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In news that many publishing veterans will see as ironic, Paramount has announced that it has formed a book publishing imprint, Paramount Global Publishing. Paramount, now part of the giant Skydance, was the longtime owner of Simon…
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“Roundabout Theater Company moved into the building in 1998 and kept its disco-era name. Now Roundabout has a $100 million plan for the first full-scale renovation of the building. The project would bring back a permanent stage, which…
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Findings from economists about film subsidy programs are almost universally negative: It’s a race to the bottom with negligible economic benefits for the state where the biggest winner is Hollywood. Consider Oklahoma. In 2023,…
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It is All Hallows’ Eve – Hallowe’en to you and me – in 1517. Martin Luther, a 33-year-old German priest and scholar, marches up to the church in Wittenberg and nails a document to the door. On the document, in Latin, are 95 statements,…
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The Boston Public Library in Massachusetts. (Plexi Images/GHI/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Digital books have grown in popularity over the past decade, but more Americans still read books in print than in digital…
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Nailya Allakhverdiyeva turned PERMM (in Perm, 700 miles from Moscow) into one of the country’s most respected museums. She tried to cooperate with authorities over any concrete objections to PERMM’s projects, but continuing harassment…
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The heart of the case before the jury involves accusations that Live Nation has pressured artists to use the company’s promotions arm to play at its amphitheaters, and has also forced venues — sometimes with threats — to sign exclusive…
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Hip-hop DJ pioneer Afrika Bambaataa, seen here in New York in 2006.…
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