All of these products are unprofitable and have lost $5 billion annually in the past few years. Most of these devices are loss leaders because Amazon normally subsidizes the cost to get more market share. - GoodReader
Hill, the inaugural Audain senior curator of Indigenous art, had worked at the gallery for 22 years. He is a specialist in Iroquoian languages and culture, and in global contemporary Indigenous art. - The Globe & Mail (Canada)
What is the message our Arts Council is trying to send to our young musicians? That they want them to train, and to immerse themselves in music, but that their years of dedication and craft cannot add up to earning a living? - MaxMusician
Martins, who has played for dignitaries and enjoyed the high-class life in New York as a younger man, had long suffered from a neurological condition called focal dystonia, which caused involuntary spasms in his right hand. Over the years, the pain grew more and more excruciating. - New York Post
"Naturally, the theft has shaken the Yale School of Art, but it has opened up a conversation about frustrations with the university’s policies as well." - Hyperallergic
The Temple of Boom "is made of glass-reinforced concrete and rises from the NGV gardens like a piece of sumptuous Meccano. It invites the public to reflect not only on the Parthenon’s beauty, but its complicated history." - The Guardian (UK)
Plus, Jennifer Weber choreographed a Disney+ movie. "Dancers appreciate how Weber runs rehearsals — her clear authority, her directorial eye — but also how she allows them the freedom to be themselves." - The New York Times
Look, The Great British Baking Show's issues go far beyond the cringe-inducing racism of Mexican Week. "These issues have reached a tipping point in this season, ... and they’re undermining the aspect of the show that’s always made it worth watching: the bakers themselves." - HuffPost
A British anthropologist and his photographer assistant stole 13 skulls from the ruins of an Irish monastery in 1890, and gave them to Trinity College in Dublin. Now a repatriation campaign is demanding their return. - Irish Times
Post-COVID, "There’s a real demand for this music now. ... I’m really enjoying it, but I’m also finding it hard. We’ve had these two years where we got used to a different pace of life, so it is a bit of a culture shock to be back." - The Guardian (UK)
Prestige TV was already happening, but fantasy TV was new - and The Walking Dead was perfectly timed for "the convergence of television and fandom, all those recapping blogs," not to mention social media. - Los Angeles Times
"Butler was from a moneyed Chicago family ... and he was comfortable in the world of polo and debutantes and expensive clothes." Then, "he put his money behind 'the American tribal love-rock musical,' as the show called itself." - The New York Times
When two Pixar art directors worked together on an independent short, they decided to found their own company. "We had a very similar ambitions and, you know, sort of hunger to grow and just wanted to be a better storytellers." - Slate
Studies on the four-day work week prove it, too. "Instead of seeing time as a vacuum that needs to be filled, what might it look like if we considered that high performance is, in part, the result of work not done?" - Fast Company
