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A Look At The BBC’s 2023 Performance

The BBC had a record commercial performance that contributed to 30% revenue growth, climbing from £1.7 billion to £2.1 billion. The corporation’s commercial arm BBC Studios delivered record-breaking results, achieving over £2 billion in sales for the first time, with profits of £240 million, up 6%. - Variety

Chicago’s Museum Of Contemporary Art Tries A New Path For Art Education

The New Art School Modality is intended to create a sweet spot in academia. It will provide about 50 students each with a free course in Black art history taught by scholars working alongside some of the history-making artists themselves. - The New York Times

Protests Over New Orleans Museum Hiring White Curator For African Collection

On paper, Maples seemed suited for the job. But criticism quickly arose, because NOMA had selected a White person to manage the collection of art and artifacts that is a touchstone of African culture. - New Orleans Times-Picayune

The Boomers Never Had A Chance

The Boomers’ careers followed behind a glut of Traditionalists still in their prime. Disproportionately, the Baby Boomers never made it to the seats of power at the top of the business world. - 3 Quarks Daily

Sarah Silverman Sues OpenAI Over Copyright

Their lawsuits each contain six counts of various types of copyright violations, negligence, unjust enrichment, and unfair competition. The authors are looking for statutory damages, restitution of profits, and more. - The Verge

AI Explodes Copyright Issues

I’ve created a story using my imagination—but to do that I’ve used an AI helper. So who wrote the tale? And who gets paid for the work? - Wired

Study: What Nobel Winners Do (Or Don’t) After Winning

Winners of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine tend to reduce their research output after claiming the prestigious honor, according to a new study – suggesting that bagging the prize isn't so desirable for those who want to stay productive and relevant. - Science Alert

The Artistic Costs Of Censoring In Movies

Artful jump cuts can illuminate all kinds of interesting associations between images. Bad ones just create bumps in logic; they’re disorienting in a way that suggests external, self-interested forces at play. - The New York Times

How ‘In Cold Blood’ Destroyed Truman Capote

"Overnight, Capote catapulted from a mere darling of the literary world to a full-fledged global celebrity on a par with the likes of rockstars and film legends. The success was all encompassing, but the cost would prove greater than even Capote had realized." - LitHub

Shedding New Light On The Troubles

"A quarter of a century after the Good Friday agreement drew a line under the Troubles, a documentary series has scraped away the familiar narratives and rote explanations and propaganda to show what it was really like for those who lived it." - The Observer (UK)

Theatres Are Now Trying To Tempt New Audiences With Virtual Reality

"To watch a show the customer has to insert their phone into the VR device. Once the phone is place, the users strap the box, effectively a pair of cardboard goggles, around their head and plug in their own headphones. The app then streams a recorded performance." - BBC

How Tracy Chapman Made Country Music History

"More than three decades after Chapman’s 'Fast Car' dropped, ... drove to the top of Billboard’s Country Airplay chart" as a Luke Combs cover, making Chapman the first Black woman with a sole songwriting credit on a number one country hit. - Los Angeles Times

Half Of Britain’s Empire Cinema Chain Shutter, With 150 Jobs Lost And Cities Losing Their Main Cinemas

"Staff apparently turned up for work at branches on Friday to find notes on windows explaining they were closing down." This leaves Sunderland (yes, the town of Roy Kent's first team) and Wigan suddenly without large cinemas. - BBC

How Do You Invent A Language That Half A Million People Want To Learn On Duolingo?

"You learn to say 'The woman is sweating' before that most basic greeting, 'Hello.' An incongruously cheerful cartoon asks you to translate 'All men must die, goodbye.' And, of course: 'Ñuhyz zaldrīzesse gevī issi.' ('My dragons are beautiful!')." - The Guardian (UK)

A Library Book Comes Back 119 Years Late

Good thing fines are mostly a thing of the past, eh? "This came back in extremely good condition. ... Someone obviously kept this on a nice bookshelf because it was in such good shape and probably got passed down in the family." - NPR (AP)

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