This Week's Insights: The selfie-driven museums... Podcasts are hugely popular... As are audiobooks... Is the best new film criticism in streaming video? A Trend - Museums Designed For Selfies? Sure. We now have ice cream "museums," sculptures begging for pictures in front of them. It's an extension of the idea of participatory art in which visitors can interact with art. … [Read more...]

This Week's Insights: A public broadcasting model for social media?... What role does ticket price have in attendance?... Charging up fake news... Why the Emmys tanked on TV... Live performance built for your smartphone. Do We Need A Public Broadcasting Model For Social Media? The American public broadcasting models (they're different for radio and for TV) were created to … [Read more...]

This Week's Insights: Why crowdfunding might not be the answer... Will audiences buy tickets to orchestra programs they don't know about?... No surprise: audiences want to see themselves onstage... Should every performance be "relaxed"?... An iTunes model of microfunding for public radio? Is Patreon Propping Up A Bad Artist Support Model? Wired published an excellent account … [Read more...]

This Week's Insights: The Golden Ages of TV... Faking out the YouTube music charts... Smartphone apps that recognize art... Where the audience is: smartphones... Making dance that reaches out. A Short History Of TV's "Golden Ages": Everyone says we're in a Golden Age of TV. There are more shows and better shows than there have ever been. And arguably, TV has now become where … [Read more...]

This Week's Insights: Visual art is a big hit with millennials... We have a context crisis... A general downturn in -out-of-house entertainment... Young adults don't get news on their phones... Do book prizes matter to audiences? Where Are The Millennials? Visual Arts: Arts organizations are chasing millennials. Now a new study in the UK says that they're going to visual … [Read more...]