We had to learn to insert ourselves into social media conversations, and that will continue to be a series of moving goalposts. Facebook, for instance, was still free when we started, but they now actively shut down any attempts to spread word if you aren’t paying for it. - LitHub
COVID passes will no longer be required to attend performances, and while many venues will continue to ask patrons to remain masked, that will no longer be mandated by the government. - Yahoo! (Press Association UK)
"Ads that ran for 30 seconds outperformed others on most key performance indicators such as engagement, brand effect, and recall, and were also heard as more trustworthy, likable and relevant," said Audacy's chief research officer about the study. - Inside Radio
He'll receive the honor (the first since COVID arrived) at the traditional Kennedy Center tribute, this year on April 24 — joining a comic pantheon that includes Richard Pryor, Jonathan Winters, Whoopi Goldberg, Lily Tomlin, Lorne Michaels, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Carol Burnett, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. - MSN (The Washington Post)
She painted the mural For The Women's House at the women's wing of the New York City prison complex back in 1971. She visited Riker's in 2019 and found the mural was in a spot where few people could see it, so she requested the transfer. - The New York Times
"It will be a short sojourn, with the ensemble playing a total of four concerts in Iowa City, Iowa; Stillwater, Oklahoma; and Ann Arbor, Michigan. … Podium duties will be shared by principal guest conductor Nathalie Stutzmann and music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin." - MSN (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
An executive announced that the platform will only go forward with programs that have already been contracted through the Black Voices and YouTube Kids Funds — a big change from earlier plans to present a lot of original content on the YouTube Premium paid subscription service. - The Hollywood Reporter
"(Kathy) Hochul on Tuesday proposed budgeting $200 million for the New York City Musical and Theatrical Production Tax Credit, which provides up to $3 million per show to help defray production costs. … Nearly three dozen productions have told the state they expect to apply." - The New York Times
Josep Caballé Domenech, who succeeded Lawrence Leighton Smith in 2011, said that he'll step down after next season (May 2023), when his current contract ends. The decision seems to have taken the orchestra and administration by surprise. - The Gazette (Colorado Springs)
Worldwide streaming subscriptions grew by a healthy 26.4% in the second quarter of 2021, standing at 521.3 million subscribers at the end of that period, an increase of 109.5 million from the year before. - Variety
So how did a quaint, 175-seat theatre at the end of a quiet, dead-end street in the Rockland area find itself at the centre of such a storm? - The Times-Colonist (Victoria, BC)
It’s not just that we could use more art and exhibitions about climate change. The art world and its institutions need to lead the way in helping society respond, partly by making lasting changes in their own behavior. - Artnet
“US adults are reading roughly two or three fewer books per year than they did between 2001 and 2016,” according to the report. - Publishing Perspectives
Phillippe Gaulier has been teaching clowns for about half a century, but his stature has grown in recent years, becoming an influential and divisive figure of considerable mystique, the Dumbledore of round red noses. - The New York Times
