“Kennedy Center president Michael M. Kaiser said the gift from Betsy and Dick DeVos will help arts administrators for nonprofit organizations get specialized training” at “the Kennedy Center’s 9-year-old arts management institute, which has trained about 4,000 arts administrators in long-term planning, marketing and other areas.”
Tag: 05.03.10
Americans Are Giving Up Their Cable TV
“Already, between 10 and 15 million homes — out of 100 million homes in the US — do not subscribe to any kind of cable or satellite TV, usually because none is available in the area. But those numbers could nearly double in the next year for several reasons — but mostly because of money, according to the study. The average monthly cable and satellite bill is $71, according to reports. And costs are going up an average five percent a year.”
NBC Tries A New Strategy To Cope With Industry Changes
“The network’s entertainment division, which once made as much $800 million in a year, is now on the wrong side of the ledger — probably to the tune of about $300 million, according to some analyst projections.”
The Philadelphia Effect – Music Incubator
“Philadelphia has regularly exported important new music – some that won the Pulitzer, and a lot that deserved to – usually in spurts. The prevalence of educational institutions, enlightened philanthropy, and a relatively low cost of living among Northeastern cities has made this a place where composers can try out all sorts of things and not worry too much about consequences.”
Hollywood And The Mobile Micro-Screen Revolution
“As Hollywood shrinks its films and television shows for the small screens of cellphones, its assumptions about mobile viewing are being upended by surprisingly patient consumers.”
How The Music Video Has Changed (Don’t Blame MTV)
“There was a time when music videos were purely promotional, and that was fine when people were buying music. Now they’re no longer promotional. We sell advertising in and around them at a premium. Instead of being a marketing expense, videos can be a profit center.”
Savvy William Shatner Gets $600 Million Payout For Ads
Shatner has been doing Priceline commercials for ten years. Instead of being paid he took stock in the internet startup. Stock, which is now worth about $600 million.
O’Neill Center To Get Regional Tony
“The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, which has been a prominent incubator for American theater for the past 46 years, will receive the 2010 Regional Theatre Tony Award, one of the industry’s top prizes.”
Tehran Symphony Conductor Quits The Orchestra
Mashayekhi Sahbaii, “like his predecessor, Ali Rahbari, had complained about delays in the payment of the musicians’ wages and said that salaries fell short of covering the increases in the cost of living.”
Leonardo Self-Portrait ID’d By Fingerprint
“Three fingerprints have led experts to conclude that a tattered picture considered inferior by its owners is a self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. It could be worth almost $290 million.”