“Right now, the U.S. Supreme Court is in the midst of considering the FCC’s constitutional allowances to police indecency, and until that happens, the rulebook is in flux as the 2nd Circuit has already struck down some of the agency’s policies on naughty words on broadcast television.”
Tag: 02.07.12
Brit Musicians Surge On UK Charts
“Brits made up 56 of the top 100 biggest-selling album artists, including acts as varied as Plan B, The Vaccines, Kasabian and actor Hugh Laurie with his blues album. US artists represented almost a third of sales, the lowest share since 1999, but accounting for the second biggest share of acts. Canada was third while Barbados was fourth, solely on the back of Rihanna’s success.”
Dickens Gets A Google Doodle For His Burthday
The search engine redecorates its logo for the 200th anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birth.
Seattle’s Intiman Theatre Beats Its Fundraising Goal And Says It Will Continue
Intiman intends to now operate on a pay-as-you-go model, with a shorter season, a smaller staff and strict financial accounting. “Our budget used to be five or six million dollars a year,” noted Jones. “Clearly we could not sustain that and needed to dial it back.”
Eisenhower Family Doesn’t Like Frank Gehry’s Eisenhower Memorial
“The design shows Eisenhower as a youth gazing out at images of his adult accomplishments against a backdrop of the Kansas plains. But the Eisenhower family objects to the design and is attempting to delay approval of the project in a dispute that has pitted a leading American family against one of the country’s most recognized architects.”