“This contract is a new beginning for writers in the digital age. It ensures that guild members will be fairly compensated for the content they create for the Internet, and it also covers the reuse on new media platforms of the work they have done in film since 1971 and in TV since 1977.”
Tag: 02.26.08
Charles Bock’s Best-Selling Beautiful Children To Be Offered Free Online
“Publishers have worried about Internet piracy and whether online text could hurt traditional sales. But lately the trend has been to make more books available on the Internet and hope that interest in all formats will be increased.”
Some Rules For What Goes On Your Bookshelf (What It Says About You)
“Many items there are staples. Others are ingredients that, like salt, are only good in combination with something else. Some things you keep around are healthy, if not very tasty, while a few might count as junk food. (A couple of scholarly presses are indeed known for their Pop-Tarts.) And it’s hardly a decent pantry if you don’t have a few impulse purchases you later regret, or gourmandizing experiments that didn’t quite pan out.”
Canadian Artists Lament Government’s Lack Of Arts Priorities
“The sole mention of culture in the budget handed down Tuesday by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty was $9 million over two years for infrastructure spending at Canada’s national museums.”
US Senator Slams FCC Auction Of Wireless Spectrum
The auction, under way and so far garnering just under $20 billion in bids, has been dominated by two telcos that want to lock up spectrum for wireless services, Pryor said. “I’ve got nothing against AT&T or Verizon, but I don’t want a wireless world with only two big guys,” he said. “We need a competitive marketplace.”
Rijksmuseum Reopening Delayed
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, closed since 2003 for renovations, won’t open completely until 2013 as renovations take longer after a construction bid by a leading builder is rejected.
Explaining Stravinsky
“Like Balanchine, Stravinsky was considered famously hard really to know; unlike Balanchine, he labored to explain himself. His notorious aversion to “interpretations” of his music, any and all of which distorted its meaning, paralleled larger areas of purported misunderstanding. To better explain himself, he would write lengthy letters to established scholars or obscure students.”
A Star Dancer In New York
“Why would the world’s foremost classical ballerina choose to turn up in New York leading a small company performing three works newly choreographed on and for her?”
CBS Chief Says Writers’ Strike Helped Network
CBS was able to manage costs and reduce expenses “in ways that will allow us to operate more efficiently going forward,” Moonves said. CBS cut its overall deals by 50% and slashed the number of scripts it will produce.
Plans Pulled For Ottawa Concert Hall
“We have not completely closed the door on our dream of a concert hall, but at this time it wouldn’t be fair nor right to request additional time.”