Fewer Americans are getting cable TV—and, by extension, ESPN—every year, but the network remains home to some of the most popular content on TV, particularly as many people no longer watch live programming that isn’t news or sports. - The Wall Street Journal
"The written play has its own music, its own pristine existence — words, thoughts, and spirit ... abstracted from the bodies of actors (moving) through space. There are wonderful things that can happen in the mind of a reader that cannot happen to anyone watching actors in a play." - The Guardian
Flipping and landlording are both seductive economic propositions—so much so that shows about successful, self-made flippers and investment-property renovators have become their own genre on HGTV, which is consistently ranked the most popular non-news cable channel. - The Atlantic
In a rebounding touring market, with concert-starved audiences buying tickets in record numbers — and at higher prices than ever — these bookings are deliberate choices by prominent artists to reduce their time on the road and set up shop in far fewer places than they could on a traditional tour. - The New York Times
Intellectual property law concerning choreography in general hasn't yet been thoroughly worked out by the courts — and when it comes to choreography created specifically for social media (where users copy each other all the time), answers are even less clear. Here's a deep dive into the legal murk. - Bloomberg Law
The solutions to every year’s teacher shortage makes the problem even worse. The teachers who stay wind up doing more work for less pay. We grind up our souls, and we’re rewarded with post-it notes and chocolate bars. - Jessica Wildfire
The first verse of the US national anthem feels too militaristic for some Americans' comfort, and the second and third are worse. So bass-baritone Tines worked with three leading composers to gradually morph the "Banner" into the celebratory song known as "the Black national anthem." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
“There is more demand in Charlotte for our services than we can usually meet, so I’m very pleased we were able to raise the overall compensation." Along with pay increase for all 62 full-time musicians over the two-year term, the new contract seeks to broaden the applicant base for auditions. - Charlotte Observer
"One of his defining acts (was) helping organize a 2012 caravan to Arizona with books outlawed as part of a state ban on Mexican American studies. ... (But he's also) one of the most active and exuberant advocates of Latino writing and writers in Texas." - The Christian Science Monitor
"Working closely with a team of writers, assistants and producers — led by the showrunner and co-creator Peter Gould — Ariel Levine and Kathleen Williams-Foshee maintained detailed notes on virtually every person, place, thing or event ever mentioned or implied on either the show or its predecessor." - The New York Times
"Downtowns and the cities they anchor are the most adaptive and resilient of human creations; they have survived far worse. Continual works in progress, they have been rebuilt and remade in the aftermaths of all manner of crises and catastrophes." - Bloomberg CityLab
"On the international stage, Domingo has largely remained an in-demand star. But why? I can tell you right now it's not his voice. … How desperate and sad to see institutions pretend that Domingo's artistic legacy must be preserved at the expense of their own integrity." - MSN (The Washington Post)
Hadi Matar, speaking from his cell at the Chautauqua County Jail: "I read a couple pages. I didn't read the whole thing cover to cover. ... I don't like him very much. He's someone who attacked Islam, he attacked their beliefs, the belief systems." - New York Post
"The Cambodians have enlisted the help of the U.S. Justice Department to press for the return of dozens of artworks, basing their claim in part on the account of a reformed looter. ... But the dispute (with the museum) has evolved into something of an odd standoff." - The New York Times
