"Disney is quickly closing in on Netflix's long-established streaming lead. The entertainment giant now has 205 million paid subscribers across all of its services" — that's Disney+, ESPN+, and Hulu — "globally, while Netflix has 221 million," showing a net loss of subscribers for the first time in more than 10 years. - Axios
During the second of the two concertos, he experienced acute heart failure while performing, but Toradze kept on playing, unaware of the medical danger. - ClassicFM
In the 1980s more writers were able to earn a living from writing – though those writers were, of course, largely male and, broadly speaking, of privileged background. But as a rule the number of pounds I receive in 2022 is about the same as if I’d written the piece in 1996. - New Statesman
The rub for many is that the phrase sounds wishy-washy, as if there is an epidemic of hedging amid a new generation. Some have suggested that discussions in meetings might be less productive or that we risk undermining our own arguments by using the phrase. - The New York Times
"So far, we have agreements which cover more than 300 national, local and specialist news publications in Germany, Hungary, France, Austria, the Netherlands and Ireland, with many more discussions ongoing." - Reuters
Some say it was overdue, some lament that it remains a missed opportunity, but the truth of the matter is, the iPod has left us, after years of neglect. - Tedium
Variant 6 does strange new music and even stranger old music in art galleries, ballets, and repurposed sawdust factories. And they know each other very well: says one tenor, "Jimmy and I have played a game where I'd offer his opinion and he would offer mine." - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Some have taken up arms in their country’s defense or have been working to get medical supplies to the frontline. (One died after being injured when Russian shells hit Kyiv.) And many have fled the country, fanning out across Europe — both for safety and to keep dancing. - The New York Times
On March 1, Toby Price, assistant principal at Gary Road Elementary School in the Jackson suburbs, found himself having to sub at a virtual reading, and he figured seven-year-olds would get a kick out of the widely-available cartoon book. They did, but culture-warrior adults did not. - MSN (The Washington Post)
CRB’s recent listener data suggests that a growing share of younger listeners are responding to that sense of discovery. In February 2014 the median age of CRB listeners was 74; as of this past February, it was 54, with 24 percent of listeners under age 35. - Boston Globe
Prompted by, among others, Diane Keating reading from Joan Didion's Slouching Toward Bethlehem and Julie Harris reading Stuart Little (after which E.B. White recorded all his books himself), Mimi Kramer pinpoints the problem and its causes. - Vulture
Even with understudies and swing performers, The Rep had to cancel 15 out of 49 total shows due to the quantity of cases and people involved. That’s about a third of the total run. - Milwaukee Magazine
A review, commissioned by the British branch of Actors' Equity, of 111 academic studies performed over 20 years found (among other conclusions) that, in addition to the depression figures, performers are from four to ten times (depending on the particular genre) as likely as regular folks to suffer anxiety. - The Guardian
The lack of support manifests in a dearth of affordable studio space, limited funding and fewer platforms for emerging artists to perform. It’s an about-face for a city that has nurtured Western dance traditions for more than 100 years. - Crosscut
