The new leadership structure is dubbed a "tri-directorate model" with three equal directors at the top each with distinct areas of specialization, as opposed to a single Executive Director. - Orlando Weekly
Amazon will begin inviting a small group of Audible narrators to train AI-generated voice clones of themselves this week, with the aim of speeding up audiobook production for the platform. - The Verge
The government will soon trial age verification technology to restrict children from opening social media accounts by the end of 2024, blocking children from social media and other digital platforms up to a proposed age of 16. - Deadline
How should we create things? The word “should” isn’t quite right, since there’s no correct way to be creative; still, when you’re actually creating something, you have to answer the question definitively for yourself, with some urgency. - The New Yorker
The list includes two début young adult novels, one writer who has been previously honored by the National Book Awards—Randy Ribay, the author of “Everything We Never Had”—and a remarkable five novels in verse. - The New Yorker
S. Shakthidharan, born a Sri Lankan Tamil, was a toddler when his family fled the fighting and settled in Australia. When he asked his mother about their old life on the island, she angrily refused to discuss it — until she saw a workshop of his play, Counting and Cracking. - The New York Times
It’s a particularly interesting question when it comes to voice acting specifically. The full recreation of vocals may feel further along than the full recreation of whole performances, but they also feel more poignant. - Wired
"He has held the top post since 1995. When it was revealed in 2018 that he planned to continue through 2025, (when his contract ends,) the museum parted with one of its cardinal rules: that 'chief curators and other senior managers' retire at age 65." (Lowry is now 69.) - ARTnews
“We saw museums leaning into reactionary methods: colleagues doing token hires, museums using artists as cover, and others being ousted from museum associations. There was no desire to look at root causes and issues. There was a vast delta between what the workers were saying and the approach of those at the administrative level.” - ARTnews
Bates — who said she'll retire after finishing the title role in the reboot of the TV series Matlock — was having a very rough day (and didn't cancel) when she met reporter Alexis Soloski, who wrote frankly about what she saw and the pain the beloved actress was in. - The New York Times
What does dance bring to a conversation about creative administration? Well, to start, dance artists have an embodied understanding of dynamic systems. The human body is a magnificent example of a dynamic system. - Dance Magazine
Scholars around the world are concerned about the effects of an extreme audit culture in higher education, one in which researchers’ productivity is continually measured and, in the case of the REF, directly tied to research funding for institutions. - Nature
While most of the planet sees Wikipedia as a generally reliable source for basic facts on everything from Ansel Adams to ZZ Top, it is increasingly conventional wisdom in much of the American right that it has been taken over by leftist cadres hell-bent on pushing a neo-Marxist agenda. - PastPresentFuture
Finally closing a case that started in 2016, the European Court of Justice agreed with the European Commission (the European Union's executive branch) that Ireland, where Apple has its EU headquarters, gave the tech giant "illegal" benefits and unfair market advantage by charging a tax rate of under 1%. - Axios
The new home for the museum's permanent collection, designed by starchitect Peter Zumthor and named the David Geffen Galleries, was initially scheduled to open in 2023 but has suffered several delays. LACMA's permanent collection has been in storage since 2019. - Los Angeles Times (MSN)
