“The celebrity gossip and news magazine Heat comes top when 11- to 14-year-olds are asked to name their favourite read, followed by teenage girls’ magazine Bliss, which comes joint second with reading song lyrics online. They are followed by reading computer game cheats advice online, and then reading your own blog or fan fiction.”
Tag: 03.26.08
St. Louis Symphony Gets Its Download On
“The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra and its music director David Robertson have just released their first download-only recording,” one in a series that the orchestra plans to produce. The release, which consists of John Adams’s Harmonielehre, is the SLSO’s first commercial recording in many years.
SF Gallery Cancels Show Of Tortured Animals
A San Francisco art gallery has canceled a show featuring video images of animals being bludgeoned to death because of “massive” protests from Northern California activists.
How A Website Might Save TV
“Just as the Internet is poised to destroy commercial television, it may also rescue it. The life raft is called Hulu, a site that debuted this month. It demonstrates how TV might thrive in the Web environment of comments, ratings, and the wisdom of the crowds.”
Requiem For The College Record Store
“In recent years, perhaps hundreds of independent and small-chain record stores in college towns have shut down or consolidated as music downloading all but eliminated the demand for them. The change may be an economic inevitability, but still a loss.”
Recession Means Booming Business For Business Books
As the U.S. economy deteriorates and millions wrestle with questions about their faltering 401(k)s and when — or if — to cash out long-term stock investments, major publishers are scrambling to cash in.
The Ads That Follow Us Outside
“From Connecticut to California, digital billboards are becoming an increasingly hot issue as outdoor advertising companies seek to convert existing billboards to digital and erect new ones. State and local governments are struggling with how to regulate this bold new breed.”
Scotland Yard’s Big Art Bust
A pair of old masters by Francesco Guardi worth £10m have been seized by Scotland Yard after they were allegedly exported from Italy illegally.
Street Art Not
“Graffiti and street art have been highly controversial forms of expression in New York for decades, disdained by art snobs and building superintendents alike. The people who disparage it the most, however, are the city officials who clash with artists and taggers over their creations. Interestingly, this battle has done nothing to diminish street art’s popularity. And now, some experts say, that popularity could do what city official couldn’t: threaten the very essence of this ephemeral work.”
Is There Too Much Writing About Books?
Say you spend just one hour a day reading about books – in a year you’ll have burned up two weeks of your waking life. Never had time for Moby Dick or Remembrance of Things Past or Crime and Punishment? There’s your reading window.