Was it art’s “difficult characters?” The big-money 80’s art markets? “The biggest part of the problem may be the front-of-the-book/back-of-the-book structure that ghettoizes all arts coverage, whether news or reviews, in the back pages or special sections. But news is news, and the art(s) worlds are huge industries that demand far more sophisticated news coverage than they receive.” – Media Channel
Author: Douglas McLennan
NEW CURATOR FOR WHITNEY
Lawrence Rinder, a respected Bay Area curator who directs the exhibitions program at the California College of Arts and Crafts, has been named curator of contemporary art at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, succeeding Lisa Phillips, who left the Whitney to become director of the New Museum in Manhattan. – San Francisco Chronicle
SHE WAS BRITAIN’S GREATEST AGENT, —
— responsible for nurturing the careers of some of the UK’s best playwrights until she died in 1993. Now one of Margaret Ramsay’s stable – Alan Plater – has put her onstage in a play that gets inside the head of an agent. – The Telegraph (UK)
SHE WAS BRITAIN’S GREATEST AGENT, —
— responsible for nurturing the careers of some of the UK’s best playwrights until she died in 1993. Now one of Margaret Ramsay’s stable – Alan Plater – has put her onstage in a play that gets inside the head of an agent. – The Telegraph (UK)
NEW HOST FOR “TALK”
Veteran Washington Post journalist Juan Williams takes over as host of NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” succeeding Ray Suarez. He begins February 24th. – NPR 01/28/00
THE CHARACTER OF A NATION THROUGH ITS TV
They sure love their Diana Down Under. A list of the 50 most-watched TV programs ever in Australia. – Sydney Morning Herald 01/28/00
TWO GUYS, A CONDO AND THEIR MOVIE
At Sundance, it’s all about selling your film. But if you want to see this dynamic duo’s movie, “take a ride out toward the city limits, past the racquet club, and locate the townhouse the duo has rented for the duration of the festivals they are not attending. Therein, you will be treated to no end of ice-cold Bud and, if no one else happens to show, a private screening of their $750,000 debut feature.” – National Post (Canada) 01/28/00
- THE DAY OF THE NICE LITTLE MOVIE IS OVER: There are too many films, too many festivals and too many screens. “The nice little movie could flourish only in unique conditions, and those conditions don’t exist anymore. There’s no more “American Playhouse” to show them on television. There are no more independent video companies who are starved for product. There are no more art-house cinemas who can’t get enough smart movies to fill their screens.” The rules have changed. – Salon 01/28/00
REINVENTING ENTERTAINMENT
The digital age is turning TV and movies upside down. Some think the cyber-revolution will be “as radical as the shift from radio to TV. This five-part series explores how.
- Part I: 21st Century gold rush CBC 01/24/00
- Part II: Traditional media’s talent drain. – CBC 01/25/00
- Part III: Old formulas and players reinvent. – CBC 01/26/00
- Part IV: Fear of homogenizing the web with big business. – CBC 01/27/00
- Part V: Short-attention-span TV – why net TV will take awhile to really work. – CBC 01/28/00
RECORDING INDUSTRY estimates –
– it is losing $4.5 billion this year in lost sales because of counterfeit CDs and music downloaded over the internet. – Wired
COMING TO AN INTERNET SITE NEAR YOU
The Emerson String Quartet’s David Finckel and his wife, pianist Wu Han, couldn’t find a recording company that wanted to work the way they did. So they hired their own studio and began producing recordings on their own. Now they edit themselves and the music is available over the internet. – Cleveland Plain Dealer