“Consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has predicted that global spending for media and entertainment will reach $2.2 trillion in 2017, compared with $1.6 trillion in 2012. The U.S. is expected to remain the largest media market, with spending increasing 4.8% annually to reach $632 billion in 2017, up from the nearly $500 billion spent last year.”
Tag: 06.04.13
Skinny White Girls – This Is “Normal?”
I’m not saying we should stop casting skinny white girls. Of course not. They’re talented, wonderful human beings who deserve roles and love and cupcakes and all the good things in life, just like anyone else. But clearly we need to step away from the formula “normal = skinny and white.”
But Britain’s Culture Ministry, Post-Olympics, Does Seem Adrift
“Under the [Conservative-Liberal Democrat] coalition it quickly became clear that DCMS had one major priority, to deliver a successful Olympics. Now it seems to be a department without a major role within the coalition’s plans.”
Mariinsky To Present World’s First 3D Ballet Cinecast
“The Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg is to broadcast the world’s first live 3D ballet on June 6. The performance of Swan Lake, starring Yekaterina Kondaurova and Timur Askerov in the lead roles, will be conducted by Valery Gergiev, and streamed to over 1200 cinemas in 50 countries around the globe. There will also be parallel broadcasts in 2D.”
Halle Handel Festival Cancelled Due To European Floods
“The Handel Festival in Halle has been cancelled due to severe flooding, with some areas of the city under seven metres of water. The festival has been held in the city – where Handel was born – since 1922. Of the composer’s 42 operas, 40 have been performed as part of the festival.
La Scala Names Salzburg Festival Head Its Next Chief
“Austrian musical director Alexander Pereira was picked on Tuesday to head up the prestigious La Scala opera house in Milan, replacing Frenchman Stéphane Lissner, the city’s mayor said. The 65-year-old former tourism manager is currently artistic director of the Salzburg Festival and formerly led the Zurich Opera House.”
Watching An American Play About Press Freedom – In China
Geoffrey Cowan’s Top Secret: Battle for the Pentagon Papers debuted in China in late 2011. Now it’s touring the country again, including a stop at Beijing’s National Center for the Performing Arts (a/k/a The Egg), the country’s most prestigious venue.
Scientific Research Publishing Meets Online Video
In JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, the first peer-reviewed scientific journal published in video, “the experimental portions of technical scientific papers, instead of being laid out in a couple of dense paragraphs, [are] videotaped and [move] from a necessary if clumsy part of the narrative to center stage.”
Nashville Symphony Revenue Down By Half
“The Nashville Symphony Orchestra suffered an $11.7 million loss in the fiscal year ending July 31, 2012, as its revenue plunged by more than 50 percent to $21.5 million.”
Krystian Zimerman Storms Out Of Recital Over Smartphone Recording
“He noticed someone up in the choir seats filming the concert on their smartphone. We think it was probably an iPhone,” said Ruhr Piano Festival spokeswoman Anke Demirsoy. “He asked them to stop, but they didn’t. So he interrupted the recital and walked off stage.”