The judge “ruled that reporter Don Rosenberg’s assertion that the newspaper had retaliated against him for filing a suit against the Cleveland Orchestra and the Plain Dealer should not go before a jury because there were “no material facts to dispute.”
Tag: 07.31.10
New Satellite Fairs Vie For Frieze Attention
“Thirty-five mainly London-based galleries keen to benefit from the Frieze collector traffic have signed up for the first edition. Admission will be free while stand fees range from £700 to £5,000.”
What Happened To Sex In The British Novel?
“The chastening of the literary imagination has been shadowed by the advance of sexual imagery and linguistic frankness into almost every other area of public life.”
The Problem With The Booker Prize
“For me, Booker’s problem – not a bad one to have – is its high profile. It is so much the premier prize, it is seen as providing a litmus test for British and Commonwealth literary culture as a whole.”
Social Media And The Arts – Can I Unfriend You?
“Social media are a boon when it comes to expanding audiences – if you get it right. Users want the full Monty – intimacy, conversation, all the bells and whistles of “rich media.” Fail to deliver, and they won’t hesitate to give you the dreaded “unfollow” treatment.”
Michael Govan On LA County Museum’s Place In Los Angeles
“This is a very important moment to express [L.A.’s] strength, our multiculturalism, our creativity. The museum fits the bill as that sense of center. That’s probably one of the things that drew me to this museum — this civic opportunity in this big, beautiful, complicated city.”
How Foreign Box Office Is Changing Hollywood
“The rising clout of international audiences is a sea change for Hollywood. Decades ago, a movie’s foreign box office barely registered with studio executives. Now, foreign ticket sales represent nearly 68% of the roughly $32 billion global film market, up from roughly 58% a decade ago.”
How Disney Helped Reinvent Broadway
“Sometimes, in bitter moods, I totally get why this weirdo likes to boycott Disney stores. But one of the great things Disney has done (besides inventing animatronics) is put a massive amount of money behind one of America’s dying art forms–the theatre.”