AOL and Yahoo may shut down their web radio services as a result of a 38 percent increase in royalty fees. ‘We’re not going to stay in the business if cost is more than we make long term’.”
Tag: 11.28.07
Six Artists Are Finalists For Trafalgar Plinth
“The contenders have been commissioned to produce a scale model of their idea. The successful proposal will be announced next year and the new work unveiled in 2009.”
American 4th Graders’ Literacy Loses Ground
“Test results released Wednesday showed U.S. students, who took the test last year, scored about the same as they did in 2001, the last time the test was given — despite an increased emphasis on reading under the No Child Left Behind law.”
Bankers Follow The Money – To Asian Movies
“This is Asia’s time. Over the next 10 years, both economically and from an entertainment standpoint, the change will be dramatic,”
Toronto Museum Wants To Get Rid Of Street Vendors
“The Royal Ontario Museum is trying to shoo a handful of long-time hot-dog and ice-cream vendors away from its dramatically renovated building because they don’t fit with its ‘glitzy’ new image.”
Settlement Close In Broadway Strike?
‘A representative for Local One of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees said labor and management were “much closer than we’ve ever been” and the only issue left on the table was the size of wage increase.’
Inadequate Funding Kills African Cultural Festivals
“Lack of sponsorship, commitment and infrastructure in some Southern African countries contributed to the demise of the arts festival meant to create a mutual understanding among the people of the region.”
Canadian Police Arrest Their First Movie Pirate
“The arrest, which was the culmination of weeks of private investigation, has already put a huge dent in the city’s normally bustling piracy industry, Mr. Guzzo said: Not a single illegally recorded movie sourced from Montreal has surfaced on the Internet since.”
Can Paintings Reveal Climate Change?
“A group of scientists has studied the colors in more than 500 paintings of sunsets, including many of Turner’s 19th-century watercolors and oils, in hopes of gaining insights into the cooling effects caused by major volcanic eruptions.”
Schools Campaign: Sing A Song A Week
There’s a “campaign to get every primary schoolchild in England singing within four years. Why such a brouhaha about singing when every week seems to bring more evidence that schools are failing to teach basic skills to our children? The answer is that singing plays a big role in making those other things possible.”