Australian regulators say the tech giants benefit from publishing news generated by others, but Google and Facebook are so dominant in search and social, respectively, that publishers can’t make them pay for it. It’s not the first time a country has tried to force Google and Facebook to pay media companies for republishing their news. – Wired
Tag: 08.30.20
Lang Lang, the Goldberg Variations and roads that were (long) not taken
Bach isn’t exactly the kind of composer for which Lang Lang became famous. In fact, he’s known the Goldbergs for a long time now, and the piece fits him better than you might expect. – David Patrick Stearns
How ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Changed Some Of Its Actresses’ Lives
“Eight years ago, Samira Wiley and Uzo Aduba were struggling New York actors working service jobs when they auditioned for a new series from a movie-rental service-turned-streaming site called Netflix.” And Aduba isn’t taking anything for granted. “There was a lifetime of famine. The appreciation is there. It’s not like it was 50 years ago when I used to work at that restaurant. We can touch that time.” – The New York Times
Tracee Ellis Ross On Finding Her Way In Hollywood
To be fair, she wasn’t lost. The system was. “Representation isn’t the same as legitimization. When Girlfriends aired, shows featuring Black casts were categorized as ‘Black,’ a label that was perceived as less serious, less substantive. (The show was often called the ‘‘urban’ version of Sex and the City‘—a descriptor that, when I reminded Ross of it, made her put her head in her hands.) By the time Black-ish arrived in 2014, a new vocabulary for talking about representation had, too.” – The Atlantic
How The Virus Could Refashion Australia’s Central Cities
The thing is, “Suddenly, an awful lot of work can be done from home and, once you get that idea in their heads, it stays.” What will happen to all of that office space in the central business districts of the cities? – The Guardian (UK)
The New York Phil Rejoins Public Performances By Way Of A Pick-Up Truck
Despite a thunderstorm that caused administrators to hold umbrellas over a slightly tressed trio, the musicians didn’t want to stop playing. “It’s a charge. … This is the thing, to groove off each other. It’s not the same when we’re at home doing things over the internet.” – The New York Times