“Dreaming of taking a tour of the Palais Garnier? Plop yourself center stage. Or better yet, watch Benjamin Millepied’s new Clear, Loud, Bright, Forward from every angle in this 360-degree video.”
Category: AUDIENCE
Literary Taste Versus What Sells And Is “Successful”
“Many novels that do sell well are mass-market genre reads—romance, mystery, and the like—that travelers pick up in airports or shoppers grab off of discount tables at Walmart. Many novels that don’t sell well, meanwhile, are the kind argued over in highbrow publications.”
The Top Movie In The UK Last Weekend? Shakespeare From The National Theatre
“The play – which stars Branagh alongside Judi Dench – was streamed live to 520 cinemas in the UK and more than 100 cinemas internationally on November 26. Benjamin Caron directed the cinema broadcast, which took more at the box office than previous number one The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part Two, according to overnight figures.”
British Authors Ask Book Industry ‘Where Are The Brown People?’
“Everyone keeps saying ‘I am not prejudiced, or racist,’ but they won’t say it is my responsibility as well to try and do better.”
The Internet Is For Everyone (Who Speaks One Of Very Few Languages)
“At the moment, the Internet only has webpages in about five percent of the world’s languages. Even national languages like Hindi and Swahili are used on only .01 percent of the 10 million most popular websites. The majority of the world’s languages lack an online presence that is actually useful.”
The One-Off Song That Accidentally Became One Of America’s Most Popular Mnemonics
“The odds of ‘Fifty Nifty United States’ becoming a beloved children’s classic were slim. Kraft Music Hall wasn’t exactly must-see TV—in the season that ‘Fifty Nifty United States’ made its first appearance, it wasn’t even in the top 30 most-watched shows on TV.”
The Rise Of The Private Press, And What That Means For The Public
“While political news is everywhere, coverage of the day-to-day inner workings of government—the slow, steady development of policy in Congress, in the administration, and in the independent regulatory agencies, and how those policies are implemented—has become increasingly scarce in the media that average citizens historically have relied upon. The opposite, however, is true of the ‘paywall press.'”
Project Aims To Recreate Famous Art In 3D For Blind People
The Unseen Art project aims to approach 3D artists to contribute interpretations of famous artworks, which could then be downloaded for free and printed out anywhere there is a 3D printer.
Why Are People Paying For Adele’s New Album?
“Album sales are profitable, but they are not the future of the music business—streaming is. Could it be possible that the record business, pursuing a strategy of inflating sales by keeping an album off Spotify, Apple Music, or Deezer, is choosing short-term profits over long-term growth?”
Subscribers Deserting Disney TV Networks
“Disney’s cable TV channels in general have been losing subscribers for two years running, presumably as consumers cord-cut or cord-shave, taking much of their viewing online with Hulu, Netflix and others.”