“Media stocks are doing poorly, experts said, because with the economy hurting, businesses will rein in advertising spending. With digital video recorders and so much new media vying for attention, some worry that businesses that cut back on TV and radio ads might make their decisions permanent.”
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Valery Gergiev, Master Of The Ballet
“You might know him as one of the world’s most fêted conductors, but as the artistic and general director of the Mariinsky he’s responsible for the Kirov Ballet as well as the Kirov Opera. Over the past decade, this firebrand Russian maestro has consolidated his influence on the ballet.”
Sex Divide – Why Women And Men Like Different Music
We all know they exist, but we seldom speak of them: artists whose fanbase skews violently towards one sex, frequently leaving the other irritated or just perplexed.
The Singing Group, YouTube, And A New Career
An a capella group Straight No Chaser sang casually. Then it made a YouTube video and suddenly the group has been offered a five-record deal, tours, and even perhaps a reality show…
Discovery Of Australian Rock Art Rewrites History
Discovery of a “collection of rock art recording life in the area for the past 15,000 years, up until 50 years ago” contradicts “the widely held assumption that the continent was isolated and largely unvisited until the First Fleet arrived in 1788. The paintings suggest that, on the contrary, the people of northern Australia have been interacting with seafaring visitors from Asia and Europe for hundreds, possibly thousands, of years.”
John le Carré’s New Crusade
“At 76, Mr. le Carré is snowy-haired, droll and courtly, speaking in perfect paragraphs and exuding the air of quiet privilege and distinguished manner of a retired statesman. If he chose to, he could still be producing crowd-pleasing books about his most famous spy, George Smiley, late of M.I. 6, or easing into a gracious old age of playing with his grandchildren, lunching at his club and resting on his laurels. But he is still sharp, still fizzing with ideas, and fueled by a new righteous fury.”
Richard Serra At 70
Next year Serra will be 70. Like all great iconoclasts, he has lived long enough to see his supposed artistic provocations gradually accepted as groundbreaking statements. His towering curves and sheets of oxidised steel are now an artistic signature, as instantly recognisable as Giacometti’s elongated figures or Rothko’s swathes of deep, dark colour.
How Denver Could Be A Great Movie Town
“Denver ranks third in the U.S. for moviegoing per capita. Good news. According to recent market research, one out of four area adults has attended at least one movie in the past 30 days. That’s 530,000 people. But there are signs that Denver could be not just a better movie town but a great one.”
Why Arts Should Be The Centerpiece Of The Modern College Campus
“This is an era of what could be called the ‘visual intellectual.’ Students on college campuses and members of the general public flock to hear – and see – addresses by filmmakers, artists, and performers. But although artists and performers are highly prized as visitors to colleges and universities, the kind of work they do has not reached a comparable importance in the curriculum.”
Looking For Artificial Intelligence
“Can machines think? That was the question posed by the great mathematician Alan Turing. Half a century later six computers are about to converse with human interrogators in an experiment that will attempt to prove that the answer is yes.”