The dismissal comes after "an independent investigation (into sexual harassment allegations) found 'credible evidence' that he had 'engaged in conduct which interfered with individuals' academic work,' Juilliard also said that similar allegations against the late composer Christopher Rouse were credible. - The New York Times
I think it’s not an accident that after his passing, the gravitational pull toward his work and what he left us with, and the way it has changed us as artists, is so strong. I also I think it’s not an accident that they’re happening at the particular societal moment that we’re in. - American Theatre
Less than 10 million people watch cable news nightly; 155 million voted in the 2020 election. There simply aren’t enough rabid news consumers who are also staunch centrists to sustain a network. - The Atlantic
A serious news organization in 2023 cannot adopt a “view from nowhere” mentality that draws false equivalence between the two major political parties—at least not as long as the Republican Party remains in thrall to a seditious liar. - Slate
The survey by the trade body showed that a third (33%) of people think that books offer them the best form of escapism when they’re having a bad day, coming second only to watching television (54%). - The Guardian
The sheer availability of music right now lends itself to a more sample- and interpolation-oriented pop music culture. “A hundred thousand tracks go live on Spotify every day, which means that the breadth of music you have the capacity to sample from is only going to increase over time.” - The Guardian
The Academy may seek to apply all of the provisions to the Writers Guild of America, which has been on strike for more than five weeks, and to SAG-AFTRA, which began negotiating on Wednesday. Both guilds have said they will not be beholden to the terms negotiated by the DGA. - Variety
The "Kemet: Egypt in Hip-Hop, Jazz, Soul & Funk" show at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden has so incensed authorities in Cairo — who insist that the exhibition's "Afrocentric" approach is "falsifying history" — that they've banned the museum's archaeologists from continuing their decades-long excavations at the Saqqara necropolis. - CNN
Over time, she began to realize that she wasn’t the problem. The issue, she said, was that Instagram was implementing changes that she felt were benefiting only the company, not the influencers who were sharing content. - Wired
Jean-François Bélisle, currently director of the Musée d’art de Joliette in Quebec, "arrives in Ottawa during a troubled period where a strategic plan to make the institution more accessible to diverse audiences and to emphasize Indigenous knowledge has created controversy and disruption." - The Globe and Mail (Canada)
As if coaxing people back to the theater wasn’t difficult enough — weekly Broadway ticket grosses are still millions of dollars short of pre-pandemic levels — the ceremony has had to adjust to labor strife of a magnitude that will affect what viewers see Sunday night. - Washington Post
"A May 11 directive established a stringent, months-long approval process … (and) gave prison superintendents the power to block publication of work that violated any of a number of broad rules." The policy was rescinded one day after this publication made it public. - New York Focus
Universal has generated more than $1 billion in premium V.O.D. revenue in less than three years, while showing little-to-no decrease in ticket sales. In some cases, box-office sales even increased when films became available in homes, which Universal has decided is a side effect of premium V.O.D. advertising and word of mouth. - The New York Times
The 36-year-old artist known as Jago says he uses the same techniques his Renaissance forbears did. He's so highly regarded for his ability to capture human featured and emotions in stone that he already has his own museum in Naples. - The Guardian
