"Over 30,000 field experiments with The Washington Post and Upworthy showed that readers prefer simpler headlines (e.g., more common words and more readable writing) over more complex ones. A follow-up experiment showed that (they) paid more attention to, and processed more deeply, the simpler headlines compared to the complex headlines." - Science Advances
According to independent events planners, publicists and marketers, more and more authors are seeking out their services to augment the efforts of their publishers’ in-house staff. - The Guardian
In a 3-2 vote, the Indian River County School Board in Vero Beach overruled its own book-review committee to remove "Ban This Book" by Alan Gratz. One member described the children's novel as "teaching rebellion of school board authority"; another called it "just a liberal Marxist propaganda piece." - Tallahassee Democrat
Members of the public have been free to visit the portrait of the monarch, which is on display at the Philip Mould gallery in central London until June 21. - CNN
"The National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto is considered one of his classic designs, with floating forms of glass, metal and concrete. ... In the U.S., Maki’s projects included the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco and 4 World Trade Center in New York." - AP
"Metro Arts violated multiple government policies in the last two years, according to (the) report. … The agency struggled for months to pay artists and arts organizations the grant money they were promised. The audit revealed numerous problems with grant distribution and employment practices that had not yet been publicly known." - WPLN (Nashville)
"Redstone's change of heart, after months of drama and tensions spilling into the public, was the culmination of several forces that had been playing out behind the scenes, according to seven people close to the situation who were not authorized to comment on internal discussions." - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
While they haven't made a formal offer yet, sources say that Bronfman, former CEO of Warner Music Group (and, before that, Seagram's, his family's business), and Bain (known for being co-founded by Mitt Romney) are reportedly assembling $2.5 billion to buy National Amusements, Shari Redstone's company, which controls Paramount. - Variety
"(He) brought a gritty realism to his portrayal of cops, boxers and all manner of tough guys, memorably playing a mobster in The French Connection and starring as one of his hometown’s most irascible mayors, Fiorello La Guardia, in a one-man show that he performed around the world." - The Washington Post (MSN)
"Red paint was splashed across the front door and windows of Anne Pasternak’s home. Unfurled between two columns was a banner that read: 'Anne Pasternak / Brooklyn Museum / White Supremacist Zionist.' Beneath that statement, in a smaller, red font, were the words 'Funds Genocide.'" - ARTnews
Perryn Leech succeeded Alexander Neef as the company's CEO only three years ago and had two years remaining on his contract. The statement announcing his departure gave no reason other than that it was "by mutual agreement." - Toronto Star
Today, it is generally assumed that the arts and humanities are more feminine than the sciences. Comparing the two eras shows that our 21st-century assumptions are just as wrong-headed as those of the 19th century. - Nautilus
In Wright’s days, the venue would host weekly public movie screenings for 50 cents a ticket as well as concerts and other cultural events. However, the years were not as friendly to the theater as it had been to the Spring Green community. - Architectural Digest (MSN)
“We actually can be the place where discourse happens, where the dialogue about these issues surfaces,” she said. Museums are “safer places to do that” than other places in the world, where such discourse would be “extremely dangerous.” - The New York Times
A recent survey about the reading habits of Canadians conducted by BookNet Canada, which collects and analyzes data about the Canadian book industry, found that a majority of book readers and audiobook listeners in Canada acquired their books for free in 2023. - Publishers Weekly
