Funny how things work: On the heels of my last post, about the media-arts dependency, I just learned that a rumor I heard a while back has legs: The New York Sun may return, albeit only on the web.
While it was alive, the last incarnation of the Sun distinguished itself with, among other things, wonderful and extensive cultural coverage: both news articles and reviews. When it died last September, many people in the arts world mourned. MoMA director Glenn Lowry said “the cultural section…has become one of the most important and informed sources of information about the arts in the City” and many people thought that was an understatement.
Today, Michael Calderone on the Politico website noted that the Sun had been publishing new pieces online. He quoted Seth Lipsky, its editor, as saying that a business plan for the site is in formative stages.
I emailed Seth to ask if the plan included a return of its great arts coverage. He wrote back that “we’re still in the very early stages of seeing what might, or might not, be logical and possible.”
That wasn’t a no. There’s hope — arts-lovers should let him know, with comments here if need be, that they devoutly want it to be possible.
Here’s the Politico post.