Douglas McLennan
Doug is the editor of ArtsJournal
Ways To Think About Being Stupid
We should embrace conscious ignorance—an intellectual humility that helps us recognize our own limitations while remaining receptive to the knowledge of others. This form of...
A Library Of Textures, Materials, Things…
It's "a place where people could browse, handle, and borrow stimulating materials, a place where playing with material could spark new ideas and make...
The Angel Blue Story
Peter Gelb, the Met’s general manager, said that he expects Blue would remain a major presence at the Met. Already, he added, she has...
Giant Publisher Bertelsmann Strikes Deal With OpenAI
In addition to using ChatGPT Enterprise to increase the efficiency in its daily work processes, “experts and creatives from content businesses will work...
Music Streamer Deezer Reports 10,000 AI-Created Songs Are Uploaded To Its Site Every Day
Deezer has been among the most aggressive digital service providers (DSPs) when it comes to detecting AI-generated content, “noise” tracks meant to skim royalty...
Barnes & Noble CEO On The Bookseller’s Rising Fortunes
Upgrading the look of B&N stores, and improving the quality of its workforce, are among the reasons James Daunt cited as contributing to the...
Who Are We If We Lose The Ability of Language?
Aphasia brings up existential questions that get at the heart of human connection: Who are we without language? If I were struck by aphasia...
Man Discovers 2000-Year-Old Statue Near Some Garbage Cans
A 32-year-old Greek man discovered the artifact in a black bag in the college town of Thessaloniki and turned it in to police on...
Listeners Prize Vinyl For Its Analog Sound. Here’s The Thing, Though…
The ability to create a fully analog recording in 2025 is exceedingly difficult and expensive. Analog recording decks require specialized maintenance, and the tape...
What Do Ticket-Buyers Value Most When Choosing A Seat?
Among the findings of the study are that people value being closer to the stage than further away. Reserved seating is more valuable than...
Attention Has Now Become Our Most Precious Resource
Every single aspect of human life across the broadest categories of human organization is being reoriented around the pursuit of attention. It is now...
Canada’s New “Online News Act,” Meant To Help Journalism, Has Been A Disaster For...
The hare-brained Online News Act has only been in effect for a few months, but already it has proved a disaster for small and emerging news...
Sotheby’s Changed Its Buyer Fees. It Didn’t Go Well
The changes demonstrated a miscalculation of not just the economic dynamic of the art market—for which supply is harder to stimulate than demand—but also...
Question Everything? Then What Does Anything Mean?
The more time you spend having your mind changed online, the more you might sense that there’s something odd about the way in which...
What’s Up With The Increasing Childishness Of Pop Culture?
Over time, digested in larger quantities, this entertainment sands away the distinctions between this and that until context collapses into a river of color and sound. - The...
The Oscars: A History Of Adapting To Disaster
This is far from the first time that the Academy has had to adapt to calamity. The closest analogy may be 1938, when another...
Krishna Thiagarajan Out As Seattle Symphony CEO; Two Other Senior Execs On Leave
Thiagarajan’s Symphony tenure was rocky. - Seattle Times
Regulating Social Media: Like Cigarettes? Or Like Junk Food?
History suggests that our collective approach to social media may be approaching a fork in the road. These laws are more like junk-food regulations...
Cameroon Opens A Spectacular New Museum
Housing over 10,000 objects, it offers more than 600 years of history in its display of the treasures of the Bamoun kingdom, one of the...
Five Years After COVID: How Australia’s Theatres Are Doing
While it would be misleading to take the dollar figures in isolation as the only measure of these companies’ ‘post-COVID’ build-backs, their financial statements...
Can You Really Fit Plays Into 45-minute Cookie-Cutter Slots?
The problem is that while Radio 4 does indeed feature drama, no regular slot there allows for anything other than a play lasting 45...
The Winning Strategy For A Successful Bookstore: Be Nice To Customers
In this challenging retail environment, my local bookshop has hit on an incredible strategy: simply being nice to anyone who walks in. - The...
David Schneiderman, Village Voice Editor and Publisher, 77
After being named editor in chief in 1978, Mr. Schneiderman elevated The Voice’s journalistic game, diversified a newsroom that was nearly all white and...
Why Sad Posts On Social Media Get Such Big Audiences
The internet is flooded with what some call 'sadbait'. It gets far less attention, but some of today's most successful online content is melancholy...
Consumers Highly Value Reviews. Problem is, Most Are Fake
Survey participants placed the value of online reviews above price, free shipping, brand, and recommendations from family and friends. The survey found 94 percent...
