UMG Posts Strong First Quarter Music Earnings
UMG’s research suggests that approximately 20% of current music streaming subscribers would be willing to pay up to double the current standard price for enhanced offerings. - Music...
André Lewis On His 30 Years At The Helm Of Royal Winnipeg Ballet
“(Artistic) vision is most clearly expressed through the repertoire you do. It was really important for us, I felt, to go into contemporary full-lengths,...
Duolingo Doubles Its Number Of Language Courses Using AI
Duolingo says that building one new course historically has taken “years,” but the company was able to build this new suite of courses more...
Record $32 Million Klimt Portrait Sale Falls Through
After a restitution settlement that would have addressed glaring gaps in the work’s provenance failed to go ahead, the painting’s anonymous buyer pulled out...
Why Academic Freedom Is Essential To A Great Country
What exactly is academic freedom? It is the freedom to express and debate ideas without fear of censorship or reprisal. It is the freedom...
Alice Coltrane Was Not A Saint, And We’ll Lose Touch With Her Music If...
“Alice Coltrane, despite having been one of John’s pianists, is maneuvered into the margins by subgenre euphemisms like ‘spiritual jazz,’ by which many mean,...
People Have Already Found Loopholes In The Oscars’ “Must Watch All Nominees To Vote”...
“Today, some members, particularly in the Executive and Marketing and PR branches, simply press play on the Academy app to satisfy the system’s viewing...
Tony Award Nominations 2025: ‘Buena Vista Social Club,’ ‘Death Becomes Her’ And ‘Maybe Happy...
Oh Mary!, Sunset Boulevard, John Proctor Is the Villain, George Clooney, Nicole Scherzinger and others are among the nominees. (Conspicuously missing are Denzel Washington...
Just What-All Happens To The Sistine Chapel During A Papal Conclave?
For s start, it’s closed to the public, since the Chapel has been the site for the voting since 1492 and the cardinals are...
Artist Behind “Blackest Black” And “Pinkest Pink” Disputes Loses Lawsuit Brought By Yves Klein’s...
Klein’s son, along with the corporation which owns Klein’s trademarks and rights to the color International Klein Blue, sued artist Stuart Semple for infringement...
Novelist Barbara Pym Worked For British Spy Agency, Researcher Says
Former British diplomat Claire Smith argues that, if you look carefully at correspondence from Pym’s wartime work as a censor, you’ll see evidence that...
After Bullying And Harassment Scandals, Formal Review Of BBC Finds This
“A BBC review has found no evidence of a ‘toxic culture’ but a ‘minority of people whose behavior is simply not acceptable,’ the U.K. public broadcaster...
The Takacs Quartet At 50
The Takacs thing. “They have always been one of the world’s pre-eminent string quartets, and they have a unique approach to the repertoire,” said...
How The Met Opera Makes The Severed Head For “Salome”
It has to look like Peter Mattei, who’s singing John the Baptist, so they start by making a mold of his head. Then they...
This Year’s Tony Nominations: The Year Of Hollywood Stars?
Forty-two productions are eligible for Tony Award nominations this year – the announcements come Thursday morning – making many of the categories very, very competitive. - Deadline
“AI Narration Is, In My Opinion, Immoral,” Writes David Sedaris
“I’m as interested in an artificial voice as I am in an artificial author, which is to say not at all. … This is...
The Inherent Contradictions Of Mark Twain
Even when he was at the height of his literary powers, the title “businessman” might have suited Twain better than “author.” Not that avidity...
As AI Makes Some Things Very Easy, Will We Continue To Do Them?
We’re so used to trying things for ourselves that it seems bizarre to imagine us ever stopping. And yet, more and more, it’s becoming...
Nude Models In Florence Complain Of Difficult Working Conditions
Nude models at the fine arts academy, which was founded in 1784, complained to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera about their “exhausting” work. They want more breaks...
How Did Pop Wizard David Foster Figure Out Broadway Songs For, Of All Characters,...
“The cartoons were perplexing to me because the music they used is so far beyond what I would relate to,” he explains. “Don’t get...
Gustavo Dudamel On The Purpose Of Orchestras
"Music is about relationships—how we come to understand one another, how we communicate and connect with those who are different from us, and how we build mutual...
The Dark Sides Underpinning Today’s Entrepreneurial Zeitgeist
Gig work, as it turns out, didn’t begin with Uber but with Avon direct-sales reps. The wacky metaphysics of today’s tech billionaires have their...
Why Schrödinger’s Cat Has Become A Pop Cult Sensation
How did an obscure argument about a mathematically complex and rather baffling theory of physics become embedded in public consciousness as an extraordinary exploration...
Majority Of Parents Don’t Enjoy Reading To Their Kids: Study
“Only 40% of parents ... agreed that ‘reading books to my child is fun for me’, according to a survey conducted by Nielsen and...
Comcast Is Bleeding Broadband Customers. Here’s Why
After reporting a net loss of 183,000 residential broadband customers in Q1 2025, Comcast President Mike Cavanagh said the company isn't "winning in the marketplace" during...
