The Pearl River Piano Company last year made 100,000 pianos. It “says it’s now the world’s largest: 3000 staff work on eight production lines, and it feels more like a car factory than a place making things as delicate and tactile as pianos.”
Tag: 06.24.08
Is Indie Film Dying?
“All winter and spring, people in the independent-film business have been murmuring politely behind their hands and pretending not to see the 800-pound walrus in the corner of the room: The indie industry is undergoing a sudden and largely unexpected meltdown. It hasn’t turned out to be a sensible investment. Mark Gill calculates the odds of losing all your money on an independent film at 99.95 percent.” On the other hand…
Recording Industry Pressing Broadcasters To Pay Musicians Royalties
“On Monday, the recording industry sent the National Association of Broadcasters — the trade group representing the $16 billion a year AM-FM broadcasting business — a can of herring to underscore that it believes its arguments against paying royalties are a red herring. The NAB says its members should not pay royalties because AM-FM radio “promotes” the music industry.”
Now Starring On Trafalgar’s Plinth: You
“Prepare for chaos. The latest work of art to adorn Trafalgar Square’s Fourth Plinth will be a giant soapbox, which will give anyone who fancies it the chance to do whatever they want for an hour at a time.”
Jazz Great Ernestine Anderson In Danger Of Losing Her Home
“The house will go into foreclosure and be auctioned July 11 unless $45,000 is paid by June 30. An 11th-hour campaign has been mounted by community leaders Carver and Carmen Gayton to save the Anderson home. The house has been in the family since 1946.”
$300, Word Of Mouth, And A Bestseller
A self-published book by an obscure author finds a huge audience and lands on the New York Times bestseller list after word of mouth builds…
Boy George Barred From The US
“At the moment, Boy George cannot come to the United States of America because he has been refused permission to enter by the USA Administration. This is not in respect of anything he has done in the past but because he is facing a trial in November in London for something that happened in April last year.” He was to have performed 24 concerts beginning in July.
Ballet Hispanico Founder Steps Down
Tina Ramirez, the founder of Ballet Hispanico, announced Monday that she was hanging up her shoes after 38 years as artistic director.
Dia Names Walker Center’s Philippe Vergne As Its New Director
“He succeeds Jeffrey Weiss, who resigned at the end of February after just nine months in the post, saying that he felt that it did not allow him to focus enough on curatorial and scholarly work.”