“Take One Magazine, the national film magazine since 1992, has announced that it has suspended publication. Despite the magazine’s being run as a not-for-profit organization, founding publisher and editor Wyndham Wise says Take One had run into cash-flow problems that were becoming too difficult to contend with.”
Tag: 01.09.06
Mary Cassatt Was A Feminist
So says Germaine Greer: “Her importance is embodied in those precious works that capture the excitement and tension of respectable women on the verge of the 20th century, the moment before the bonnet and the stays were finally torn off and thrown away for ever.”
Crowded Out – The Modern Museum
Museums are now so crowded it’s impossible to really see art. “The more I watch viewers thronging to sample the latest blockbuster shows, or the permanent collections at the Prado, the Louvre and the National Gallery, the less convinced I am that they are giving art any sustained attention. Most visitors move through exhibitions and museums with disconcerting speed. Pausing now and again in front of particular images before resuming the onward march, they do not seem prepared to scrutinise anything for a substantial length of time.”
Howard Stern Pay Shows Satellite Radio Legit
“Last week, Sirius announced that it had granted Mr. Stern and his manager more than 34 million shares of common stock, currently worth about $225 million, because certain subscriber levels had been reached. That is on top of the $500 million that Sirius had already agreed to pay Mr. Stern for his salary and production costs. Whether or not Mr. Stern’s show, which begins at 6 a.m., is a success, his decision to jump from free broadcast to subscription radio has bestowed legitimacy to a medium that many had regarded with skepticism.”
Museums Are Good For Your Health?
Visiting a museum is a good way to relieve stress, says a new study. “Analysis of 28 City high flyers who spent their lunch break viewing art found their stress levels fell by 45% after 40 minutes at the Guildhall art gallery in London.”
Profitable Music With Low Sales
Online music distribution is changing the economics of the music recording business. “In most music stores, CD’s of, say, Chinese or Kenyan pop music would be consigned to the world-music bin as a good will gesture. But the economics of online stores is changing the financial calculations of the music business, making it profitable to sell a relatively small number of copies of a song, as long as a compact disc is not manufactured and distributed.”
Education Workforce Up 4.4 Percent
The higher education workforce in the US grew by 4.4 percent to just under 3.3 million between 2003 and 2004. “Most of the growth occurred at public universities and at for-profit colleges, and much of it came among employees who provide instruction rather than among administrators.”
What Happened To British Comedy?
“British television has produced a rich library of laughter. There are comedies ranging from Hancock’s Half-Hour and Steptoe And Son to Blackadder and The Royle Family, from Are You being Served? to Allo Allo.” But in recent years, the British comedies have been MIA…
Mozart’s Skull? Inconclusive
Scientists have failed to determine whether a skull they tested is that of Mozart. “The scientists hoped to match its DNA to genetic samples taken from what they believed are the skeletons of Mozart’s grandmother and niece. The scientists said on Austrian television Sunday that the skeletons do not match the skull, and that the skeletons are also unrelated – creating a whole new mystery of who is buried the Mozart family crypt.”
CIA Trying To Discourage Books
Concerned about information getting out about how the CIA operates, agency director Porter Goss is trying to discourage books about the agency by former employees. “Goss is concerned about the potential effects of books written by those with inside knowledge of agency operations.”