In total, 23 of the 100 top-selling albums in Germany last year were by UK artists. In France, more than one in ten albums sold are currently by UK acts, industry anaylsis suggests.
Tag: 07.13.07
Winnipeg – Two Out Of Every Three Have Library Cards
The population of Winnipeg, Manitoba is 648,000, and 413,513 Winnipeggers own a library card. Ten years ago the figure was 328,000. Traffic at the downtown Millennium Library has jumped 50 per cent in the last year to 1.5 million visitors. So what accounts for the love affair with the city’s public libraries?
The Back Story To US Venice Biennale Artist
“Earlier this year, news reports that announced Felix Gonzalez-Torres as the American representative for the Venice Biennale mentioned that the centerpiece sculpture originated as a drawing for Western Washington University. ‘I’ve been intrigued as to how people are interpreting this,’ said Western museum director Sarah Clark-Langager. ‘The way it’s being talked about is that he was a finalist and he made it to the jurying process. That’s not true’.”
Rising Korean Art Star Exposed As Fraud
Until this week, Shin Jeong-ah, 35, was at the top of her profession. Claiming to have a doctorate from Yale and a master’s degree from Kansas University, she was the youngest professor at Seoul’s prestigious Dongguk University and the head curator of the Sungkok Art Museum, home to some of Korea’s most prestigious exhibitions and the recipient of millions of pounds in corporate sponsorship from the country’s biggest conglomerates.
State Department Enlists US Museums
“The US State Department is funding a new museum initiative designed to advance US foreign policy. The programme has been developed in conjunction with the American Association of Museums (AAM), that will see US museums collaborating with foreign institutions in ‘community-focused’ partnerships.”
Increasingly, Celebs Go Straight To The Fans
“The dynamic between celebrities and their audience is shifting. The critics and the media no longer have the last word. Thanks to evolving technology, moviemakers and stars have new weapons to not only promote their projects directly to moviegoers, but to fight back against what they perceive as misinformation. They are taking advantage of their Internet fanbases to promote their projects, skipping the marketing middlemen and interacting directly with the people who buy tickets.”
Small Webcasters Get Reprieve On Royalty Fees
“Under the new proposal, which must be implemented by the CRB, SoundExchange would cap the $500 monthly per-channel minimum fee at $50,000 per year for webcasters. In exchange, webcasters would be required to provide more detailed data on the music that they play and make an effort to stop unauthorized copying from streamrippers — software that can turn ephemeral net radio streams into permanent recordings.”
BBC Apologizes For Queen Clip
The BBC controller has apologized for showing a video that appeared to show Queen Elizabeth storming out of a photo session with Annie Leibovitz. The video was shown out of sequence. “Blaming “young, untrained” television workers, he said: ‘Kids don’t understand that you do not cut corners. You don’t lie to audiences under any circumstances. The people who make programmes just don’t understand that the basic ethic of broadcasting in this country is trust’.”
A Small Dance Company In One Of America’s Richest Towns
The tine Aspen Santa Fe Ballet has done well in its 11 years. But “we have reached a point where we have maxed out all of our potential income. We tour. We did 35 or 38 cities this year by the time we finished. So the touring income is maximized. With 10 dancers, we could not be touring anymore. Any little girl who wants to take dance in the valley is already enrolled in our school. So the school is maxed out. Everybody who wants to see dance – we have a big enough theater and we do multiple nights. So, our audience is really not growing. The only way for us to sustain or improve what we do is the extra cash coming from investments-endowment. It’s the only way forward.”
Hollywood Producers Present New Royalties Scheme
Hollywood producers had suggested a thorough reworking of royalties payments to writers. “As it turns out, the proposal looks a lot like the current residuals scheme — perhaps with a higher percentage participation for the writers — but it would kick in only once producers recoup development, production and distribution costs. Studios also would first recoup marketing costs on film projects, though perhaps not on TV shows.”