Forget copyright! We’ve always stolen music
The politics of copyright place the interests of big business over fans, the public -- and artists
Sunday, Apr 28, 2013 9:00 PM UTC 31Technology Music, Art in Crisis, Copyright
Art in Crisis
Technology Music, Art in Crisis, Copyright
Can unions save the creative class?
Newspapers are dying. Musicians and writers can't get paid. Maybe it's time for creatives to really organize
Monday, Mar 18, 2013 4:25 PM UTC 19Working Ahead Working Ahead, AFL-CIO
Did the American songbook kill jazz?
Jazz has venerated its own traditions for so long that the music seems stale and the audience is gone. Now what?
Monday, Dec 24, 2012 6:00 PM UTC 23Entertainment Jazz, Music, Art in Crisis
Book publishing crisis: Capitalism kills culture
Publishing teeters as Random House and Penguin plan to merge. It's time for a government policy to protect the arts
Saturday, Nov 10, 2012 11:00 PM UTC 39Entertainment Books, Art in Crisis
Steal this album: What happens if no one pays for music?
Artists have bills. Fans want convenience. A debate between a blogger and rocker goes viral, with no easy answers
Wednesday, Jun 20, 2012 11:45 AM UTC 457Entertainment Art in Crisis, Music
No sympathy for the creative class
Taxpayers bail out Wall Street and Detroit. But there's no help, or Springsteen anthem, for struggling creatives VIDEO
Sunday, Apr 22, 2012 1:00 PM UTC 136Entertainment Art in Crisis, Editor's Picks
The Internet makes magic disappear
YouTube has killed the magician's art, and threatens the stores where tricks have been passed down for generations
Saturday, Feb 11, 2012 10:00 PM UTC 49Life Internet Culture, Art in Crisis
The architecture meltdown
One of the coolest creative-class careers has cratered with the economy. Where does architecture go from here?
Saturday, Feb 4, 2012 10:00 PM UTC 65Life Art in Crisis, Editor's Picks
Can music learn from the slow-food movement?
Great-sounding records can be made on home computers, but one man's convinced a fantastic studio is music's future
Saturday, Jan 28, 2012 5:00 PM UTC 33Entertainment Art in Crisis, Music
The arts funding war the left will always lose
The right has defined the issue. The entire conversation needs to change if public arts aid is to be saved
Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012 5:11 PM UTC 55Entertainment Art in Crisis
Indies battle Amazon — by becoming publishers
Under attack from e-books and e-commerce, bookstores fight back by creating their own unique titles
Monday, Jan 2, 2012 9:00 PM UTC 17Entertainment Art in Crisis, Bookstores
The clerk, RIP
The clerk has been killed by the economy, Netflix, iTunes and Amazon. Computers might want your creative job next
Sunday, Dec 18, 2011 8:00 PM UTC 61Life Art in Crisis
In an iTunes age, do we need the record store?
As CD sales plummet and famed shops close, brave entrepreneurs are trying to reinvent the model. Is it too late?
Sunday, Nov 20, 2011 5:00 PM UTC 42Entertainment Art in Crisis, Music
Art in Crisis: The plight of independent bookstores
A week of ups and downs: St. Mark's gets a new lease on life as a popular New Hampshire shop struggles to stay open
Thursday, Nov 3, 2011 6:00 PM UTC 22Entertainment Art in Crisis
Does culture really want to be free?
Are new media companies "digital parasites"? The author of "Free Ride" tells Salon piracy is killing art
Tuesday, Nov 1, 2011 3:00 PM UTC 86Entertainment Art in Crisis, Copyright
Can Harper Perennial reinvent publishing?
With cool young writers, low advances and sharp design, a major publisher's small imprint finds a model that works
Sunday, Oct 16, 2011 4:00 PM UTCEntertainment Art in Crisis, Books
Your favorite author, brought to you by a wealthy patron
As copyright erodes and the book industry changes, a combination of Kickstarter and the rich might fund writers
Wednesday, Oct 5, 2011 12:00 AM UTC 26Entertainment Art in Crisis, Copyright
The creative class is a lie
The dream of a laptop-powered "knowledge class" is dead. The media is melting. Blame the economy -- and the Web
Saturday, Oct 1, 2011 1:01 PM UTC 93Entertainment Art in Crisis
Can an indie label with great taste save the music industry?
Major labels are collapsing. What if the answer's just great taste? Ask Merge, the indie with the best album Grammy
Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 3:30 PM UTCEntertainment Art in Crisis, Music
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