Carnage is the latest in a recently long line of popular play adaptations that earn little to nothing onscreen. What’s that about?
Tag: 04.06.12
Harry Potter E-Books: Minting Money For The Author Who Kept Control
Even though the e-book sites had some glitches on day one, J.K. Rowling’s newest venture sold more than $1 million worth of e-books and audiobooks in its first three days. “The blockbuster sales are a victory for Harry Potter’s creator, author J.K. Rowling, who battled e-book giant Amazon.com for the right to sell the books through her own website, Pottermore.”
If Target Wants Canadian Custom, It Has To Carry Canadian Culture
The giant chain store can’t just waltz into Canada with all-U.S. books and CDs. Nope. “The federal government is conducting a review of retailer Target Corp.’s proposal to enter the Canadian market to determine whether books and other cultural products have enough home grown content.”
The Internet SO Did Not Kill Reading (Reading Is Just Fine, Thank You)
Actually, people of the 1950s (yes, those 1950s) were much less likely to be reading than we are. Why do we like to think there was a reading golden age – and that that golden age isn’t now?
Indie Bookstores And Their Awesomeness: The List
How much do independent bookstores (at least the ones in Boston) beat the chains and Amazon? Let us count the ways.
Brutal Truth: The Arts’ Business Model Is Broken
“The underlying business model of the nonprofit is too inadequate, and the need for our services is too fast-growing, and society’s understanding of the situation isn’t all that it might be. And we’re afraid to say the word “business” in the same sentence as the word “art” for fear of alienating both our artists and their supporters.”
Proposed US Law Would Shield Art Loaned To Museums From Seizure
“Russia banned art loans to the United States after a 2010 federal court ruling that a historic collection of Jewish religious books and Rabbinic writings belongs not to Russia but to the U.S.-based Hasidic group, Chabad, and must be returned.”
Could TV’s “Smash” Make It To Broadway?
“The series about the making of a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe, which NBC recently renewed for a second season, is a long way from getting to the real Broadway. Still, the show has been a passion project for NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt for years, and it boasts a large cast of executive producers with elite pedigrees and credentials in the theater world.”
Pandora Listenership Increases 59 Percent
“The amount of time users spend listening also grew — to more than 1 billion hours last month, from 567 million hours in March 2011. Each Pandora listener spent more time on average with the service as well, about 19.6 hours in March compared with 17.7 hours a year ago.”
Another Spider-Man Stuntman Claims Injuries
Richard Kobak, a stunt performer on the Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark musical, is the latest to claim injury from high-flying stunts for the Broadway production.