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NYTimes Sends Regional Arts Coverage Gently Into That Goodnight

Fri, Sep 9, 2016
by Drew McManus
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The 8/31/2016 edition of deadline.com published an article by Jeremy Gerard that reports the New York Times (NYT) has phased our regional arts and culture coverage in the New York tristate region. The opening paragraph packs a powerful punch by underscoring the likely negative outcomes. The New York Times this week quietly ended its coverage of restaurants,
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Well This Is Handy: Rating Airline Instrument Carry-On Policies

Thu, Sep 9, 2016
by Drew McManus
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The International Federation of Musicians (FIM), not to be confused with the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), recently launched a webpage that rates major airline musical instrument carry-on policies (h/t MusicalAmerica.com). Perhaps unsurprisingly, most don’t fare well. According to FIM, the information used to create the ratings came directly from each airline’s website and as
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It Was Nice While It Lasted

Wed, Aug 8, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 123
We’ve enjoyed an unusually long stretch of time where there wasn’t a labor dispute brewing but that seems to becoming rapidly to an end and the culprit this time around is the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO). With a collective bargaining agreement (CBA) that expires Sunday, 9/4/2016 the group has yet to reach a new deal.
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Let’s Keep A Good Thing Going

Tue, Aug 8, 2016
by Drew McManus
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Last week’s survey designed to learn more about what influenced your decision to change jobs and how satisfied they are with the change has generated a terrific number of replies, just over 400 so far. The response is strong enough, I published a similar version at ArtsHacker but geared toward the broader arts and culture
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Here Are Some Of The Reasons Why Conductors Don’t Win Music Director Jobs: Poll Results

Mon, Aug 8, 2016
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 177
Thanks to everyone who took the time to participate in last week’s poll asking readers to weigh-in on whether or not they thought certain types of artistic activity could help or hurt a conductor’s prospects at landing a music director position at a professional US orchestra. There were just under 300 respondents and the results
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