For many, spending months trying to really understand why they have lost investment and feeling they are no closer to an answer has made them less confident in the way English arts funding is assessed and distributed. - The Stage
The agreement guarantees a 23 percent wage boost over the life of the contract, raising the minimum wage and promising annual raises. The cost of health care benefits will also drop, while expanding its coverage to part-time staff averaging 20 hours per week. - ARTnews
"The growing tendency of artists to pronounce on everything from microaggressions to macropolitics shows that we need a fundamentally different understanding of the role played by artists and their institutions." - Compact Magazine
These results come after a quarter that saw an exodus of 12.5 million Disney+ Hotstar subscriptions amid a strategy shift to move away from low-margin subscribers. - Variety
Well, the stated reason was this: "It was brought to the District’s attention that the current production contained mature adult themes, profane language, and sexual content." In "Oklahoma!" ... Okay … (It seems the real reason had to do with one particular detail of casting.) - Howard Sherman
Eliminating the intervening week between episodes meant they could fracture their narratives. They used flashbacks, flashforwards and even flashsideways to begin episodes without totally disorienting viewers. - The Hollywood Reporter
"More than 1.1 million jobs in the capital (21.1%) in 2021 were held by people employed in the creative economy, up from 882,000 (16.9%) in 2016. … (Mayor Sadiq) said London’s creative industries 'are a huge success story, ... supporting businesses across the country through their supply chains'." - London Evening Standard
Despite the huge drop, streaming revenue at Max, which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, were up 5 percent—with a 30 percent year-on-year jump in advertising revenue. These numbers raise a big question for the streaming industry: People like Max, but they don’t really want to pay for it. - Wired
"Opinions vary markedly — by subgroup and by which aspects of colleges people are considering. Find out who said what about how degrees help graduates, how college compares with alternatives, how important different functions are, and more. You can filter by five different demographic factors." - The Chronicle of Higher Education
The £6.6m cut had been reversed earlier this year after a campaign by people working in the Scottish arts but it was reintroduced in September's autumn budget, with ministers pledging to make up the shortfall in the 2024/25 budget.
"Chelsie Hill, 27, is the founder of the Rollettes, a dance team … formed in 2012 (which) performs all over the country. … More than a decade after she started the Rollettes, Ms. Hill’s story has spread far beyond the group to include mentorship and education." - The New York Times
It turns out that Bradley Cooper is one of those all in, passionate, driven, focused people, not unlike Leonard Bernstein. And we didn’t know it at the beginning at all. - BachTrack
"The idea of the new show, called 'Reversos' (On the Reverse), is to take the viewer beyond the surface of an artistic image and to encourage them to see the physical painting, its back and its frame as objects that conceal – but can also reveal – secrets, stories and meanings." - The Guardian
"We talked to 13 major publishers around the world about how they’re using Channels. They stressed it’s too soon to define an official Channels strategy, especially since WhatsApp doesn’t offer much in the way of metrics. … Still, they shared some of what they’re seeing early on." - Nieman Lab
There are reasons (plural) why editors warn writers not to quit their day jobs, even after the first book is published and sells reasonably well. - Esquire
