New study says kids between ages of 2 and 18 spend 5 1/2-hours on daily media entertainment – 2 hours, 46 minutes of television; 49 minutes of computer games and other computer uses; 48 minutes of recorded music; 44 minutes of reading; and 39 minutes of radio. (AP) Boston Globe
Category: issues
IT HAPPENED TO OIL. IT HAPPENED TO AUTOS
It’s the rise and consolidation of the multinational conglomerate. The global media/entertainment market is dominated by eight transnationals. The Nation
OPENING CHINA
Chinese admittance to World Trade Organization means more American movies in China, maybe less piracy. Variety
A NIGHTCLUB PIRANESI WOULD HAVE ENVIED
Former cold storage facility, 24,000-square-feet of vaulted tunnels below the streets of London, has been turned into city’s newest nightclub. London Telegraph
SELF-HELP BOOKS FOR ARTISTS
Allworth Press celebrates ten years of publishing practical guides to the business of the arts. Publisher’s Weekly
PEDAL TO THE METAL
PE Detroit arts economy is booming along with the local economy. New concert hall, theaters, museums, rejuvenating downtown. Next up: an arts tax to generate $24 million/year for the arts. Detroit News
“MICHELANGELO AND BACH WERE IN ADVERTISING?”
Consumer culture is so ingrained in modern life that traditional barriers between art and advertising have eroded. Toronto Globe and Mail
THIRTEEN HOURS AND $32:
That’s what the average American spent on movies in theaters last year. Our appetite for entertainment rockets ahead – last year spending on all forms of entertainment increased to $55 billion, up 10 percent from 1998. Variety
ESTHETICS ABSOLUTISTS
Increasingly, beauty has become a battleground for local land-use regulation. Stylistic choices as visual pollution. Reason
OLIPHANT ON GIULIANI
Cartoonist imagines how great artists would have portrayed New York mayor in their work. Artnet.com