Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Publisher Is Selling George Orwell Papers, Breaking Up Valuable Collection
The treasure trove that is the extensive archive of correspondence and contracts amassed by Orwell’s original publisher, Victor Gollancz, could be scattered to the...
Judge Blocks Major New Sports Streaming Venture
ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery said they would appeal the ruling. - AP
Too Many New Plays, Too Few Producers
The ratio of independent producers to new plays being written, and people wanting to make them, is completely out of kilter. And as subsidies...
Seattle Exhibit On Confronting Hate Spawns More Of It
“In an exhibit that was supposed to be about coming together to confront hate, hate has won. And, our community feels more alone as...
State Designates “Nutcracker” As “Living Historic Landmark”
The show is now officially known as a Living Historic Landmark by the state of Utah, the studio announced Monday. This designation is the...
Streaming Service Aims To Expand Live Theatre Audience
“We’re expanding the size of the theatre; we’re not creating a competitive product." Now, with unions across the field adopting streaming provisions, the second-best...
Rethinking A Culture Of Innovation For Opera
The canonic composers learned by doing, failing, and doing again. This is no longer the norm in opera, where creators rarely get the opportunity...
Pittsburgh Symphony Musicians Agree On New Contract
The musicians current base salary is $110,384, which includes an electronic media agreement stipulating payments relating to recordings and electronic media. At the conclusion...
Local News Is Disappearing From Radio Stations As Radio’s Business Model Collapses
The existential threat to the radio business model comes as listeners abandon terrestrial broadcasts in favor of on-demand podcasts and streaming services, part of...
AI-Created Cartoons For Kids Are Here (But The Kids Don’t Seem To Be Watching)
The shows have failed to take off. Since last year, roughly 20 episodes have been released. They collectively have less than 40,000 views on...
Why Do We Let Technology Drive What We Do?
Our tech debates do not begin by deliberating about what kind of future we want and then reasoning about which paths lead to where...
The Ethical Tangle In Trying To Do Good
Is it possible for such a civic minded person, concerned with the wellbeing of others and the events of the day, to view the...
Artists Using AI For Images Of A More Sustainable Climate
“Something different happens in the mind when you create something that defies even your own expectations or ideas. I don’t think anybody who plugs...
Not So Fast: A Last-Minute Buyer Makes An Offer For Paramount
The bid is the latest twist in a monthslong saga over control of Paramount, a once-mighty TV and film colossus. In July Skydance, the...
Barcelona Is Being Crushed By Overtourism
For anyone hoping to understand the complicated contours of overtourism in Barcelona, the Carmel Bunkers is a good place to start. - The New York...
French Actor Alain Delon, 88
Mr. Delon, who vaulted to fame with his performance as the murderous opportunist Tom Ripley in “Purple Noon” (1960), was sometimes called “the male...
The Accursed Culture Of Noise-Canceling Headphones
In the past several years, they have gone from a relatively niche productivity tool—an antidote to the distractions of the open office—to a near-universal...
Louis Menand: What Is A Book Store These Days?
Of course, selling books is as much a business as selling grill brushes. But the gross margins are small, and bookstore owners tend to...
Our Inexplicable Fascination With Hate-Watching
Why spend precious time, in an age of nearly infinite media, plopped in front of a bad show to pick it apart? It’s like...
Not Just The Seine: Cities Are Reclaiming Their Waterways For Swimming
After a century of ignoring the very arteries that allowed them to grow in the first place, cities are learning to love their rivers...
Has Technology Caused Us To Have The Same Musical Taste?
Oddly enough, we’re seeing an increasingly samey musical landscape, in which taste has become trapped in a feedback loop of the algorithm’s making. -...
Performance Art? Dying Woman Sells Off Pieces Of Her Remaining Time
Over the course of the day, about 30 people sat with Emily. Some used their three minutes for quiet reflection. Others wanted conversation, asking...
Southern California Artists Focus On Art And Science For PST
Originally called “Pacific Standard Time” and funded by the Getty, “PST Art,” on its third iteration, will explore connections between art and science. Artists...
Phil Donahue, 88
Across the years — he moved from Dayton to Chicago in 1974, and then to New York in 1985 — he interviewed presidential candidates...
Godfather Of French Contemporary Dance Retires
Jean-Paul Montanari’s career has been entwined with the explosion of contemporary dance into a major art form in France. - The New York Times