FCC Considers Relaxing Limits On How Many Media Outlets Corporations May Own
“The agency voted to take public comment … on a rule that limits a company from owning more than two stations in a market,...
Despite Federal Government Shutdown, Smithsonian, Kennedy Center And D.C. Monuments Are Open — For...
The Smithsonian museums and National Gallery will remain open for as long as leftover cash-on-hand lasts, which will be at least through Monday. Kennedy...
Paris’s Picasso Museum Is Adding A Sculpture Garden
“Named ‘Picasso 2030,’ the project will create a space devoted to the artist’s sculptures by connecting a garden area behind the museum to an...
Wild At Heart: Daphne Du Maurier, One Of English Lit’s Most Misunderstood Authors
“From the pages of After Midnight emerges a sense of du Maurier that’s far from the meek, naive narrator of Rebecca. These stories are the work of a...
This Women Artist Was More Famous Than Rembrandt In Their Day. Why Did We...
Today, The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings of all time, its creator lionized as one of the greatest artists to ever live. Meanwhile, the Koerten “thread...
Murder Investigation Launched As A Star Of France’s Early Music Scene Is Found Dead
Denis Raisin Dadre, 69, a recorder virtuoso and specialist in Renaissance reed instruments, founded Ensemble Doulce Mémoire in 1990 and developed an impressive array...
This Year’s Most-Anticipated Book Started As FanFic And Has A Movie Deal
SenLinYu, 34, started off writing Harry Potter fanfiction that blew up online during the pandemic, racking up more than 20m downloads. Sen’s Draco and Hermione (“Dramione”)...
Did Italy’s Agnelli Family Replace Art With Fakes During An Inheritance Dispute?
Italian prosecutors are investigating claims that members of the Agnelli family arranged for works by Monet and de Chirico to be replaced with forgeries...
Two Years Ago The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Declared Bankruptcy. Now It’s Back
On the road to their return, the musicians took on side jobs, staged free community concerts and fought to bring the symphony back through legal...
The Best International Feature Oscar Is Broken. Any Solution Could Make It Worse.
“The deadline for countries to submit movies for the 2026 Oscars' international feature category arrives Wednesday. And, as usual, the submissions — each country gets to...
Can TikTok Build Interest In Classical Music?
The program will support and elevate a select cohort of 10 U.K.-based creators passionate about classical music who are already making content about the...
Public Media’s Moment To Shine (Or Not)
Public media stations reach 99% of the country’s population with free, noncommercial, local news, music and information. Yet their greatest strength — broadcast dominance built over...
Public Broadcasting Lost Federal Funding. But Public Broadcasting Continues
Although the massive wave of federal funding cuts may sometimes seem insurmountable for private donors to offset, cuts to public broadcasting are not so...
The August Paris Opera Ballet Walks On The Wild Side For Its U.S. Tour
The world’s oldest ballet company is known to most of the world for the precise, pristine classicism. At home, though, it’s been performing cutting-edge...
Living With People Whose Ideas You Don’t Like
We are indeed going to have to live with each other, barring apocalyptic violence—but we already have been for quite some time, and doing...
Father Of The Internet: We Created The Internet And Gave It Away For Free....
Today, I look at my invention and I am forced to ask: is the web still free today? No, not all of it. Trading...
What The AI Actor Tilly Says About The Bland State Of Movies Today
It is not on screen for long and perhaps vanishes just before you sense something’s off, but as things stand, “Tilly” doesn’t look obviously...
Italian Police Seize 21 Works From Dalí Exhibition As Suspected Forgeries
“The works were part of an exhibition, ‘Salvador Dalí, tra arte e mito’ (Salvador Dalí, between art and myth”) that had been on show...
Artisans Use Medieval Techniques To Restore One Of England’s Grandest Old Cathedrals
“York Minster is one of a very few cathedrals in Britain to have a full-time team of stonemasons working alongside about 50 glaziers, carpenters,...
Public Radio Organizations Form Consortium To Operate Satellite Distribution; NPR Sues To Stop Them
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in one of its last grants, awarded $57.9 million to a new consortium called Public Media Infrastructure to cover...
Naxos, World’s Largest Indie Classical Label, Sold To Chinese Corporation
The landmark deal, announced on September 25, gives Beijing-based Kuke Music Holding about 70% ownership of Hong Kong-based Naxos Music Group through two simultaneous...
North America’s Largest Repertory Theatre Company, Stratford Festival, Names New Artistic Director
“Jonathan Church, known for his work as a director and producer on multiple hit shows in London’s West End, and as the leader of...
Syracuse University Pauses Admissions For 20 Undergrad Majors, Most Of Them Arts And Humanities
The decision was made by the institution’s senate in its first meeting of the 2025-26 academic year without faculty input. Among the majors affected...
University Of Oxford To Open New $250 Million Arts Center
The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre, opening on October 13 and built for £185 million ($250 million), includes a 500-seat concert hall, a 250-seat theatre,...
Why The Latest “Cabaret” Revival Was A Smash In The West End But Crashed...
The London production of Rebecca Frecknall’s staging, for which the theatre was remodeled into a seedy Kit Kat Club, is going strong after four...
