This Week's Insights: NEA study says arts attendance is up across America... Print versus screen versus audio... The disappearance of our professional critics... YouTube stars are burning out... Arts education is disappearing from UK schools and it's changing audience demographics. The NEA Says Arts Attendance Is Up: Looking at the trends in the US, attendance at … [Read more...]
This Week in Audience: Arts Ed As A Class Argument
This Week's Insights: Arts education as a class argument... The Van Goghs in a shopping mall... China's movie producers fudge the box office... The Shaw Festival's audience experience strategy... Massive ticket-buying database released. Arts Education - The Class Argument: There's been a shocking decline in the number of arts teachers in UK schools. So fewer students are … [Read more...]
This Week In Audience Insights: The Internet Wants To Hear Less From Its Audience
This week's insights: Netflix deletes user reviews... Streaming services are recreating cable TV... Movie theatre subscriptions seem to be catching on... What is the role of theatre in "activating" its community? Netflix Ditches User Reviews: Not just ditches them, but deletes ten years of comments, including negative reviews of Netflix original content. The streaming … [Read more...]
This Week’s Audience Insights: “Popular” Versus “Best”
This week's insights: Oscar's battles with popular and best... MoviePass has changed how views decide to go out to see movies... Is the 8PM curtain time falling to on-demand expectations? Movies As Popularity Contest? The Academy of Motion Pictures seems to be conceding that "best" and "popular" have now diverged to a degree that endangers the Oscars. As the Academy has … [Read more...]
This Week In Audience: Engagement=Audience=Funding?
This Week's Insights: How do you measure the "purpose" of art?... Should museums care how much time visitors spend looking?... Why MoviePass was doomed... The new YouTube book stars... Some good news about publishing sales. Funders Challenge The Arts For A Purpose: And what should that purpose be? Is it enough to be really excellent? And what (or who) defines that … [Read more...]