“People who have seen the tablet say Apple will market it not just as a way to read news, books and other material, but also a way for companies to charge for all that content.” If they agree to its terms, “Apple could help create a way for media companies to alter the economics and consumer attitudes of the digital era.”
Tag: 01.26.10
Earliest Shakespeare Quartos Go Online
“[T]he Shakespeare Quartos Archive (www.quartos.org) is a free resource that will in time reproduce at least one copy of every edition of Shakespeare’s plays printed in quarto before the theatres were closed by the Puritan parliament in 1642.”
Toibin’s Brooklyn Is Bookies’ Favorite For Costa Award
“‘Since winning the novel award, [Colm] TóibÃn has been backed almost to the exclusion of the field,’ said Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg. William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe agreed, saying that Brooklyn was the only title which punters ‘are backing in numbers’.” The Costa Book of the Year is to be announced this evening.
The Reason For Our Weak Willpower? Our Weak Brains
“Knowing something is the right thing to do takes work — brain work — and our brains aren’t always up to that.”
Michelangelo, In Verse, On His Sistine Chapel Suffering
“A gifted poet as well as a sculptor and painter, he wrote energetically about despair, detailing with relish the unpleasant side of his work on the famous ceiling. … ‘My haunches are grinding into my guts, / my poor ass strains to work as a counterweight, / every gesture I make is blind and aimless.'”
Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger Will Transform Music Biz
“The merger,” approved by the Justice Department, “will create a goliath with hands in every pocket of the music business. … But for the $889-million deal to proceed, the two companies agreed to the unusual step of creating a pair of rivals to ensure a competitive market for ticket sales, which has been one of the few bright spots for the ailing music industry.”
Why Conservatives Should Love Avatar
“The film is a perfect souffle of left-wing attitudes. But conservative critics are missing the conflict at the heart of the movie,” which champions a cause dear to them. Central to the plot is “a stark violation of property rights, the foundation of the free market and indeed of civilization.”
Banksy Film Is A Hot Ticket At Sundance
“‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ is a work that’s nearly impossible to categorize. The movie that’s both about — and made by — the controversial and hugely popular artist grapples with a separate series of contradictions about the competing themes of fame and privacy.”
In Repairing Picasso, Many Factors Determine The Course
Friday’s damage to a Picasso recalls Stephen Wynn’s 2006 mishap. “But it is difficult to compare a 1932 Picasso with one painted in 1904-5. The early canvases are more delicate and the oil paint is thinner than the enamel-based kind the artist was known to have used later in his career. And then there is the question of whether there’s only one image involved.”