Good morning: Why is there a story about antitrust and attempts to break up Big Tech companies in AJ today? Because these leviathans have gotten so big and so powerful that they determine what culture gets seen and shared and by whom. And they have far too much power.
First Female Director Appointed at the Louvre in 230 Years...
Good Morning: No music company is as all-in on streaming as is Universal Music Group, the world's largest music producer. So the company's state-of-the-union event this week is worth paying some attention. We have two stories reporting on this today. The first affirms the company's belief in streaming. The second - more interesting - is an admission that...
Good morning: How do you measure value? Self-worth? Thea Lim wrestles with the tensions between internal value for an artist and external valuation, now measured in any number of ways by likes, Tweets, and making the right lists. It makes for a schizophrenic existence as an artist. Well worth the read. Here are the rest of today's highlights:
The...
Good morning: More and more of the world's iconic experiences have been overrun by crowds. In Barcelona there have been anti-tourist demonstrations. Venice has imposed a tourist tax. Florence's Uffizi has been one of those experiences degraded by crowds. But the museum's new director thinks he has a solution... Here are today's highlights:
University of the Arts in Philadelphia Files...
Good morning! Here are the AJ highlights for today. But first, two more stories to draw your attention to about the psychology of creativity. The first, from Harvard Business Review stresses the importance of play, the need to let your attention wander and explore. The second, from Psychology Today, explores the psychological reasons famous composers have dry spells. Turns...
Good morning: Here are today's highlights.
Where Will Sundance End Up? The Sundance Film Festival may be relocating, with Boulder, Cincinnati, and Salt Lake City emerging as the finalists for its new home. This decision could reshape the festival's future and the local economies of these cities. Read more in Seattle Times.
Documentary Filmmakers Struggle with AI Replacing Historical Footage Filmmakers...
Good morning. This week we collected 126 stories from across the arts. Here are a few highlights. Full list below.
Cultural Tourism in Australia Becomes a Billion-Dollar Industry Cultural tourism, once almost nonexistent in Australia, has evolved into a billion-dollar industry over the past 40 years. This growth includes active participation from Indigenous communities and expansion beyond big cities. Read...
Good morning: Some weeks events push along swarms of stories that illuminate long term trends. This week it's the collapsing of traditional TV. Long lucrative late-night talk shows are failing. The satellite TV business is dying and bleeding subscribers. And a fascinating story from Tech Hive explains how traditional TV providers have been cannibalizing their own business in a...
Good morning: Over the past week we've collected several stories about the ruling against the Internet Archive over fair use in providing books to public libraries and why this is a very significant ruling. Today's piece from MIT Technology Review is perhaps the best explainer for what it means for the economics of libraries. Essentially it will drastically reduce...
Good morning. One ongoing theme of the past couple of years is the decline of humanities studies in higher ed. But it turns out, from a historical perspective, the humanities are tough to kill. Here are our morning highlights:
Self Therapy Is Killing the Memoir: Memoirs have become formulaic, with authors structuring their narratives around therapeutic breakthroughs rather than creative...
Good morning: One of the potential intriguing uses of AI for artists is the ability to create AI versions of themselves that can be out there working when the artist is at home (or elsewhere, even dead). We're starting to see it. Audible now allows writers to clone their own voices to read audiobooks. And word that James Earl...
Good morning: Here are today's top five stories from the past day. As usual, the rest of the stories we have collected are down below.
James Earl Jones Passes Away at 93Legendary actor James Earl Jones, known for his commanding voice and iconic roles in film and television, has passed away at 93. With nearly 200 screen credits over his...
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Little Free Library Fights Book BansLittle Free Library is launching a new map to distribute banned books in regions like Florida and Texas, where book bans are on the rise. This initiative aims to counteract censorship by providing access to literature. Read more on LitHub.
Unconventional Biography of Audre LordeA new...
Here's your weekend AJ newsletter. This week we're adding a new feature -- five don't-miss stories from the 125 or so we've collected. To see the usual list of stories, click the button below to skip down.
Las Vegas to Get a Major Art MuseumLas Vegas, known for entertainment but lacking in cultural institutions, is set to open a significant...
Happy Saturday. So you thought debates about high and low culture were long settled? David Brooks believes American culture generally - high and low - has now become "junkified." Your highlights from today's stories below. As usual, all the stories we collected below that.
Rome's Arch of Constantine Struck by LightningRome’s ancient Arch of Constantine was struck by lightning during...
