“The tricky part of this equation is that it is difficult (some would say impossible) to reinvent yourself while maintaining a structure that allows you to hold on to that existing well of loyalty.”
Tag: 03.18.16
A New Media Company Just Lost A $115 Million Lawsuit About Privacy
“The meaning of the verdict will not be clear for some time. But the perception that a Manhattan media company, noted for its wry tone and its insistence that nearly any topic is fair game, was brought low by a celebrity fighting for privacy is most likely to resonate widely across the industry.”
City Eliminates Funding For Libraries. Volunteers Say They’ll Keep Them Going
“In 2015 the Labour-run city council agreed the libraries should no longer be funded and managed by the authority as part of budget savings. Volunteers will staff the buildings, while the books and equipment remain owned by the council.”
Pianist’s Husband Convicted Of Her Murder On Their Second Anniversary
Natalia Strelchenko, 38, “died shortly after being assaulted in her home by John Martin in August last year. … A Home Office postmortem examination found Strelchenko had died from head and neck injuries.”
Cliburn Winner’s Daughters Murdered, Wife Stabbed
“Vadym Kholodenko stopped Thursday morning at the home where he formerly lived to pick up Nika, 5, and 1-year-old Michela, Benbrook police Cmdr. David Babcock said. The Ukrainian-born musician found his wife, Sofya Tsygankova, in an “extreme state of distress” and discovered the dead girls. The pianist then called 911, police said.”
English National Opera Chorus Ends Labor Dispute With A Pay Cut
“In cash terms, chorus members have now agreed to have their pay reduced by £5,900, rather than the £10,215 original planned. They will still work on reduced seasonal contracts for just nine months of the year.”
Who Owns History? (It’s Not A Simple Question)
“We often hear about the problem of hidden histories, invisible and unheard because the stories of women and minorities have been written out of mainstream narratives. But identity museums are guilty of the same sin of omission, since surrendering the authority to shape museum collections to indigenous communities hinders the understanding of the very people it claims to help.”
Forty Under 40: Young Opera Singers To Watch – Part Two: The Ladies
“In my previous article, I described 15 excellent male singers under the age of 40 who are definitely worth hearing. Now I am pleased to present 25 women who are among those making the future bright for opera.”
Spotify Settles With Music Publishers
“Spotify will pay more than $20 million to music publishers to settle a long-running and complex dispute over licensing, according to an agreement announced on Thursday between the streaming service and the National Music Publishers’ Association, a trade group.”
National Book Critics Circle Awards: Ta-Nehisi Coates And Lauren Groff Suffer Upsets
“Some thought Ta-Nehisi Coates would take home another prize for Between the World and Me, his memoir and meditation on race in America … “Lauren Groff’s novel Fates and Furies, about the secrets of a marriage, also seemed like a front-runner in the fiction prize.”