Disney+ Closes In On 100 Million Subscribers
The subscriber count is up from the 94.9 million accounts Disney reported last month for the quarter that ended in January. And the surge...
How Companies Are Rethinking What It Means To “Own” Something
Business leaders, and their lawyers, have a bias — an unjustified faith, really — that legal ownership matters. Surprisingly often, it doesn’t, and some...
The Democratization Of Storytelling
By now, a successfully kickstarted short is a rather common occurrence, but an Oscar-winning one is rare indeed. Crowdfunding is, of course, not the...
DeepFake Technology That Animates Images (Really Creepy)
The AI family history app MyHeritage allows users to animate photographs from the past. Run a document through the app and it will seemingly...
Settlement In Copyright Suit Against Robert Indiana Estate
The settlement agreement brings the legal wrangling over the estate of the artist known for his iconic “LOVE” series closer to an end. -...
Big Worries About The Met Museum’s Plans To Sell Art To Survive
"Critics of the new guidelines, including Hollein’s predecessor, Thomas P. Campbell, believe in the sanctity of public collections and want to maintain strict controls...
Why The Stonehenge Highway Tunnel Is Really A Good Idea
Archaeologist Timothy Darville: "Much of has been fuelled by negative publicity and misunderstandings about the processes by which archaeological concerns feed into planning...
“Genre” Is Disappearing In Pop Music
"It’s difficult to imagine a Grammy ceremony that doesn’t rely on genre as its organizing principle—I suppose that would entail the bestowing of just...
So What Will The Financiers Who Bought Second City Do With It (Or To)...
"Though private-equity firms are notorious for ruthlessly wringing efficiencies out of the properties they pick up, the investors who just bought one of Chicago's...
I Miss Theatre. I Didn’t Know I’d Miss The Audience Too
"What it has taken me a year to realize is how much I also miss the community of the audience — the strangers surrounding...
Marie Antoinette’s Private Theatre Has Been Restored
The queen had the little playhouse built as part of her pretend village at Le Petit Trianon; she and her friends attended plays and...
What People Regret On Their Deathbed
"Broadly, people seem to wish for a more meaningful life. They wished they’d been more authentic in their activities (1; 3). They wished they’d...
Jazz Drummer And Bandleader Ralph Peterson Jr., 58
"The sheer, onrushing force of Peterson's beat, paired with his alert ear and agile dynamism, made him one of the standout jazz musicians to...
Why Music Schools Like Juilliard Have To Change
Classical purists clutch their hearts in disgust at the mere suggestion of their holy shrines teaching business skills like freelancing or contemporary styles like...
Putting Together The Pieces Of A Lost Florence Price Score
The pioneering Black composer's Fantasie Nègre No. 3 in F minor was thought to be incomplete: only the first two pages were known to...
Murdoch Admits It Out Loud: Fox News Is The ‘Opposition’ To Democrats And Biden
Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch, Rupert's elder son, told a group of investors that Biden's presidency would be good for Fox News (which, of...
Brown Paper Tickets Will Pay $9 Million To Stiffed Customers
Following a consent decree from the Washington Sstate Attorney General's office, Seattle ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets has agreed to pay $9 million in...
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet To Cease Performing
"The 25-year-old will eliminate its centerpiece: the professional performing arm of the company. The ballet schools and youth Folklórico programs in Santa Fe...
New Bill In U.S. Congress Would Provide $5 Billion or Libraries
"The Build America's Libraries Act was introduced by in the House of Representatives by Reps. Andy Levin (D-MI-9) and Don Young (R-AK-at large) along...
Milwaukee Symphony’s New Principal Tuba Is 19 Years Old
Robert Black comes from a family of brass players in suburban Chicago; his mother is a high school band teacher. He's currently finishing his...
Lauren Lovette, Only 29, Will Retire From New York City Ballet
"I spent a lot of last year feeling like I didn't make a difference. were saying some sweet things to me about different...
NY’s Iconic Metro Pictures Gallery Announces It Will Close
It wasn't "because of declining sales, co-founder Helene Winer said in an interview, but with a sense that reopening the gallery once the pandemic...
“Queen’s Gambit” To Be Made Into Theatre
Level Forward, a company whose founders include Abigail Disney, a grandniece of Walt Disney, said on Monday that it has won the rights to...
How Children Have Changed After A Year Lived On Screens
Since U.S. schools began closing down roughly a year ago, the country’s children have been adapting, learning and getting creative with how they use...
Study: Yes, People Really Don’t Know When To Shut Up!
"Only 2 percent of conversations ended at the time both parties desired, and only 30 percent of them finished when one of the pair...
