"In order to provide clarity to the millions of Canadians and businesses who use our platforms, we are announcing today that we have begun the process of ending news availability permanently in Canada," Rachel Curran, Meta's head of public policy in Canada, said in a statement. - CBC
“The city has gotten a major bargain from the work that Regional Arts and Culture Council has done on its behalf. The team at RACC … are experts with a lot of years behind them. I think they’re going to be hard-pressed to find people with that same skill set.” - Oregon Public Broadcasting
Yes, the show is certainly a flag for innovative theatre in its use of space and immersivity. But there have been persistent critiques in both the Philippines and U.S. media that Here Lies Love is not only authored by a white man, but that it essentially glorifies tyranny and Imelda. - American Theatre
If all discussion of a film’s merits before release is left to influencers, whose driving ambition is to receive free merchandise by speaking well of the studio’s products, what can we expect the film landscape to look like? - The Guardian
English alone counts for almost half the internet; add other European languages plus Chinese and Japanese and it's 95%. For other languages — even those like Arabic, Bengali, and Amharic used by many millions — AI tools have relatively tiny datasets to train on. Here are some people addressing that. - Deutsche Welle
A movement known as Architectural Uprising is pushing back against Scandinavian design trends — and sometimes forcing architects back to the drawing board. - Bloomberg
"In 1951, eight years before … the first school in Miami-Dade to desegregate, Greenfield founded the Fine Arts Conservatory, one of the first racially integrated arts schools in the South. The conservatory (taught) classes ... to Black and white students together, taught by Black and white teachers." - Yahoo! (Miami Herald)
When the programme started in 1943, under its original title of This Week’s Composer, the style was simple. Just a handful of records, only 30 minutes’ worth, introduced economically by whichever Radio 3 announcer happened to be on duty. - The Guardian
"Some authors are using A.I. as a writing and editing assistant that can help them brainstorm, organize material, develop characters or create an outline. … Many in publishing are taking action to protect their work." - The New York Times
ACE’s initial, uncosted announcement that ENO should abandon its acoustically rich, 2,359-seat home with the widest stage in London housing internationally renowned opera wasn’t just a smokescreen. It was a farce, albeit one with zero laughs. - The Stage
"Some recent job listings are for fairly traditional tech-world roles, such as software engineers (who write code) and product managers (who guide projects to completion). And many of them don't appear to directly touch the content development pipeline that has striking writers and actors so worried." - Yahoo! (Los Angeles Times)
An individual with knowledge of the matter told TheWrap the AMPTP has not reached out to SAG-AFTRA with a similar request. This suggests that the studios have not yet coordinated new positions to respond to SAG’s demands. - The Wrap
"Gregory's play opens, aptly enough, with Richard bursting up from his grave in a Leicester car park to challenge the way his reputation has been smeared. Tackling his notoriety head-on, the maligned king at last has the chance to explain his reign." - The Observer (UK)
"One of the biggest adjustments for me was how everyone looks to you for decision making about even very minor things. I always want things to be collaborative, and often people don't want that — they want you to lead." - The New York Times
The Toronto-based corporation Lighthouse Immersive Inc. is going through insolvency proceedings in Ontario, and it has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in Delaware in order to protect its U.S. assets as it goes through the Canadian legal process. - Artnet
