The German Marshall Fund has issued a policy paper arguing that the CPB, which currently channels federal money to local public TV and radio stations, should be revamped to include various online platforms and content, with a particular focus on local institutions. - Axios
The Moscow troupe has the famous 1,680-seat house, which he calls the Historic Stage, and a venue opened in 2002, called the New Stage, which seats only 900. Vakhar Maziev argues that the lack of another large performance space causes problems both financial and logistical. - Gramilano (Milan)
With all performances outdoors this year, the dance festival hired its first resident meteorologist, Paul Caiano from nearby Albany. And, since this summer's weather is unusually weird and the Pillow sits in an odd little microclimate, they really need him. - The New York Times
If so, it's an inside job: reportedly, the chosen candidate, now said to be in advanced negotiations with Sony Pictures Television, is the quiz show's own executive producer, Mike Richards. (Sources warn that it's not yet a done deal.) - Variety
"The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport said it had negotiated with 19 EU member state countries to allow British musicians and performers to conduct short tours visa-free." The only major markets not included so far are Spain, Portugal, and Greece. - The Guardian (PA Media)
The Gesture, an 82-foot sculpture by Nadim Karam, is made of steel debris from last year's catastrophe and stands at the blast site itself. While some Beirutis have welcomed it, others say it's too soon for such a memorial, especially at what one calls "a crime scene." - Artnet
A game-y galaxy that seamlessly fuses with the meatspace. What matters is that metaverse is now the buzzword du jour and that Facebook wants a piece of it. The bad news is that Zuckerberg’s metaverse ambitions sound boring as hell. - Wired
It’s a resumption of business — and, for many arts workers, employment — that’s been eagerly awaited and long in coming. But it’s also a balancing act of safety and economics. - Variety
Birkenhead is barely a mile from Liverpool, situated on the opposite bank of the River Mersey. It was once known as the “New York of Europe” thanks to its shipbuilding, but deindustrialisation and waves of austerity have created significant decline. - The Guardian
News companies in Canada have been struggling financially and digital platforms have vacuumed up most of the ad revenue that used to go to newspapers and broadcasters. - Toronto Star
Though its theater season each summer is a must-see in the industry, even that is more inward facing than outward, with only a few performances of each show and no reviews allowed. - The New York Times
Emily Oster looks at the phonics vs. whole-language debate (she has one word for you: "delumpification") and what studies show about how to entice (not persuade) children to read for pleasure. - Literary Hub
The sooner you accept that star stories are full of embellishments and omissions, invented quotes and one-sided recollections dictated to patient ghostwriters, the sooner you’ll come to appreciate them as the grand and eccentric performances that they are. - The New Yorker
Neo-noir "could spell out what the 1940s films could only imply, with themes, violence and sexuality that could only be hinted at four decades before. … In the era of Reagan and MTV, it was a genre that was at the same time throwback and cutting-edge." - CrimeReads
