Here are a few posts from last week's Greenpage that might be worth your time...
Why Streaming Content Could Be Hollywood’s Final Act
www.forbes.com: The future of Hollywood changed forever in August 1997. Far from the glitz and glamour of Tinsel Town, two tech entrepreneurs sat in a café in the small Californian city of Santa Cruz and came up with an idea for a subscription-based mail-order DVD sale and rental business. It went on to become the world's most-valuable media company.
Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow: Bidding Farewell to Cutting Ball and Cal Shakes
AMERICAN THEATRE: The San Francisco Bay Area’s theatre scene has always been a thriving, joyful beast. We’re one of the most prolific areas in the nation for the development of new plays. We have an enormously diverse indie scene; we have exciting midsize companies doing gorgeous work; we have LORTs producing spectacular shows, often with local casts. This is a truly wonderful place to be a theatremaker.
3 Critical Problems Gen AI Poses for Learning
Harvard Business Publishing Education: Since the widely acclaimed release of ChatGPT 4, generative AI has been touted by many as the savior of education. Case in point: British education expert Sir Anthony Seldon has predicted that by 2027, AI will replace human teachers on a global scale.
Agencies, Amazon, 'Ghost Town' Studios: How WFH is Killing Hollywood
theankler.com: When Amazon announced last month that employees will be required to return to the office five days a week starting in January, one Amazon Studios employee saw the news and quipped to a friend, “There goes my Friday golf game.”
CMU faculty weigh-in on the implications of AI for art in faculty dialogues
The Tartan: For ages, art has been a blend of inspiration, imitation, and an artist’s reality, finding form in everything. From the strokes the fiery arms of the sun make over the canvas of the skies at eventide or the emotions that talk through a singer’s voice and an actor’s eyes to the weaving of a silkworm’s rich cocoon, the beauty of art can come from everywhere, its spell unfading across repetitions.
