“Despite the newspaper’s big jump into video — more than four hours of live video per day, some 1,500 videos per month, accessible across 18 digital platforms like iPads, iPhones, desktops, YouTube, Apple TV, etc. — there’s still a hunger for more.”
Tag: 06.01.12
Cambodia Wants Statues Back From The Met
“The Cambodian government is convinced that two life-size 10th-century statues that have anchored the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Southeast Asian galleries for nearly two decades were looted from a jungle temple and plans to ask for their return.”
Kansas Gets Its Arts Support Back (All It Took Was Massive Public Pressure)
“If anything, this is an even bigger win for the rest of the US than it is for Kansas. For years, conservative ideologues have been trying to kill funding for the arts at the state level, but the threat of losing matching federal funds from the NEA had always held them in check. So finally, one governor follows through and eliminates funding entirely, and he gets lambasted mercilessly for it all year and has to reverse his stance in the very next budget.”
A Union Deal For Backup Dancers, Singers, And Everyone Else In Music Videos
“The deal means that for the first time, music video performers and choreographers will have nationwide guarantees for health and retirement benefits as well as guaranteed fair pay, safe working conditions, and reuse fees.”
Sotheby’s Lockout Of Art Handlers (Finally) Ends
The ten-month dispute between the unionized handlers and the auction house is resolved.
More Income Inequality? That’s Great For The Art Market!
“The art market, in other words, is a proxy for the fate of the superrich themselves. Investors who believe that incomes and wealth will return to a more equitable state should ignore art and put their money into investments that grow alongside the overall economy, like telecoms and steel. For those who believe that the very, very rich will continue to grow at a pace that outstrips the rest of us, it seems like there’s no better investment than art.”
Lip Smackingly Good – Or Actually, Lip Smackingly Ready For Speech
How did humans start speaking? Other primates tell us: All this talk began with some seriously intense lip smacks.
No, Really: Disney’s About Movies, And The New Hire Proves It
“You didn’t need a secret decoder ring to decipher the message Bob Iger sent to Hollywood this week when he announced the hiring of former Warner Bros. studio president Alan Horn as Disney’s new studio chief: Disney is back in the movie business.”
Not Actually Science Fiction Anymore: Innovations Of The Present/Future
Want electronic clothes? A video game on your subway strap? Your laptop as part of the kitchen table? These innovations, and more, are all coming – and for some people, they’re already here.
Fewer Emmy Awards Means (Slightly) More Competition
It’s getting rough out there for a TV actor: “Starting with the 2013 awards, each category for outstanding actor in a miniseries or TV movie and outstanding actress in a miniseries or movie will have six nominees, equal to other performing categories. Previously, there were four movie and miniseries acting categories with five nominees each.”