“You can wrangle on and on about what the Met should do to cut costs and sell more tickets, but you may be wasting your time and breath. For if you know anything at all about economics, you’ve probably already got a pretty good idea of what’s happening there. It sounds like a raging case of cost disease—one that could be fatal.”
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On College Campuses, A Movement To Get Rid Of Student Newspapers
“As student activists call for the institutions around them to confront issues of diversity and inclusion, campus newspapers have been critiqued as well. But activists are not just calling for reform—editors of campus papers are struggling to improve their papers alongside student bodies that, in some cases, would like to see student newspapers as an institution disappear.”
Do Readers Still Care Which Magazine Published The Story They Just Read?
“As the internet solidifies its role as a leading news source amid continued declines in print, news organization homepages are losing traction. Magazine stories are increasingly unmoored from the outlets that published them, and from the brands that once all but guaranteed their legitimacy. In the US, more than 60 percent of social media users now access news through platforms like Facebook and Twitter, and news organizations harvest nearly half their traffic from social media.”
Let’s Just Stop Reviving The Tarzan Franchise, It’s Embarrassing
“In the DNA of the character is the idea that a clever white man can bring order to the ‘dark continent’ through his own brand of clearly delineated, culturally specific morality. That’s not exactly the most modern idea of a hero.”
How Do You Make A Really Tiny Apartment Livable? These Hong Kong Architects Have Some Ideas
“A group of architects from one of the world’s most densely populated cities has created the kind of convertible spaces that make it possible for two humans and three cats to reside in the same 309-square-foot area.” (video)
Alvin Toffler, Author Of ‘Future Shock’ And ‘The Third Wave’, Dead At 87
“Mr. Toffler wrote more than a dozen books charting the cultural shift from manufacturing-based economies to those driven by knowledge and data in the 20th century. Working with his wife, he predicted the unfolding of what he coined ‘the Information Age’ and became a guru of sorts to world statesmen.”
Top Posts From AJBlogs 06.29.16
A small suggestion
I get a lot of ineffective pitches from classical music publicists. In fact — sad to say — I think most of the pitches I get from classical music publicists aren’t very strong. … read more
AJBlog: Sandow Published 2016-06-29
Progress Report With Guitar Accompaniment
Not to bore Rifftides readers with internet trivia, but two more days of extended conversations with Apple technicians seem to have led us out of the digital black hole that captured us for a few … read more
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2016-06-29
This Week in Audience: The Latest Fronts On Understanding Who’s Paying Attention
Is social media communication, marketing, art, or all three? … The perils of market research when it drives your art … The latest front on artists’ war on cell phone use … How NPR discovered a ton of information about its listeners … How the internet is changing our perceptions of the world. … read more
AJBlog: AJ Arts Audience Published 2016-06-28
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Tacoma Public Radio Station Buys Its Independence
“We received 24,000 donations,” KPLU station manager Joey Cohn said. The deal, he said, stipulated that KPLU pay “$7 million in cash and $1 million in ‘in-kind’ support,” meaning spot ads promoting PLU.