“St Mark’s Square in Venice is at risk of turning from drawing room into advertising showroom, as officials move closer to hanging giant electronic advertising screens from the piazza’s elegant palaces to pay for restoration work. If plans go ahead, the five screens, each measuring 250 square metres, will be suspended in front of drapes hung on scaffolding along the square’s facades to hide restoration work that could last more than six years.”
Tag: 09.01.08
A Record Summer Movie Box Office (But Attendance Slips)
“The overall picture for summer was not particularly shiny, with a 4 percent rise in the average U.S. ticket price to $7.16 saving the day for the movie industry. Estimated sales inched up 0.43 percent from last year’s record to $4.2 billion, while the number of tickets sold slid 3.5 percent to 586.9 million, according to tracking firm Media By Numbers. The previous low for attendance was in 2005, when 563 million tickets were sold.”