“The product has to evolve. It’s a bit like the folks at GM when they had a Buick whose average customer age was 65 – it’s not a path to success. You have to find a way to be different, find different entrées to potential markets, and then pull them back to the orchestra.”
Tag: 08.01.11
Two New Legal Threats Complicate Philadelphia Orchestra Bankruptcy Proceedings
“The American Federation of Musicians’ pension fund has suggested it could sue members of the orchestra board and outside funders” for $20-30 million if the Orchestra pulls out of the union’s pension plan. And Peter Nero, founder and conductor of the Philly Pops, has threatened to force the Annenberg Foundation’s involvement in his suit over the dissolution of the PhilOrch-Pops merger.
Spain Gives Culture Ministry Supervision Of Bullfighting
“Having always come under the remit of the Interior Ministry, bullfighting is now to be the responsibility of the Culture Ministry, the cabinet decided last Friday.”
A Culture Of Rating Everything
“For every ocean of new data we generate each hour–videos, blog posts, VRBO listings, MP3s, ebooks, tweets–an attendant ocean’s worth of reviewage follows. The Internet-begotten abundance of absolutely everything has given rise to a parallel universe of stars, rankings, most-recommended lists, and other valuations designed to help us sort the wheat from all the chaff we’re drowning in.”
In The US – State Arts Funding Dries Up
“Across the country this is a tough time for small arts groups because state grants have largely shriveled up. Thirty-one states, still staggered by the recession, cut their arts budgets for the 2012 fiscal year, which began on July 1, continuing a downturn that has seen such financial aid drop 42 percent over the last decade, according to data compiled by the National Assembly of State Arts Agencies.”
Latest Harry Potter Breaks $1 Billion Box Office
“Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone had the previous best global takings with $974.8m (£593m) in 2001. The 2009 epic Avatar holds the current record for the biggest worldwide box office haul with $2.8bn (£1.7m).”