The proposals, which would have seen charging extended until midnight from Monday to Saturday and introduced between 1pm and 6pm on Sundays, were deeply unpopular among theatre staff and managers. Theatres had warned that the charges could lead to millions of pounds in lost ticket sales, while actors and musicians had united to protest against the proposals which they described as “a tax on their work and a tax on entertainment”.
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Study: Theatre Audiences Declining In England
“Outside the capital, total audiences have fallen by more than 10% over the period, while theatre audiences at non-national companies have fallen by nearly 13%. At the national companies such as the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, audiences have actually increased over the two-year period by around 400,000 people.”
Archivists Worry: Digital Movies Are Difficult To Preserve
“Suitable long-term preservation and access mechanisms for digital motion picture materials have not yet been developed.”
Broadcasters Fall Hard For Narrowcasting
Robert Kyncl, YouTube’s VP of global content, painted a picture of myriad channels tailored to narrow interests. Noting there are 17 million yoga enthusiasts in the U.S. and twice that worldwide, he said, “I guarantee within a year or two you will find a wonderful yoga channel on YouTube delighting viewers on a global basis and providing smart, innovative brandholders the reach of an audience that is incredibly targeted and incredibly passionate.”
One-Day Strike – What Would Happen If The Culture Industry Took A Break?
“What would happen if all the content-creation industries blocked access to all their products for a day to demonstrate what would happen if they couldn’t make any money from their work owing to rogue sites. There’d be no music, no television, no film, no books, no radio. What would you miss the most – culture or Wikipedia?”
Niles Ford, Dancer And Choreographer, Dead At 52
“As a choreographer, Mr. Ford was drawn to political and cultural themes. His work, rooted in ballet, jazz and modern dance, paid homage to figures as disparate as Rod Rodgers … and Mumia Abu-Jamal.”
Concern Over Plans To Build Mega-Casino Near Miami’s Arsht Center
“A group formed to protect the $460 million Arsht Center for the Performing Arts and its surroundings in downtown Miami is raising new concerns about nearby traffic congestion from proposed casino resorts, and it could take a truckload of money to address it.”
Minnesota Opera, At Long Last, Names Music Director
“Music director is a title that’s been missing from the Minnesota Opera’s personnel list for decades. After a 13-year search, the company has chosen Michael Christie, the 37-year-old music director of the Phoenix Symphony and former head of New York’s Brooklyn Philharmonic.”