Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class
Kodak employed 140,000 people. Instagram, 13. A digital visionary says the Web kills jobs, wealth -- even democracy
Sunday, May 12, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 297Technology Books, Jaron Lanier, Facebook
Scott Timberg
Technology Books, Jaron Lanier, Facebook
Joe Boyd: “Nobody knew who the hell Nick Drake was”
The producer who discovered Drake, and worked with Dylan, Pink Floyd, R.E.M. and more, on music's oddest comeback
Monday, Apr 15, 2013 4:22 PM UTCEntertainment Music, Joe Boyd, Nick Drake
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 20Working 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
The movies are finished
In a new book, New Yorker critic David Denby argues that Hollywood needs to stop ignoring adults. He tells us why
Tuesday, Oct 9, 2012 6:06 PM UTC 20Entertainment Movies, George Clooney, Hollywood
D.T. Max discusses David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was the most exciting writer of his generation. A new biography examines his troubled life
Monday, Sep 3, 2012 10:00 PM UTC 13Entertainment David Foster Wallace
Will any band ever break up?
Classic rockers have cashed in on reunions for years. But a new generation is proving reunions can actually be good
Thursday, Aug 16, 2012 12:00 AM UTC 31Entertainment Music, Reunions, Spain, Feelies
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 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
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
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
Why “branding” won’t save the creative class
Freelance work -- and a strong "brand" -- will never beat a job. Free agency's nice -- but so is health insurance
Thursday, Oct 13, 2011 9:05 PM UTC 72Life
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
Scott Timberg, a longtime arts reporter in Los Angeles who has contributed to the New York Times, is writing a book about the plight of the creative class. He runs the West Coast culture blog TheMisreadCity.com.
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