The laws have done some good for buildings that truly do need to be preserved. However: "In cities with significant numbers of old buildings ... preservation became an essential part of the process by which communities fended off urban-redevelopment projects." - The Atlantic
There's "a systematic program of theft from a whole cohort of writers, stemming from Disney's orgy of acquisitions. ... Disney took the position that all of these corporate mergers only transferred the literary assets – the right to publish – but not the obligations – the requirement to pay authors." - Pluralistic
There are two major government claims: The regulations will protect (innocent?) watchers; and also, regulating streaming will "create a 'new golden age' of British TV." - BBC
Signalling in writing or in speech that you’re anti-racist is entirely different to being anti-racist – that is, to doing the work to create workplace cultures and policies that safely accommodate BIPOC artists once they’re on the inside. - ArtsHub
The opening of Queer Britain at king's Cross in London, "is an important milestone for a minority that has only enjoyed widespread public acceptance and significant legal protections for the briefest of periods, and is, in a sense, still blinking, slightly dazed, in the light." - The Guardian
"People who work in the arts in (the Texas city) say City Manager David Cooke is seeking to gut funding for Arts Fort Worth and Fort Worth Public Art, claiming his ultimate goal is to privatize public art and arts funding in general." - Fort Worth Weekly
"The Reedy Creek Improvement District claimed that dissolving the special tax district would violate a pledge (made) by Florida to bondholders under the law that created the district." And that debt, incurred to build and maintain the giant complex, is over $1 billion. - The Hollywood Reporter
Subscription and cloud gaming represents just 4% of North America and Europe game markets, or roughly $3.7 billion, according to a recent study Harding-Rolls. Of the available services, only 5% are streaming-only offerings, while a majority (60%) use Xbox Game Pass. - Protocol
"More than 1,000 cultural organizations surveyed throughout the state have lost $781 million in revenue, according to data collected and published by the Mass Cultural Council." - MSN (The Boston Globe)
As of January 1, 2023, anyone who wants to visit the historic city without spending the night in a local hotel (cruise ships don't count) will have to pay €10 for the right to enter — and make a reservation in advance. - CNN
Unfortunately, targeting cultural treasures is nothing new in times of war, and history shows that there are often specific and deliberate motives for the destruction of art icons in wartime. - ArtsHub
Much of the palace seemed like a snapshot of what was now a distant past: a bandoneon abandoned in a debris-filled room, along with some music drawn up on a stave for a lesson now never to be learned; costumes arrayed in the dressing room; and in the theater a wooden cutout of a cartoonish-looking cow. - Los Angeles...
The project raised $67 million, well surpassing the original $50 million goal. The University of the Arts never had a strong donor culture (that's why this was the first capital campaign), so how did the school locate the contributors? - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
