Exec: “That more than justifies all our livelihoods. People are loving television. It’s a dynamic time for television.”
Author: ArtsJournal2
No, Wait: Digital Liberates Viewers, But Also Helps Big TV Shows
“Greater access to TV programs benefits the most popular programs the most.”
Interviewing Baryshnikov (It’s … Challenging)
“By tradition there is only ever one great male ballet dancer at a time; just one can be the most athletically, physically and artistically gifted, and unfairly beautiful to boot.”
What’s *Really* Going To Happen With Books & Bookstores?
Former booksellers, current readers, fans of Amazon, fans of Apple, fans of “creative destruction” – they all weigh in (and you can too).
Ah, The Days Of Martinis And Sexual Harassment And People Buying Books
“In the good old, bad old days of book publishing, screaming matches happened in public, not online; the boss’ philandering was an open secret never leaked to the press, and authors actually had to turn in their manuscripts in order to get money out of their publisher.”
What If The Landscape Itself Is The Best Actor In The Show?
Yeah, that’d be New Zealand – for Lord of the Rings, The Piano, The Hobbit, and now Top of the Lake.
From Urban Industrial Blight To Urban Awesome (With A Few Intermediate Steps)
“From Vancouver’s False Creek neighbourhood to Ottawa’s riverfront to disused port lands in New York, landscape architects are remaking marginal areas of major cities into parks with a combination of ecological, social and aesthetic purposes.”
Do Movie Directors Get Better With Age (Or Is This An Entirely Dumb LIne Of Questioning)?
“As people remain fitter and more vigorous in their later years, these physical obstacles may be less relevant than they once were. A more pertinent concern is the growing insularity of many rich directors.”
Hey Minnesota, Here’s A Symphony That *Can* Finish Negotiations
Nashville, that is. The agreement is tentative but will allow the season to begin this fall as the musicians consider ratification.
When Did Norman Foster Resign From Museum Expansion In Moscow?
A Russian architect threatens to fire Foster’s company if he doesn’t come to Moscow soon — but Foster + Partners claims to have resigned in early June.