Is Radio Losing Its Base? "While more than 9 out of 10 Americans still listen to traditional radio each week, they are listening less. As a result, the prospects of radio companies have dimmed significantly since the late 1990’s, when broadcast barons were tripping over themselves to buy more stations. Radio revenue growth has stagnated and the number of listeners is dropping." The New York Times 09/16/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:14 am
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Denver Art Musem - Ready For The Big Time? The Denver Art Museum has always been underappreciated, writes Kyle McMillan. "Unlike some Eastern and Midwestern art institutions, which established their reputations in the 1920s and '30s, many of the Denver Art Museum's top collections did not come together until decades later. Its standing consequently has suffered. All that will soon change" with the opening of the museum's new Daniel Libeskind-designed building. Denver Post 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 9:30 am
MoMA Retells Modern The Museum of Modern Art takes its latest stab at retelling the story of modern art. Peter Schjeldahl writes that "the show crystallizes a recurrent suspicion that, at present, high culture inhabits an interminable aftermath of lost or broken purposes. The poetic tone of today’s most vital art tilts toward elegy." The New Yorker 09/11/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:07 am
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Indianapolis Symphony Gets A New Contract The Indianapolis Symphony has a new contract with its musicians. It provides for wage increases in each of its three years, a contast to the previous contract, which got significant compensation concessions from the players. Indianapolis Star 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 9:25 am
Classical Music, The Alt Intro New To classical music and looking for a good introduction? Sure there are the classics, the greats to recommend. But Andrew Adler has an alternative list to try to tempt you. Louisville Courier-Journal 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 9:14 am
Runnicles Out At SF Opera David Runnicles will leave his post as music director of San Francisco Opera after 14 years. "We came to the conclusion that it was in mutual best interest of Donald and the company to maintain our relationship, but to give each party the freedom to pursue other options." San Francisco Chronicle 09/16/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 9:09 am
Tower Records Names A Top Bidder The lead bidder for Tower Records has offered $90 million for the bankrupt chain. The company is more than $200 million in debt. "To put a human face on it, Harmonia Mundi USA is out $1.2 million worth of inventory to Tower, which, even if liquidated, the label will not get back." Musical America 09/15/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:02 am
From The Top To TV From the Top has become one of NPR’s more popular programs, and is "distributed to some 250 NPR outlets and boasts some 750,000 listeners." Now it will be on TV too, in a new series broadcast from Carnegie Hall. Musical America 09/15/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 6:48 am
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Cincy In Search Of Identity "Cincinnati has the nation's fifth oldest symphony orchestra, the second oldest opera company, a Tony Award-winning Playhouse in the Park, the Aronoff Center for Broadway shows, a Shakespeare company, ballet, galleries, museums, a Contemporary Arts Center designed by signature architect Zaha Hadid, two impressive sports stadiums, the Freedom Center and the Banks on the way. Last year, arts, culture and entertainment activities brought more than 10 million people to the city center, according to a study by Downtown Cincinnati Inc. Yet, Cincinnati is struggling to determine what its identity should be." Cincinnati Enquirer 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 9:22 am
- How Do You Get People To Come Back To Downtown Cincy? Cincinnati is losing population at an alarming rate. What to do to counter it? "Most importantly, participants said, the city needs a connector - a way to connect the dots, so Cincinnati is no longer a one-stop city, where people go to the ballgame or a show - then go straight home." Cincinnati Enquirer 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 9:18 am
Spain Bans Skinny Models From Fashion Runways "Madrid's fashion week has turned away underweight models after protests that girls and young women were trying to copy their rail-thin looks and developing eating disorders. Organisers say they want to project an image of beauty and health, rather than a waif-like, or heroin chic look." The Age (Meloburne) (AP) 09/13/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:56 am
- British Ban On Skinny Models To Follow? British culture minister Tessa Jowell weighs in on Spain's skinny model ban. "The other concern must be for the harm it has done to the starving girls who believe emaciation is their route to fame and fortune. Let's see healthy girls of sizes 8, 10 and 12 with the confidence that comes with really believing you look great. We shouldn't for one moment underestimate the power of fashion in shaping the attitude of young girls and their feelings about themselves." The Guardian (UK) 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:53 am
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Ira Brilliant, 84, Beethoven Collector "Housed at San Jose State University, the Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies is the only research collection in North America devoted exclusively to Beethoven. The center, which opened its doors in 1985, includes books and manuscripts, rare early editions of Beethoven’s works and, on long-term loan, two fragments of his skull. Its most famous artifact is undoubtedly the lock of Beethoven’s wild hair, which Mr. Brilliant and three colleagues acquired in 1994." The New York Times 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:39 am
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We Have A Maria! (As Chosen By Reality Show) A 23-year-old Welsh telephone bank worker won a television contest on Saturday to star in a revival of the musical 'The Sound of Music' in London's West End. The reality show attracted 6000 hopefuls to compete. Yahoo! (Reuters) 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:47 am
Moveable Feast - Broadway's Big Challeneges What does it take to get a big Broadway show out on the road? It's a big production. "Business on the road has declined by 30 percent over the past two years, according to figures compiled by the League of American Theatres and Producers. These numbers, however, do not include everything that is on the road, so business may indeed be better than the statistics indicate." Baltimore Sun 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:27 am
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Critics Dump On Prize For Unpublished Writers Entrants for the new $100,000 Sobol Prize for unpublished fiction have to have an $85 fee. "The Sobol Award is seeking as many as 50,000 unpublished fiction manuscripts, but critics say the contest's fee runs counter to industry ethical principles of not charging writers to read their work. The award was set up by tech entrepreneur Gur Shomron, who said he came up with the idea after failing to find a publisher for his novel, 'NETfold,' which he self-published last year." Yahoo! (Reuters) 09/14/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 8:00 am
Booker Shortlist Surprises Experts It's one of the most eclectic lists in years. John Sutherland, last year's chairman and author of How to Read a Novel, said it was a "bizarre" list that might signal a changing of the literary guard. "If you compare it with last year, the average age is five or 10 years younger. What we may be seeing is a turning of the tide, the older generation giving way to the new." The Independent (UK) 09/15/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:21 am
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Controversial Pick For Top Toronto Fest Prize A film pondering the assassination of George Bush has won the top critics' prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. "Death of a President, directed by Gabriel Range, was chosen 'for the audacity with which it distorts reality, to reveal a larger truth,' said a statement released by the festival." CBC 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:43 am
Not A Chance - Today's TV Shows Get Quick Hook It used to be that new network TV shows got a few weeks (even a season) to find out if they could attract an audience. No more. Some shows even get canceled after their first episode... Washinfton Post 09/17/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:34 am
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Sydney Dance Company Searches For Leader, Financial Fix "Two months after Graeme Murphy and his wife, Janet Vernon, announced their resignation as artistic director and associate artistic director, the company remains in a perilous financial position, and is pinning its hopes on the Australia Council's major performing arts companies funding model review." Sydney Morning Herald 09/13/06
Posted: 09/17/2006 7:17 am
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