“Where does a senior artist transition to, so a mid-career artist can move and a younger artist can move, so we are not just trying to kill each other’s empires?”
Tag: 04.22.13
Will Amazon Transform The TV Business?
“Data has already transformed everything from electioneering to sweatshirt manufacturing. If I were a network honcho, I’d be watching Amazon’s experiment carefully–and thinking hard about whether it’s a good idea to add that second Jacuzzi on the deck.”
Why Viewers Are Turning Off Their TV Shows?
“In the torrent of often angry, always passionate e-mail I received, one theme predominated: It’s the networks that who have broken faith with viewers.”
BBC Arts Show Loses Most Of Its Audience
“BBC arts programme The Review Show has lost about 80% of its audience in its first airing since controversially moving from BBC Two to BBC Four.”
The Great Renaissance Polymath Who Got Everything (Well, Not Everything) Wrong
“[His] thirty-six books enticed the mind with their vast and encyclopedic erudition.” He understood myriad languages and fields of study. But he made up bodies of “knowledge” out of whole cloth, and “if he were around today, he would probably claim to have written Wikipedia single-handedly.” Meet Father Athanasius Kircher.