“CBC/Radio-Canada’s annual parliamentary allocation is $1.1 billion and its overall expenditure is $1.7 billion. The Deloitte and Touche study estimates the public broadcaster has a substantial positive impact on the economy — well above its spending power — because it supports jobs and businesses across Canada.”
Tag: 06.17.11
“Spider-Man” Was Selling Great Box Office Before Its “Opening”. Will It Continue Now The Reviews Are Out?
“I guess the question is, `Can they just skip over those reviews and get to the tourist population and continue to do the kind of numbers they’re doing?’ Most musicals that overcome critics — like `Wicked’ — have great word-of-mouth or get a target audience that just adores it.”
Rhode Island School of Design Names New Director
John W. Smith, 51, currently the director of the Smithsonian Institution’s Archives of American Art, takes over at the RISD museum in September. He succeeds Hope Alswang, who resigned in July 2009 under pressure from RISD President John Maeda.
Alice Walton Speaks About Crystal Bridges, Her Big New Art Museum In Arkansas
“The era of the world-class museum built by a single philanthropist in the tradition of Isabella Stewart Gardner, John Pierpont Morgan Jr. and Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney may seem to have passed, but Alice L. Walton is bringing it back.”