“Smithsonian Business Ventures was created in 1999 to coordinate the for-profit divisions of the Institution, such as Smithsonian magazine and other publications, the gift shops and Imax theaters. But the unit had an often-contentious relationship with the museum staffs, and its leadership was criticized for the amount of money spent on salaries and expenses.”
Tag: 06.21.08
Dance Show Dominates US TV Ratings
“According to preliminary national estimates from Nielsen, “So You Think You Can Dance” averaged a 3.0 rating/9 share in adults 18-49 and 8.8 million viewers overall to dominate the 9 o’clock hour and stand as the night’s top-rated program.”
Broadway, Fun. Tonys? Not So Much
“You would expect the Tony producers to take a more sanguine view of the current scene. Instead this year’s telecast seemed desperate to erase distinctions between the nominated shows and the (often justly) overlooked, between seasons present and past.”
A Stonehenge For Every Age
“Each age creates Stonehenge in its own image. For Enlightenment scholars it was ‘the Grand Orrery of the Ancient Druids’, to the Romantic imagination it was fraught with thrilling foreboding, for the 1970s counterculture it was the ideal place for a pop festival. The concerns of our own times seem reflected in the current crop of theories.”