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How America Gave Up on Its Own History
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here.On a July afternoon in 2019, I found myself in a large, sun-dappled room within one of America’s great estates. An assemblage of distinguished…
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Artists are making ‘anti-slop’ to rebel against AI: ‘It’s been rammed down our throats’ | AI…
Earlier this year, a group of film-makers, commercial directors and AI industry influencers gathered in New York City for the Runway AI Summit – a daylong hype-fest, trumping up the potential of this new technology. During one talk, Rob…
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Audiobook Sales Up 9 Percent In 2025, To $2.4B
General fiction accounted for the largest share of audiobook revenue at 27%, with science fiction/fantasy, romance, and mysteries/thrillers/suspense rounding out the top genres. The fastest-growing genres in 2025 were humor, general…
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Paramount Skydance Launches New In-House Video Game Studio
David Ellison has been moving pieces around the board in reshaping the new Paramount Skydance over the past year. But one key division remained out of play in his master media plan — until now.
On Friday, Paramount Skydance…
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States Say They Will Sue To Block Paramount/Warner Deal
If Paramount doesn’t lock this down by October, it’s on the hook to pay shareholders a near-$6.9 million daily fee. – Gizmodo
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The Problem With Responses To AI Creations
At its core, this is a debate about values. A short story implies a human artistic act with intentional imaginative labour—the exact practice whose future is now at risk if the literary world doesn’t take a stand. – The Walrus…
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Austin Opera seeks Director of Artistic Administration
Reporting to the General Director & CEO, the Director of Artistic Administration oversees Austin Opera’s artistic staff and works closely with the executive leadership (General Director & CEO, Music Director, and…
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Former Kennedy Center curator on his tenure and what’s ahead : NPR
The facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seen June 6 in Washington.…
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Dataland defies expectations. But will L.A. embrace the world’s first AI arts museum?
“The system is the art,” says Refik Anadol during a recent tour of Dataland, the 25,000-square-foot immersive, environmental, generative, multisensory AI arts museum in downtown L.A. that represents the culmination of Anadol’s career…
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Tired of streaming? Film and music enthusiasts turn to physical media
It feels like the 1990s.Warm light, small groups, rows of titles, stacks of discs, a clacking of a case closing, and a giggle from the shopkeeper."You'll like this. Enjoy," smiles Rex Rekhi, finalising a sale during a Friday lunch time…
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