Tag: 04.03.17

Celebrate The Music Industry’s Best Year In Eight Years (But Not Too Much)

“The music industry remains greatly diminished since its turn-of-millennium heights: 2016’s $7.7 billion in revenue is only half of the approximately $15 billion that was being made in 1999. The internet—piracy, cheap single sales, and free streaming—largely caused the declines seen in the 2000s. So if streaming is helping now, it is first helping to offset the enormous losses caused by the technology that enables it.”

So What Does ‘Cultural Appropriation’ Really Mean, Anyway?

Sparked by the fight over Dana Schutz’s painting of Emmett Till, Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic and the Cato Institute’s Jonathan Blanks debate the question and find more to agree on than one might expect – although, as Blanks says, “I think we have a fundamental disagreement about the responsibility of commentators and activists to cater to the feelings of the people who offend them.”

Judge Denies Roman Polanski’s Latest Bid To Avoid Jail In Statutory Rape Case

“In a written decision handed down Monday, L.A. County Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon said that Polanski’s current motions are based on the same arguments previously presented and rejected by other judges. ‘No sufficient or compelling basis for reconsideration of these issues … has been presented,’ he wrote in the 13-page decision.”

Top Posts From AJBlogs 04.03.17

The Prado Goes To Santa Fe
In recent years, the Prado has gotten more and more ambitious, and good for it – especially with international activities, … read more
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts Published 2017-04-03

“Inappropriate Relationship”: Tom Campbell Must Go; Metropolitan Museum’s Board Must Reform
Two weeks ago, I had suggested that the increasing barrage of negative assessments of Tom Campbell‘s leadership at the Metropolitan Museum might lead him to “decide jointly with the board that it could be best to end his tenure sooner than scheduled” … read more
AJBlog: CultureGrrl Published 2017-04-02