Google is signaling that it will pay off the music industry with special deals that create brand-new — and potentially devastating! — private intellectual property rights, while basically telling the rest of the web that the price of being indexed in Search is complete capitulation to allowing Google to scrape data for AI training. - The Verge
The letter praised the faculty and students in the PhD programs for their work with “very limited resources,” but stated the university was “simply not in a position to invest in the programs as is needed to sustain and grow them.” - Boston Globe
Around 50 more claims have been made, some worth as much as $1 million. Claimants named include Mira Dimotrova, senior director of Stephen Friedman gallery; David Schrader, head of private sales at Sotheby’s; Maya McLaughlin Art Advisory; and Frestonian Gallery. - Artnet
Celine Song, writer and director of Past Lives, was trying to leave theatre for film, sick of theatre's politics. Then came a fateful moment in a New York cocktail bar. - The Guardian (UK)
The major issues remain the same: Streaming residuals, AI plans, and more. Can anything be resolved soon? Well, that's up to the producers. - Washington Post
"One of the most insulting reasons that they’ve given is that the other countries that these items belong to ... they are likely to be stolen. But you’ve got people in this country putting them on eBay." - The Guardian (UK)
Ruiz-Picasso, who had to sue even to be recognized as one of Pablo Picasso's heirs, was appointed administrator in 1989 in order to end fighting among the heirs and lovers after Pablo's death. - The New York Times
In Memoriam, "inspired by archive clippings from a student newspaper, chronicles the love story between two first world war soldiers," and inspired the Waterstone judges in turn. - The Guardian (UK)
"Most would define forgiveness as a moral good, a virtuous act. ... But what about the fact that forgiveness cannot restore what’s been lost to grievous harm? What of the transgressed person’s grief or rage?" - The New York Times
Glamorous - and weird: "For the second year running – after Tár in 2022 – it seems as if Gustav Mahler will be echoing around the gateway to the Adriatic. It pains us to bring this up, but the long road to the 2024 Oscars begins in Venice." - Irish Times
"It may seem funny to praise a great fantasy and science-fiction novelist—the first speculative writer published by Library of America!—for facing reality. However, Le Guin is a trustworthy demystifier because she’s a wonderful fabulist, not despite it." - LitHub
You might just be Sal McCloskey of Blueberries for Sal - and reading to a new generation from your dad's books is a celebration of Maine and memories. - The New York Times
"The subculture had deep roots in the suburban Northeast, but the internet allowed emo to also simultaneously thrive in California, Mexico, Russia. Radio, television, and print media, which were accustomed to controlling the flow of mainstream music, had to play catch-up." - The Atlantic
Ratmansky, "the most significant classical choreographer of the current era," was born in Ukraine and trained in Moscow. He left the Bolshoi when Russia invaded his homeland, and now he feels guilty for staying so long. - The Guardian (UK)
