An ambitious plan to build a Lincoln Center-size cultural center for Boston’s opera, ballet and Wang Center fizzles when a developer pulls the plug. Boston Globe
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TORONTO SYMPHONY STRIKE
An update. – The Globe and Mail (Canada)
London does country
The international appeal of American country music has never been greater, writes the London Times. Once regarded as “a minority sport for sad urban cowboys from Romford, who got their kicks dressing up at weekends like extras from a John Wayne movie,” country music has hit the top of the British pop charts. But in Nashville there is a fight for the soul of the music. – The Times (UK)
STATE OF THE NEA
Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts says five years from now seeds of the NEA’s success will be seen to have started during the hard years of the early 90s. Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
THE MOUSE BLINKS
Disney says it won’t refer to Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in its Epcot Millennium exhibit. Arab leaders back off their threat to boycott the company. CBC
ALLY BACKLASH
This morning TV critics everywhere are bashing Ally McBeal Lite – the half-hour version of “Ally” that bows tonight. It’s a cynical rip-off calculated to grab more money, they say. Plus, they’re just getting sick of her. The Globe and Mail puts it succinctly. The Globe and Mail
THINK YOU CAN SELL THAT FIRST NOVEL?
At the risk of being inundated, a London publisher reveals the do’s and don’t’s of getting published. He says it’s the best time ever for first-time authors to get into print. – The London Telegraph
BOOKS ON DEMAND
Netbooks offers downloadable books online – readers can pick their own typefaces and search text with a click. – Publisher’s Weekly
ATLANTIC CROSSING
Mort Zuckerman surprised the magazine world yesterday when he sold The Atlantic, one of his prized publications, to the publisher of the National Journal. New owner plans to replace William Whitworth, the Atlantic’s longtime editor, with Michael Kelly. – Washington Post
A STUDIO GROWS IN BROOKLYN
Mark Morris turned down running the Scottish Ballet earlier this year. Now he’s building a permanent home for his own company in Brooklyn. “About time” he says. – Sydney Morning Herald (reprint from London Telegraph)