Esther Bejarano “is one of the last surviving members of the Auschwitz Girls’ Orchestra, the only all-female ensemble among the many Nazi-run prisoner musical groups in the camp system.”
Tag: 06.27.14
How A Photographer’s Project About Librarians Went Viral (And Garnered Outrage)
“Early critics … complained that his previous sample was younger, more diverse, and more pervasively bespectacled than an accurate cross-section of the profession would reflect.”
YouTube (That Is, Google) May Take Over Indie Crowdfunding
“Many independent online content creators have been relying on sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter to fund their projects, which ultimately end up on YouTube. Now, they can streamline the contribution process.”
What The Future Of E-Reading Looks Like: No Books, But Also No Readers
“The death of the standalone e-reader might be good news for consumers, who will have one fewer gadget to buy and lug around. But it’s bad news for the book industry.”
The Best Dance Films Show Us The Art Form’s Joy (& Physicality)
“In ballet, exaggeration exceeds itself; close-up, the makeup looks grotesque; the plots are melodramatic, the gestures heightened. It is both vibrantly physical and oddly unreal, allowing us to imagine an unlimited freedom for the limited body.”
An Artist Puts A Swimming Pool In The Middle Of The Desert, But Can Anyone Find It?
“There is no road. There is no fence. There is no sign. There is no trail. You just come on it.”
Massive Cuts To Canada’s CBC – Is This The End Of A Once Great Public Broadcaster?
“In announcing that he was tired of overseeing annual budget cuts, president and chief executive Hubert Lacroix announced a massive cut: as many as 1,500 employees or almost 20 per cent of the workforce over five years, though a lot of that, it is hoped, will be achieved through attrition. The scythe will be taken most significantly to the local news and sports operations, with dinner-hour newscasts pared from 90 to 30 minutes and sports productions taking an inevitable hit from the loss of NHL broadcast rights to Rogers.”
Canada’s CBC Says It Will “Disrupt” Itself (Read: Radically Downsize)
“CBC says it will “privilege content” by getting out of the activities it believes aren’t at the core of its mandate: It will, for example, try to sell a chunk of its real estate, so it can be a fleet-footed tenant instead of a lumbering landlord. CBC will also, most contentiously, get out of the business of producing its own content, except for news, current affairs and radio.”
America’s Fastest Growing City Has No Crime (Or Kids)
“That the most rapidly expanding U.S. metro area is a Manhattan-sized retirement village — with more golf carts than New York has taxis — highlights the transformation of the world’s demographic profile. The over-60 set — which the United Nations projects will almost triple to 2 billion by 2050 — offers opportunity to marketers and homebuilders even as it confounds governments that must care for an aging populace.”
Should Public TV Stations Be Allowed To Sell Ads? Station Wants Supreme Court To Decide
“While some underwriting announcements come awful close to resembling the commercial networks’ ubiquitous 30-second spots, the FCC does draw the line when it comes to public TV’s flagrant promotion of for-profit products and services, like the sale of insurance, cars and airline tickets, as well as running spots for political campaigns or certain issues.”