“New York’s biggest-ever art fraud investigation claimed another casualty yesterday, when three- decade art market veteran Leigh Morse was arrested for her role as Lawrence B. Salander’s right-hand woman. … The office of Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau announced three additional counts against [Salander] and he pleaded not guilty. “
Tag: 07.15.09
Attorney Charged With Embezzling From ABT Dancers’ Union
“A longtime union lawyer was arrested and charged on Tuesday with embezzling approximately $150,000 from a union representing dancers and stage managers at American Ballet Theater, federal prosecutors said.”
Will Outdoor Video Replace The Met’s Opera In The Parks?
Time was, a Met concert performance of Rigoletto or Bohème could attract 35,000 people to Central Park. But this week’s three-singer-and-piano recital there only drew about 4,300 listeners, even with Tony-winning heartthrob Paulo Szot as the headliner. Will next month’s Summer HD Festival – outdoor re-screenings of past live hi-def broadcasts – be the future of the Met’s summer programming?
NY Times Sells Classical Radio Station WQXR In Three-Way Deal
Spanish-language media company Univision will pay $33.5 million to exchange its license for 105.9 FM for the existing WQXR frequency at 96.3 FM; public radio powerhouse WNYC will then pay $11.5 million for the WQXR call letters and website as well as the former Univision frequency, where WQXR will broadcast beginning in October. The New York Times Co. will use the $45 million in purchase proceeds to pay down debt.