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Major Copyright Update: Japan Now Requires Performers Be Paid When Recordings Are Played In Public

Japan has created a music right that will, for the first time, require performers and record companies to be paid when their recordings are played in public spaces such as cafes, shops, hotels, and gyms. - Music Business Worldwide

Blockbusters Are Dead? Tell That To Frida Kahlo Fans!

Tate was unprepared for the scale of demand. The gallery has said more than 41,000 tickets have already been sold for Frida: The Making of an Icon, which opens on 25 June, making it the highest pre-selling exhibition in Tate’s history, surpassing the previous record of 32,000 advance sales for David Hockney in 2017. - The Guardian

Granta Says It Will Stop Publishing Prize Winners Over AI Concerns

“For the sake of our own editorial integrity, the Granta Trust board has now taken the decision that we will no longer engage in external publishing partnerships.” - The Guardian

Concern: Paramount/Warner Merger Will Give Company Control Of Decades Of Archives

Skydance Media, through its acquisition of Paramount, already controls the CBS News archive. If Paramount succeeds in taking over WBD, it will also assume control of the CNN archive, one of the most important in the news and documentary space. - Deadline

Kennedy Center Says It Isn’t Required To Book Any Shows

“The Court’s order did not affirmatively require the Board to reschedule programming that had previously been cancelled or to seek new programming,” the lawyers wrote in the filing. - AP News

Want To Hear Some Newly Discovered Mozart?

Here you go: “The works were played publicly for the first time on Sunday at the National Library of France.” - The New York Times

Getty Images Made A Big Deal With OpenAI For ChatGPT

“When you ask ChatGPT a question now, its reply may include a Getty-licensed photograph or image to help illustrate the topic being discussed.” - Fast Company

In Los Angeles, LACMA Hosts A Huge Art Parade

Michael Govan was feeling pretty good about the 600,000 people who came to the block party and parade, too: "We’re not gonna close Wilshire every weekend, but it’s an example of what we can do. … It’s really exciting to see the building work.” - Los Angeles Times (MSN)

Why Are Romance Audiobooks Surging In Popularity?

“Romance increasingly shifting from page to ear. This boom — fuelled by pandemic-era isolation and women with sexual agency wanting to multi-task while consuming books that feature guilt-free escapism — is pushing the publishing industry to pursue audio-first strategies.” - CBC

Sandra Oh On Finding The Role Of Her Lifetime In Middle Age

"In the last few years, she has become that rare figure in Hollywood, a famous woman who has only grown more powerful with age, a champion of younger performers and something of a truth-teller in an industry full of people encouraged by flattery to talk absolute rubbish.” - The Guardian (UK)

Long Before Motion Capture, Margaret Kerry – Who Has Just Died At 97 – Created Tinkerbell With Her Body And Voice

“One day she was asked, What would it look like if Tinker Bell landed on a mirror and saw herself? Ms. Kerry thought perhaps she would never have seen her reflection, so she began a preening once-over.” - The New York Times

Danny McBride On Men, Masculinity, And The Stories He Creates

"I’m sure that after the Civil War, people were like, Damn, this is insane right now. If your satire is just about the anxieties of what’s happening today, then you might not be hitting upon a truth that’s universal.” - The New York Times

Yes, This Is Toy Story 5, And Yes, It’s Still Devastating For Parents

Why? Because the toys are - this is not a secret - pretty much a stand-in for parents. And you know what happens to the toys. - Slate

Smart Phones Enable An Awful Lot Of Fact-Checking – Sometimes To Our Detriment

“There is something thrilling about a document dump, and picking through boxes and boxes of government files. We have often associated these habits with conspiracy theorists, ... but in the modern era of digitized records, anyone can jump down a rabbit hole anywhere, anytime, even on their phone." - The Atlantic

Mark Singer, Longtime New Yorker Writer And Profile Expert, Has Died At 75

Singer “extended the magazine’s franchise of rich reporting and witty prose about offbeat, complicated and quintessentially American characters,” including a certain current president. - The New York Times

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