"Visits to the Acropolis of Athens, Greece's most popular archaeological site, will be capped starting next month at a maximum 20,000 daily and subject to varying hourly entry limits. … As many as 23,000 people a day have been squeezing into the monument complex, mostly large groups visiting before noon." - AP
"Specific contract details were not made available. But the announcement stated, 'The new contract restores traditional annual wage growth going forward and includes a 'catch-up' increase for the musicians following a three-year pandemic pause in their wages under the existing contract approved in 2020." - The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, MA)
I could probably come up with another DCCCLXXXIX reasons why Arabic numerals eat Neptune’s you-know-what's for breakfast, but you get the idea. - The New Yorker
Look at any social media post that has more than a dozen responses; inevitably, one of them will attack the original post on the basis of some perceived moral transgression. - The Walrus
The billionaire philanthropist, investor, and founder of The Berggruen Institute, a global think tank, sees Venice as a strategic location for his intellectual and cultural endeavors. The Berggruen Institute is a bridge connecting Los Angeles, where it is headquartered, to Beijing, home of the Berggruen China Center at Peking University. - Whitewall
Total advertising revenue fell 13% year over year to $2.5 billion, while revenue from studio content plunged 25% to $2.4 billion during the quarter, which included the disappointing release of “The Flash” from Warner’s DC superhero franchise. - The Wall Street Journal
Warner Bros. Discovery lost 1.8 million streaming subscribers from April 1-June 30, the quarter during which it launched new combined streamer Max. - Variety
The logic behind sentences can appear bewildering if not considered in the context of the myriad factors underpinning a judge’s decision. - The Art Newspaper
"So far, this has not been a joyful summer. … The Pinegrove Shuffle is an antithesis to the pink — albeit fun — universe of Barbie. It's about longing in the real world, which, on the day Lee filmed, was cloudy with smoke from the Canadian wildfires." - The New York Times
The line between film critics and influencers has gotten blurrier. From a studio’s perspective, it’s using both groups to promote a film. Critics provide a stamp of journalistic legitimacy on a project, while influencers parlay their personal brand to put a movie on their followers’ radar. - The Wrap
"What I am constantly trying to be aware of is that we are serving a community, and that community includes donors, that community includes civic leaders. Being able to just have conversations, understand what they have seen in the past, what they want to see in the future." - Gothamist
Whether it is the spiralling cost of attending and the inequality that engenders, or the persistent abuse of low-paid labour, or the event’s environmental impact, or the damage it does to its host city, it frequently feels as if the world’s largest arts festival is falling apart at the seams. - The Stage
"Whatever its architectural flourishes, it's a place required to play so many roles at once — concierge and reception, conference on-ramp, family playpen, meeting place, café-bar, deal zone — that it can never stray too far in any one direction. Most public life is commercialized, … but the hotel lobby is free ground." - Slate
The results reveal that the infants tended to gaze longer at artworks which adult participants rated higher for pleasantness. Van Gogh’s Green Corn Stalks had the highest shared preference. - The Guardian
"The unique program connects kids from the most populous U.S. city with teens from states where book bans are roiling communities. … Teen councilmembers say they've learned a surprising lesson from out-of-state students: Books on the required reading list in many New York City schools are being banned elsewhere." - Gothamist
