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Warner Music And Paramount Make Deal To Make Movies Of Musicians

The partnership will see the companies develop movies drawing on the lives and music of WMG‘s roster of artists and songwriters. - Music Business Worldwide

The New New Thing: Trend Simulation

You’ve fallen prey to “trend simulation”: the marketing tactic of paying people online to post opinions they don’t necessarily hold, endorsing music they don’t necessarily care about, so as to trick social-media algorithms—and users—into regarding a band as more popular than it really is. - The Atlantic

Denyce Graves’ Opera Afterlife

Graves is a perfect avatar of everything the Trump administration seeks to eradicate, a fact that gave her swan song an even more sentimental air. - The Atlantic

A24 Has A Hip Theatre, Hot New Restaurant, And A String Of Indie Hits. It’s Also Wildly Profitable

Renowned as much for its taste as for its marketing acumen, the 13-year-old studio has developed a cult following not just for its films and shows but for the A24 brand itself. It was valued two years ago at $3.5 billion, more than 10 times the valuation of its closest indie rival, Neon. - The Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Insider: It’s The Worst It’s Ever Been

If you are a lower or mid-level television writer right now, you are not failing. You are navigating a market that has structurally reduced the number of positions available to you. That is not a referendum on your talent; it is a reality of the business. - New Story

Warner Music Earnings Surged To $1.7B In First Quarter

WMG saw its quarterly global company-wide revenues reach USD $1.732 billion (across recorded music, music publishing, and other activities). Total revenue was up 12.1% YoY at constant currency. - Music Business Worldwide

Breaking Down The Dance Quotes And Callbacks In Two Broadway Shows

“The pastiche numbers glue together scrapbook memories from multiple shows and even as far afield as Alvin Ailey’s Revelations. A dance that seems to derive from The Music Man might sneak in a gesture from The Sound of Music.” - The New York Times

Philly Pays Tribute To The Black Matriarchs Of Ballet

The women “infused African, Caribbean, and modern dance rhythms into traditional ballet practices and integral in shaping Philadelphia’s dance community. They inspired young Black girls who faced immense gatekeeping.” - Philadelphia Inquirer

What Happens To A Singer When She Loses Her Voice

Julie Andrews has reinvented herself almost completely, but after she lost her voice, she "fell into a deep depression. She said that she felt like she had lost her identity. Other vocalists have compared this feeling to the experience of an athlete who loses a limb.” - El Pais English

The Death Of The Food Review

“Amid the cultural shift away from longer-form food writing and criticism toward stylized, 30-second reaction videos on FoodTok, does carefully composed, sense-based storytelling still matter? What do we collectively lose, and maybe gain, as sound effects and hyperbole subsume rich, descriptive text?” - Slate

At The Venice Biennale, Wondering If Everything Will Collapse In On Itself

“Perhaps the crucial thing to recall is that the basic structure of the biennale that we recognise today was conceived in the 1930s, under Mussolini, becoming, said Ricci, ‘a focus for propaganda and positioned as the peak of Italian culture.’” - The Guardian (UK)

Turning A Classic Old Bank Into A Revitalized Arts Site

“Southwest Minnesota is dotted with these emerging multi-use art spaces that utilize older buildings, … challenging a common misconception that vibrant art scenes only exist in big cities.” - Minnesota Public Radio

Somehow, This Small Southern Oregon Town’s Film Festival Has Survived For A Quarter Century

In 2023, the Ashland International Film Festival had a wobble or two, but it survives - and even thrives. - Oregon ArtsWatch

Who Won The BATFA TV Awards?

Adolescence definitely cleaned up, but it wasn’t alone. - The Guardian (UK)

What Happens To Humanity When We Lose A Language?

“Some communities are lucky enough to have the political or cultural autonomy to protect their languages – think of Welsh or Māori – but many aren’t so fortunate. Some rue and rally; others resign themselves to decline.” - The Guardian (UK)

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