Andrew Druckenbrod is unimpressed with a new study. “It is apples and oranges to compare nonprofits to the private sector, and small organizations to large companies. And why is there a need to only target musicians, and musician unions? What about the increase of fees and salaries for guest soloists, conductors and executives?!”
Tag: 03.21.08
LA Residents Protest Mural Depicting Latino Stereotypes
“The tile mural was meant to depict a quaint Sunday in Boyle Heights. Many angry residents say it makes their neighborhood out to be a crime-ridden dump filled with fat women, stray dogs, beer-swilling men and illegal street vendors. And don’t get them started about the piñata.”
Wikipedia As A Fan Generator
Muicians are gaining fans through MySpace pages. But “according to data provided to Billboard from Yahoo those searching for artist information are selecting the Wikipedia entry link over artists’ MySpace pages by a factor of more than 2-to-1. The Wikipedia entries are also more popular than artists’ Web sites.”
AP Expands Its Entertainment Coverage, Hires 21
“There is overwhelming demand from customers and members for coverage of celebrity, movies and music. According to PQ Media, the market for outsourced entertainment news content is set to rise by 77% by 2011 to $960 million. So, increasing our entertainment coverage provides an opportunity to give them more of the content they want and to increase revenue at the same time.”
Cultural Institutions Feeling The Mortgage Crisis Squeeze
“Some of Southern California’s major cultural institutions are bleeding because of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, with combined losses of more than $3 million — and mounting — since February, when their seemingly safe and innocuous construction bonds turned into fiscal leeches.”
Is Huge Gehry Project In Brooklyn Doomed?
“Designed by Frank Gehry, the project was a rare instance in which the architectural talent lined up for a New York project matched the financial muscle behind it. When it was unveiled in late 2003, it seemed to signal a genuine effort to raise the quality of large-scale development in a city still stinging from the planning failures at ground zero.”