“Despite the many advantages conferred by digital goods, comparable versions of physical goods are valued more. When a physical good such as a paper book, a printed photograph, or a DVD is digitized, it loses some of its value to buyers. Our experiments suggest that the key driver of this value loss is not the resale value of the good, or how much it costs to make, or how long it can be used, or whether it’s unique or popular. We find that the key difference is that digital goods do not facilitate the same feeling of ownership that physical goods do.”
Category: AUDIENCE
Growing Concern From Movie Theatres About MoviePass
The blistering growth has prompted new criticism from theaters and studio owners — namely that MoviePass will never be able to make money by charging $9.95 a month when a single ticket can cost almost twice that amount. They say that will cause MoviePass to either raise prices or go out of business, disappointing audiences and ultimately hurting the fragile multiplex business.
Why Is ‘Nutcracker’ So Popular Everywhere? Because It’s So Adaptable
Not only does the scenario offer interpretative possibilities ranging from a simple child-oriented extravaganza to a sexual awakening for young Clara, it has proved flexible enough for localized versions everywhere from China to Hawaii to South Africa. (Not to mention Mark Morris’s trailer-trash Americana.)
How Atlanta’s High Museum Diversified Its Audience
Over the past two years, the museum’s nonwhite audience has tripled, from 15 percent to 45 percent. Now, its visitors more closely—although not exactly—mirror the population of the Atlanta metro area, of which 51 percent are people of color.
Museum Of The Bible Finds A Key Audience: Evangelical Bus Tours
“Officials hope that the museum will become as much of an attraction for faith-based group tours as the Capitol or the Library of Congress, and that hordes will pass through the 40-foot-high, two-ton Gutenberg Bible portals depicting text from Genesis. Tour operators such as Purpose Driven, most traveling by bus and religious in nature, are critical to the museum’s success.”
Belfast Arts Centre Says It Needs Extra £300K Or It Will Shut Down
The Metropolitan Arts Centre received £40,000 in unannounced emergency funding in October from Belfast City Council “to keep the doors open”; the venue now says it needs an additional £300,000 by March and a further £270,000 for the 2018-19 season.
Movie Revolution? MoviePass Hits One Millions Subscribers Faster Than Netflix Did
It took Netflix 39 months to accumulate 1 million monthly subscribers and it has only taken monthly movie ticket service MoviePass four months to clear that mark.
Here’s The Ultimate Scientifically-Determined Playlist For When You’re Tripping On Mushrooms (And It Features Classical Music!)
Research psychologist Bill Richards, who works on clinical studies at Johns Hopkins in which patients are given psilocybin as a potential treatment for depression or anxiety or as an aid in quitting smoking, assembled the list, and he avoided trance and techno: “Orchestral music is less distracting and less likely to give room for a person to fall back on normal patterns of thinking.”
‘Art For Not-Rich People’ – Making Theater At The Real Grass-Roots Level
A reporter visits a conference organized by the Twin Cities company Ten Thousand Things, which performs in prisons, shelters, immigrant centers, rehab facilities, and the like – all without fancy sets and costumes, a proscenium stage, or (crucially) an admission charge.
The Contemporary Drag Queen: Social Media Versus The Live Personna
“On one level, social media has created a new point of entry to the global drag scene, opening doors for a broad spectrum of talented visual artists who might otherwise be excluded—queens isolated in small towns, barred from clubs because of their age, or too shy or unwilling to navigate the jungle of nightlife. But for some, the growing presence of Instagram queens seems to be skewing public expectations for drag toward looks and fashion, and away from rich traditions of performance (including lip-synching, stand-up comedy, and dance), activism, community building, and so on. And in an industry where low-pay and high-expenses renders money rarely the object, any threat to long-held tradition is deeply felt.”