The company says its search engine will no longer carry news links when the Online News Act. It will also remove news links from Google News, a personalized aggregator, and Google Discover, a mobile-phone feature that helps people find content online. - CTV
The playwright talks about producing Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window, the awkward conversation with a straight guy that inspired Slave Play, the easy way to become an in-demand actor (write a hit play), and why he turned down the chance to be a rich man's boytoy. - NPR
The new chief of the orchestra — formed last year by the musicians of the defunct San Antonio Symphony — is Roberto Treviño, a former city councilman who was on the SA Phil's first board of directors and had served on a city-county task force trying to save the Symphony. - San Antonio Report
SFAI attempted to sell the work, titled The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City, in 2021, hoping to save the school, but the city then landmarked it. Now the bankruptcy estate is selling the mural after all, either as part of the building or separately. - ARTnews
"He covered cultural news stories and profiled stage luminaries such as director Jose Quintero, playwright Edward Albee and actors Julie Harris and Carol Channing. Some of them may not have relished his revealing dive into their off-the-clock personalities." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"A few months after she took the job, the booth was shut down because of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and in the time since it has been closed by a blackout, a hurricane, a strike and a pandemic. It's been an eventful 22 years for Bailey." - The New York Times
"As its fiscal year comes to an end on June 30, New York Public Radio is facing an $8 million deficit, which is causing the parent company of news/talk combo WNYC-AM/FM (and classical station WQXR) to institute a hiring freeze and eliminate bonuses for the senior leadership team." - Inside Radio
"The cutback — the latest in a series under owner Walt Disney Co. — involves some 19 editorial staffers. … Article assignments will henceforth be contracted out to freelancers or pieced together by editors. The cuts also eliminated the magazine's small audio department." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"Once again, Italian authorities have arrested Pasquale 'Lino' Frongia, the artist suspected of forging a string of Old Master paintings that have appeared at high-profile museums and made millions at auctions by passing as the work of Frans Hals, Orazio Gentileschi, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, and Parmigianino, among others." - Artnet
"The announcement comes during a period of dramatic change for the research center, which houses the largest Shakespeare collection in the world and is a cultural hub in the D.C. region. In November, it opens its doors to the public for the first time since March 2020." - MSN (The Washington Post)
The channel that Turner put together holds an astounding degree of control over a crucial part of the American artistic and cultural heritage. What makes TCM indispensable is its library, and what brings the library to life—what makes it an ongoing vital experience rather than just a vault—is its programming. - The New Yorker
Dolly Parton, Freddie Mercury and Adele impersonators were among those fighting the "unfair" moves, which they said were putting their livelihoods at risk. "They are banning us." - BBC
"In the four-year period between 2016 and 2019, average annual news operating loss was $28.4 million." It said that number increased to $40 million last year because of internet advertising that has captured a "massive share" of revenue from Canadian businesses. - CBC
