“KUSC already had the largest audience of any nonprofit classical station in the nation despite a decline in its membership numbers and audience in recent years. Its latest average quarter-hour share of the total radio audience in Los Angeles and Orange counties, a key statistic in radio ratings, more than doubled from the same period a year ago, from a 0.8 to a 1.9.”
Tag: 06.07.08
Publishers Sues Mafia Don’s Daughter Over Book
The daughter of the “Teflon” mafia don John Gotti has been sued by her publisher over failed plans to produce a memoir of her father’s career as a camera-friendly face of organised crime.
Battle Of The Actors Unions
The Screen Actors Guild criticizes the deal made by rival AFTRA with Hollywood studios. “In an e-mail to members Sunday, SAG president Alan Rosenberg outlined what he called contract gains that AFTRA did not get, and said that he and the union’s negotiators are trying to win for SAG members.”
New York City Opera’s Great Big Gamble
“So how does Gerard Mortier propose to fight back against the 10,000-pound gorilla next door? By offering the public a megadose of modernism. And he might be right, too, since under-40 classical-music fans appear to be more open to new sounds than their parents.”
Vatican Launches Drive To Attract Modern Art Masters
“Pope Benedict XVI has launched a campaign for a new era of religious art to rival the works of the Medicis. As religious themes become increasing influential among contemporary artists, the Holy See, which governs the Catholic Church, is searching for rich patrons to sponsor works in new houses of worship designed by cutting-edge architects.”
Why Sex and the City Has Got Critics Bedeviled
“Why do so many critics and commentators have Sex on the brain? Are they unable to accept a movie about four successful women?”
Orange County Museum Is Moving
“The Newport Beach-based museum is announcing today that it is relocating to Costa Mesa, and has received legal title to a 1.64-acre parcel of land next to the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. The land transfer is the first major step toward moving the county’s contemporary art museum, now tucked away in Newport Center, to the central arts district across from South Coast Plaza that’s being billed as the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.”