Being able to control how long programmes are available to stream appears to give video-on-demand platforms significant power over what audiences watch. The longer fruit is dangled in front of a viewer, the likelier they are to grab it. - The Conversation
Despite a vast effort, researchers still don’t understand how our brains produce it, however. “It started off as a very big philosophical mystery. But over the years, it’s gradually been transmuting into, if not a ‘scientific’ mystery, at least one that we can get a partial grip on scientifically.” - Nature
This improbable trajectory — writer toils for decades in obscurity before finding international renown — is the stuff of legend. But it did not occur by accident or happenstance. Mr. McCarthy’s career was made possible by a tectonic shift that was happening in the publishing industry. - The New York Times
In the wake of the recent resignation of Alicia Dubois, the chief executive of the Royal British Columbia Museum (RBCM) in Victoria, British Columbia, 16 months after she was hired, concerns remain about the future of the beloved but troubled institution. - The Art Newspaper
Diva status depended, back then as now, on being the author of your own career – creatively and financially – and driving it forward. If this meant being labelled as difficult, it was the price performers needed to pay. - BBC
Authors know that the idea that “good books” will prevail in the marketplace is a cruel joke. Publishers are very, very bad at connecting readers to books. The industry essentially survives on megahits that are tolerable to many but thrill few, and which don’t owe their success to literary quality. - Slate
The Ballet de Santiago in Chile commissioned Spanish choreographer Avatâra Ayuso to create Nijinska, Secreto de la Vanguardia for this year, the centenary of Nijinska's most famous work, Les Noces (set to Stravinsky's score). Ayuso says that Lynn Garafola's biography of Nijinska last year saved her years of research. - Bachtrack
"After starting out in some of journalism's lowest-rung jobs, (she) spent decades covering the worlds of antiques and auctions, … and (she) made news herself in the late 1990s when she challenged the ownership of an Egon Schiele painting thought to have been stolen ... by the Nazis." - The New York Times
"There’s no getting around it. I’ve been covering this company since 1985, and in all that time there’s never been a season in which so much ambition has been paired with such a high level of execution." - San Francisco Chronicle
"A number of British actors Variety has spoken to say they've yet to hear from local actors' union Equity with any guidance about their situation. That's likely because it’s being worked out in real time." - Variety
Meta announced in a news release following the act's passage that it will block news for Canadian users in order to comply with the law, and will do so before C-18 comes into effect in six months, though it hasn't given a date. - CBC
Composer Matthew Aucoin: "What's healthy about the kind of aesthetic ecosystem that Yannick is nurturing is that it relieves the pressure on every piece to be a singular masterpiece in the same tradition. … You've got to write the bad operas to get to the good ones. Verdi knew that." - AP
It's now clear that practically everything Web technology touches starts down the path to gratis. Basic economics tells us that in a competitive market, price falls to marginal cost. There's never been a more competitive market than the Internet, and every day the marginal cost of digital information comes closer to nothing. - Wired
"'The general consensus is that we’re all dying,' Demson said. 'No hyperbole.' As California finalizes its state budget, advocates are hoping for millions of dollars to help keep the live performing arts sector — which also includes music, dance, magic shows and circus acts — afloat." - Yahoo! (The Wrap)
"The plans for growing the U.K.'s theater sector are part of the government's $63 billion vision for the creative industries. 'We want the Creative Industries Vision to be something that paves the way for a shift in the balance of power from Broadway to the West End,' Frazer said." - Variety
