Critic’s Suit Vs. Cleveland Orchestra, Paper Goes To Trial

Critic Donald Rosenberg’s lawyer said that evidence would show that three Musical Arts Association “officers who had extended conductor Franz Welser-Most’s contract through 2018 … had waged a campaign to get Rosenberg removed from the orchestra beat.” He said Plain Dealer executive editor Susan Goldberg “caved in to that pressure.”

Will UK Culture Ministers Fight For The Arts?

“Their heartfelt declaration of love of the arts prior to the election won them many friends across the sector…. They also strenuously argued that they would do everything in their power to make the cuts as painless as possible, that they would fight toe-to-toe with the Treasury to ensure the arts received a fair hearing. And it is on that promise that they will be judged by the arts world.”

UK Arts Leaders: 25% Cuts Would Have Dire Consequences

“The Arts Council has warned that such cuts over the next four years would mean dropping at least 200 arts organisations out of more than 800 they fund, with the loss of thousands of jobs. A group of major philanthropists” cautions the government “that its aspirations for a major growth in private funding giving cannot bridge the gap left by a collapse in state cash.”