"Stations in Washington, D.C., and Kansas City which had aired programming daily from Voice of Russia’s Radio Sputnik dropped their affiliation with the shows earlier this week, in the wake of the U.S. State Department’s imposition of new sanctions on Russia-backed broadcast outlets last month." - Inside Radio
For this, we can thank the climate-protesting art vandals, who launched the practice of vandalizing art for the sake of slowing climate change two years ago: they threw tomato soup at a van Gogh and glued themselves to the adjacent wall. - The Guardian
"A dancer, singer, actress and comic impersonator since childhood, Ms. Gaynor was much admired for her stamina and versatility over more than seven decades in show business" — ranging from movie musicals (most notably, South Pacific) to Las Vegas revues to TV variety shows to cabaret. - The Washington Post (MSN)
A report from the nonprofit Arts for LA says that, while many schools in California are taking full advantage of the funding offered, other schools are not — simply because they don't have the necessary infrastructure or can't find qualified teachers. - MyNewsLA.com
Smaller and midsize galleries are caught in a vicious cycle: they can’t afford to participate in top fairs, yet they can’t afford to miss them. Today, half of all gallery sales happen at fairs, double the rate of just ten years ago. Galleries now participate in an average of five fairs annually, not out of choice but necessity. -...
What’s behind this phenomenon is generational thinking. It seems to be everywhere at the moment, providing the media with easy taglines, spreading cliches and unnecessarily sowing division. But its history goes back far beyond even the baby-boomers. - The Conversation
"'They really flew,' he said of the years. 'I could think like a few days ago it was when I arrived, and a lot has changed since then. But I think that this year sort of represents the past, the present, and the future of who we are and where the company is heading.'" - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
The problem is that he has chosen to be a farm stand that serves salty, fatty, sugary pseudo-thinking. His signature methodology is to convey relatively boilerplate, already well-known ideas, by rebranding the ideas and wrapping them in stories. And the lubricant of this engine is turning everything into little mysteries. - The New York Times
What is the magic sales number an author needs to reach to prove their worth? 1,000? 2,000? The precise sales figure likely varies from agent to agent, publisher to publisher, but one thing is clear for nearly all debut novelists, no matter who publishes them. - The Millions
The ticketholder is attempting to launch a class-action suit claiming damages for concerts canceled when the Pops collapsed in 2022-23. The suit alleges that the cancellations were "due to a poorly planned conspiracy to force the Philly Pops out of business for the benefit of the Philadelphia Orchestra." - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
Networks have long complained that Nielsen isn't measuring audiences as well as it should during the transition from linear to streaming, although a Nielsen spokesperson stressed the company has the most accurate streaming data in the industry. - The Wrap
The marketing whizzes at Harvard Business School haven’t written a case study on the genius of the Nobel Foundation, but perhaps they should. The Nobel is one of the greatest branding exercises in history. - The Atlantic
Producers and members of the crew and cast — among others, Danny DeVito, John Travolta, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, Rosanna Arquette, Christopher Walken and Kathy Griffin — talk about the movie's gestation and release as well as how it revived careers and changed American indie film. - Variety
“She said that with the wars raging between Russia and Ukraine, Israel and Palestine, with deaths being reported every day, she could not hold a celebratory press conference,” Seung-wo told Korean reporters. - LitHub
The project looked pleasing on paper. Residents found it no better than a trailer park. Buildings leaked. Oriental Masonic Gardens closed a decade after it opened. - The New York Times
