“The 1.7 million figure that [CEO Meg] Whitman cited does not indicate how many people signed up for the app, which is offering an extended 90-day free trial. Once the trial ends, Quibi … which offers shortform episodic programming … designed to be viewed on the go … will cost $5 with advertising and $8 without advertising.” – The Hollywood Reporter
Tag: 04.13.20
Indie Bookstores In Crisis Turn To GoFundMe, But Site Won’t Turn Over Contributed Money
“High-profile booksellers seeking recourse have flocked to the platform. … Yet a number of the stores that were among the first to launch successful campaigns in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic are complaining that, to date, GoFundMe has not released the funds promised them. While some of the bookstores PW contacted declined to go on the record, others are going public.” – Publishers Weekly
Metropolitan Opera Plans A Gala For The Quarantine Age
“The ‘At Home Gala’ the company is planning for Saturday, April 25, … will feature more than 40 artists, including stars like Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann and Renée Fleming, performing from their homes and streamed on the company’s website, metopera.org.” – The New York Times
Pandemic Could Be An Opportunity To Rethink How Cities Work
We’re using cities differently while we’re under lockdown, but urbanists see this as an opportunity to maybe challenge the ways we have constructed and use urban areas. Cars, for example – do they have to be so dominant? – Wired
Peter Sellars On Art And Creativity After COVID
“My feeling is truly we are in the midst of a new era trying to be reborn,” he said, reached by phone in Culver City. “And, yes, the labor pains are fierce.” – Los Angeles Times
Broadway Musicians Petition Their Union To Allow Streaming Of Show For COVID Relief
The show is a Disney concert from last year that producers want to use to raise money for COVID relief. All the unions had agreed except for the musicians union. “As musicians we have lost the opportunity to perform publicly, but this use of our recorded performance could have been a great tool to raise funds for people in our community that are in need,” the petition states in part. – Deadline
Dance That Becomes Dis-Dance
So how do you dance with others when you have to keep your distance? Online of course, and Dis-Dance parties allow you to dance together from the safety of your own room. – The News Hour (PBS)
Pollock’s Guest Appearance in the Metropolitan Museum’s Subdued 150th-Birthday Video
If you’ve already seen the Max-&-Dan video that the Met posted today to mark this unexpectedly somber occasion, you may have wondered about the identity of the head peering over Director Max Hollein‘s left shoulder. – Lee Rosenbaum
From a Diary …
I’ve been skimming through a complete collection of Chekhov’s stories. There’s lotsa chaff — small anecdotes published in newspapers from early days that don’t do much and weren’t intended for the ages. But then you come upon “an unpleasantness,” a long story from a later period that stands up like an erection. – Jan Herman
Living In A Gaudi Masterpiece During The Lockdown
Suddenly, La Pedrera in Barcelona went from tens of thousands of visitors per day to … no one. Ana Viladomiu is one of the few people there. “Two other tenants remain in another part of the building – separated from Viladomiu with their own elevator and staircase – while a few security guards rotate through their shifts unseen. ‘So I’m really by myself,’ she said.” – The Guardian (UK)