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Little, Brown, a Hachette Imprint, Lays Off Seven People
Hachette Book Group laid off seven employees at its Little, Brown imprint on Wednesday, according to the company, in a shake-up that was the latest example of turmoil in the publishing industry.The layoffs, which the company described as…
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Two Seattle Companies Say They Will Merge
Seattle’s ACT Contemporary Theatre and Seattle Shakespeare Company — two of the city’s most enduring theater companies — may soon become one entity, the companies announced Wednesday. – Seattle Times
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The AI Apocalypse We’re Not Talking About
Source: Art: DALL-E/OpenAI
Doomsday scenarios depicting hostile machine uprisings and the enslavement of humanity have long dominated AI apocalypse narratives. However, a more subtle yet equally unsettling…
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Human culture is changing too fast for evolution to catch up—here’s how it may affect you
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain
Research is showing that many of our contemporary problems, such as the rising prevalence of mental health…
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Why Broadway Never Bounced Back
Broadway had been making progress toward an industrywide recovery, but new data shows halted momentum in the most recent season.
According to data from the industry trade group The Broadway League, overall grosses for…
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Ben Vautier Dies at 88
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Fire Damages Roof of the Israel Museum, Home to the Dead Sea Scrolls
A forest fire that broke out at the Valley of the Cross in Jerusalem on Sunday grew rapidly, spreading to the nearby Israel Museum, causing it to be evacuated.
After the fire broke out in the…
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Temple University Is Considering Merger To Save Philadelphia’s University Of The Arts
“I’m working with their chair to see if we can put this genie back in the bottle,” said Temple board chair Mitchell L. Morgan. “Can we somehow figure out some type of potential merger? If it’s a win-win, we are interested.” – The…
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San Francisco Symphony Board President And CEO Give Their First Interview Since Esa-Pekka Salonen’s…
“Last season, we were facing what would have been roughly an $11 million deficit on a roughly $80 million budget. … We’ve had a lot of conversation internally as we’ve been doing the planning for ’24-’25 and beyond, to make sure we…
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Does curiosity make you read more hard news? How about anxiety?
Why do people read the news?
To journalists, that may sound like a stupid question. We read news because it’s critical to democracy! Because it’s the fascinating narrative of human existence! Because it’s a daily heroic tale of…
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