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"To help facilitate that orderly transition, and to protect both music creators and licensees alike, ASCAP and BMI are recommending four key provisions that would encompass newly formed decr…
In New York City and Los Angeles, the country's two capitals for audiobook work, narrators annually earn around $40,000 on average, according to Voices.com. A large publisher might pay as mu…
Ross Douthat: "Her passing raises the question: Is she the last of the species? The last American novelist who made novels seem essential to an educated person's understanding of her country…
Are we ready to argue that translation is not merely an interpretative task, but also an artistic one, and that translators are artists? As tempting as this upgrade in status seems, I would …
To my mind, perhaps the most striking and significant innovation is higher education's heightened emphasis on community engagement, community service, and local and regional economic develop…
"Bubbles inflate as the distance between fiction and reality increases. Contexts " such as investor liquidity, regulatory frameworks and cultural and macro-economic factors " establish bound…
"You're collecting an idea and the documentation, if the artist has stipulated, but sometimes they prefer it to be fleeting and ephemeral and totally experiential," says Amanda Hunt, directo…
As Amazon Studios does with movies, Amazon Publishing feeds the content pipelines created by the tech giant's online storefront and Amazon Prime membership program. At its most extreme, Amaz…
Mr. Bylsma's 1979 recording of the Bach suites was widely credited with being the first performed on a period instrument using gut strings, which were typical of cellos of earlier eras. Pabl…
It's devastating when you get to a pinnacle of your life and your career and people are like, "No. You suck. Like, literally, not just as a vampire." " The New York Times
What's unusual is that instead of hanging on until Labor Day to cash in on tourist dollars, five musicals are closing in the next two weekends: King Kong (which bumped up the losses signific…
The grand-scale operation, code-named Pandora III, was coordinated by the Spanish Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) and supported by The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Euro…
It's part of "a new initiative by Apple called [AR]T " a curation of augmented reality art, featured in a series of guided walks. Apple worked with the New Museum to select the artists: Nick…
"The push towards gender balanced line-ups, or so-called '50/50′ pledges, is led by the PRS Keychange initiative which calls for equal numbers of male and female performers at high pro…
"Over four years, the fund" " a group of eight foundations " "made 89 grants to 67 groups totaling $2.27 million, helping 'build a broader commitment to a fairer and more equitable arts ecos…
"Its 'participatory grant making' model, where control of the money is ceded to the community it serves, has drawn notice from bigger foundations and young philanthropists." " The Chronicle …
"Today I ask to what extent it is a positive development that there are no discussions of race and religion in Danny Boyle's and Richard Curtis's film Yesterday, whose protagonist Jack Malik…
"In a unique new exhibition, works from artists such as Andy Warhol and Nan Goldin, highlight the progression of transgender models and subjects." " The Guardian
"Amos C. Brown, the president of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP, said in an interview today that the artist was simply 'presenting a critique about the warp and woof of George Washing…
"Speaking to colleagues and journalists at the show's opening, curator Clare Lilley was frank that she would have liked to include a 50/50 split of men and women " but had been unable to do …
Netflix has been evolving its public policy strategies in recent months to align itself more with Hollywood and less with Silicon Valley, a shift driven by the streamer's maturation into a f…
Through "Peanuts," Schulz wanted to tell hard truths about, as he said, "intelligent things." But the main truth he tells is that there are no answers to the big questions. " The New Yorker
Leaders from 13 of England's biggest theatres have collectively cautioned that their ability to work with schools is being significantly impacted by a narrowing curriculum and cuts to arts s…
"I never wanted to look weak or incapable as a dancer, even if I was in a lot of pain. Even if I felt like I was going to pass out. I began feeling this way every day. From what I can rememb…
Imagine, for instance, that you are arguing with your partner. Adopting a third-person perspective might help you to recognise their point of view or to accept the limits of your understandi…
