"The researchers have proposed the name Eteo-Tocharian to describe the newly identified language, which is believed to have been, at one point, one of the official languages of the Kushan Empire" (200BC-700AD). - Artnet
"A court in Iran has sentenced prominent film director Saeed Roustayi to six months' prison for the screening of his film Leila's Brothers at the Cannes film festival in 2022. Leila's Brothers ... has been banned in Iran since its release last year." - The Guardian
"The executive director of West Virginia Public Broadcasting has stepped down after one year on the job, the latest sign of upheaval at a news outlet recently shaken by a reporter's allegation that she was fired for writing an unfavorable story about a division of the state health department." - AP
"(The museum) has sued its former director, Aaron De Groft, as well as others who were instrumental in bringing the now disgraced 'Heroes & Monsters' exhibit of work attributed to Jean-Michel Basquiat to the institution in 2022." - Orlando Sentinel
The Guild, founded in 1935 to support the Met, has been suffering with financial troubles similar to those faced by many arts nonprofits in recent years. Its education programs will be taken over by the Met itself, while Opera News will become a foldout section of Britain's Opera magazine. - AP
"Like Callas, Ms. Scotto possessed a voice that was riveting without being traditionally beautiful. … Also like Callas, she was known for fully inhabiting her roles, bringing intense dramaticism to an art form in which singers had once been content to stand onstage and trill." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"I’ve been talking with many here this summer, from producers to those who run venues to the artists themselves, and I’m struck by how many think the fringe is in deep trouble already. One producer I spoke to likened it to climate change." - The Stage
Depending on whom you listen to, fringe 2023 is an atrocity against mental health, social justice and artists’ bank accounts. Or it is a phoenix-from-the-ashes rebirth of the world’s biggest arts festival after the Covid hiatus and last year’s tetchy, partial re-emergence. - The Guardian
When American Public Media and Audacy’s Cadence13 announced a three-year “strategic” partnership in the summer of 2021, it seemed like a perfect union between public and commercial radio. - The Verge
Large tech companies will pick and choose what publishers they want to negotiate with and how much they’re willing to hand over. The numbers will be secret, and they’ll be heavily weighted toward the biggest players. - NiemanLab
The retailer says it will use the new technology to provide a short paragraph of text right on the product detail page that will highlight the product features and customer sentiment mentioned across the customer reviews. - TechCrunch
"For the editors of I Am Code: An Artificial Intelligence Speaks, the answer was obvious. … 'They had an understanding that I wasn't the best choice — I was the only choice,' Mr. Herzog said. 'When you look at the text, it becomes quite self-evident.'" - The New York Times
The library director and board initially refused to move any of the books. But, more recently, the library has tried to assuage its adversaries, eliminating the entire young adult nonfiction section and intermingling those books with adult books. It has not worked. - Seattle Times
"In common with many other museums, the Mütter is plagued by questions around the rights of acquisition of its collection. Earlier this year, the Mütter took down its collection from its website and began an audit of 35,000 specimens in its archive of anomalies and oddities." - The Observer (UK)
