These bunnies “kicked off the breedable boom in earnest.” (Breedables are digital pets that can, well, interbreed.) But they need to be fed. And the company that runs the databases that provided bunny “food” was served a cease & desist order …
Tag: 05.19.17
At Cannes And Amid Controversy, Netflix Defends Its Strategy
Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s chief content officer: “Why would we want to hold back a movie for an enormous number of people to enjoy throughout the entire country that a few hundred, maybe a few thousand people could see the film in Paris? … It seemed to me like the right thing to do was to give the people, our subscribers, who pay to make these movies, access to them immediately all over the world.”
What The Basquiat Sale Says About Today’s Art Market
“The high price reflects the fact that 20th-century art increasingly dominates the list of the world’s most expensive paintings, partly because such works are more likely to be available for sale – with classics such as the Mona Lisa unlikely to come on to the market. Only three of the top 10 most expensive paintings are pre-19th century, with most of the highest prices attached to works by Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Gustav Klimt.”