“Every magazine in the sector that reported a year-on-year comparison saw sales decline against the second half of 2010, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures for the six months to December released on Thursday.”
Month: February 2012
Kodak Gets Its Name Of Off Oscars Theatre
“Eastman Kodak had been seeking to end the $74m, 20-year naming rights deal it signed in 2000. CIM Group, the real estate company that owns the theatre, objected but a judge ruled in Kodak’s favour this week.” Fun Fact: “Of the nine films nominated for this year’s best picture Oscar, seven were shot on Kodak film.”
Why Web Streaming Is No Substitute For Classical Music Radio
“I miss that idea of a narrative in a musical selection, the idea that the DJ takes you on a journey.”
LA Phil’s Mahler Performance In Caracas The “Biggest Ever?”
“The performance on Saturday — which also will include the combined L.A. Phil and Simón BolÃvar Symphony Orchestra along with eight vocal soloists, all conducted by Gustavo Dudamel — will turn Mahler’s so-called “Symphony of a Thousand” into something 40% larger. This is said to be the most ever for a Mahler Eighth.”
How The Internet Is Killing The Cartooning Business
“I have a big web audience, and a lot of my cartoons are incredibly popular. They fly around the web more than a lot of articles do, but for whatever reason, cartoons aren’t on the budget.”
A Way to Save The Book Business
“E-books are here to stay. But there’s a way to save the overall book business for both print and electronic editions. The solution requires three parts.”
Just Where Is That Line Between Fact And Fiction Again?
“You feel misled by my essay. I accept that. You feel that it’s inappropriate for me to have done this. While I feel that it’s a necessary part of my job to do this. By taking these liberties, I’m making a better work of art–a truer experience for the reader–than if I stuck to the facts.”
Just How Do You Authenticate A Banksy?
“Fans and prospective buyers turn to Banksy’s official website (banksy.co.uk) for photographic evidence of murals, and the second work in Liverpool does not appear online. However, the artist neither officially sanctions his murals online, nor signs the actual street works for fear of legal repercussions.”
Do E-Books Bring Us Closer To The “Printed” Word?
“The e-book, by eliminating all variations in the appearance and weight of the material object we hold in our hand and by discouraging anything but our focus on where we are in the sequence of words (the page once read disappears, the page to come has yet to appear) would seem to bring us closer than the paper book to the essence of the literary experience.”
Storytelling Lab The Moth Wins Big MacArthur Grant
“The Moth, a New York City-based group dedicated to the art of storytelling … [was] among the 15 organizations in 6 countries to receive the MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Leadership … The money will be used to expand ‘The Moth Radio Hour’ from 10 episodes a year to a weekly series … [and to] enable the non-profit group to help preserve its video and audio archive.”