“Because it was one of the top booksellers in the country, publishing houses had entire departments dedicated to working with Borders and its sales teams. It also means that suddenly, publishers have lost a major thoroughfare for book sales, one of their biggest. … So what Borders closing means, at the basic level, is that fewer paper books will be produced.”
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Copyright Vs. Copywrong In Richard Prince V. Patrick Cariou
“The biggest news Mr. Prince’s collectors have to absorb now, though, may be that the paintings they bought from Gagosian Gallery not only can’t be displayed; it’s also likely they can’t be resold except, conceivably, on the black market (unless the court’s decision is overruled on appeal, a process that could take years).”
Judge To Google, Writers: Settle Digital Books Suit
“A judge warned lawyers for authors and publishers and Google Tuesday that he will decide whether snippets of books can be sold online without the permission of copyright holders if the sides do not settle their 6-year-old case soon with an agreement to create a massive online library.”
Profile Of The Opera Fanatic
“Opera is often dismissed as a dead art form, as an elitist plaything of the wealthy and the out-of-touch. While the wealthy do remain patrons of the opera houses, statistically speaking, the average opera viewer is much more…normal.”
The Connections Between Us – How Social Media Blends Experience
“Social media has no understanding of anything aside from the connections between individuals and the ceaseless flow of time: No beginnings, and no endings. These disparate threads of human existence alternately fascinate and horrify that part of the media world that grew up on topic sentences and strong conclusions.”
Zahi Hawass Is Back – Again! – As Egypt’s Antiquities Chief (For Now)
The controversial minister of antiquities was fired this week – for the second time since the Tahrir Square revolution. But his designated successor withdrew after a rebellion by ministry employees, and now Hawass says he’s been asked to stay on the job.
Some Words Really Do Sound Bigger Than Others
New studies “suggest that we seem instinctively to link certain sounds with particular sensory perceptions. Some words really do evoke [Humpty Dumpty’s] ‘handsome’ rotundity. Others might bring to mind a spiky appearance, a bitter taste, or a sense of swift movement.”
Literally The Most Misused Word In The English Language
“It’s a word that has been misused by everyone from fashion stylist Rachel Zoe to President Obama, and linguists predict that it will continue to be led astray from its meaning. There is a good chance the incorrect use of the word eventually will eclipse its original definition.”
Pittsburgh Symphony Runs $3M Debt Over Two Years
“Despite getting more sales tax money than any Allegheny County performing arts group for years, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra lost about $3 million in 2009 and 2010.”
Lynn Nottage, Christopher Shinn, John Logan, Simon Schama To Co-Author London’s 9-11 Theater Piece
The three award-winning American playwrights, along with four British colleagues and well-known historian Simon Schama, are the writers ” collaborating with director Rupert Goold on Decade, a theatrical response into the legacy of 9/11 that will begin performances at London’s St. Katharine Docks Sept. 1.”