techniques.” - BBC
“‘Marvel Snap’ players were shocked to wake up on Sunday and find themselves unable to access the speed-battle card game. They were greeted instead with a brief message about the game’s future when they opened the app.” - Washington Post
One fan’s contribution: “Whenever allegations come out about an artist whose work is important to me: I see the moment I learned of them as an inflection point. From that very instant, it's on me.” - NPR
Who’s smearing whom? “Depending on who you’re hearing, information is misinformation, victim is offender, and power is in the eye of the beholder.” - The Guardian (UK)
