As part of ongoing bankruptcy proceedings, the orchestra management is asking for major changes in its residency agreement with the Kimmel: reduced rent at the very least; at most, arrangements that would give the orchestra more control over the box office, ushers and other points of interaction with customers.
Tag: 07.19.11
How Do You Translate “Redneck” Into Chinese?
“Playing that fine line while lessening what’s lost in translation so that movies work globally is a delicate yet increasingly important business as Hollywood relies more on international audiences to bolster profits.”
Cleveland Public Library Begins Loaning MP3s
“With the launch of MyTunes Monday, users can download up to three songs per week and 150 songs per year from Sony’s catalogue of more than a million songs without costing a thing.”
Museum Surprises By Becoming a Big Hit In Tasmania
“More than 220,000 visitors, almost half from outside the island, have explored MONA’s rambling subterranean galleries, which display ancient and contemporary artworks from Walsh’s private collection. Mid-winter is usually the low tourism season in Tasmania but still they keep coming, at an average 800 people a day.”
Amazon Begins Renting Textbooks To Students On Kindle
Students can rent the books for as little as 30 days or as many as 360 days, and can add an extra day or buy the book if they want, Amazon said.
US Literary Agent Attacks HarperCollins For Behavior To Authors
“They have been, and I’ve explained this to the heads of the company in London and New York, unusually shrill and punitive towards authors.”
Does Leaving Lincoln Center Jeopardize NY City Opera’s Endowment?
“The beleaguered New York City Opera may be facing a new hurdle: questions” – raised by the company’s unions – “about whether its move from Lincoln Center would place much of the company’s dwindling endowment at risk.”
How Feedback Loops Change Human Behavior
“Provide people with information about their actions in real time (or something close to it), then give them an opportunity to change those actions, pushing them toward better behaviors. Action, information, reaction.”