The chain, which has appointed administrators from KPMG, has been wallopped by online sales and streaming; it had an unusually weak Christmas shopping season this year. Customers with HMV gift cards are being warned to use them right away. — BBC
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The Rise And Fall Of HMV
The BBC’s Jennifer Scott reviews a history that goes back to the very invention of the phonograph. — BBC
Hermitage’s Director Makes His Museum Major Player In Cultural Diplomacy
With a big Piero della Francesca exhibition at the St. Petersburg mother ship and exhibitions, exchanges, and even satellite museums abroad and regional Russia, Mikhail Piotrovsky, compares his Hermitage to the Sputnik program: “a mobile cosmic system with satellites in different orbits.” — The Art Newspaper