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Using Pay-As-You-Wish Pricing To Self-Correct Artificially Inflated Ticket Prices

Wed, Jul 7, 2015
by Drew McManus
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WQXR Blog published an article by Brian Wise on 7/21/2015 that examines Pay-As-You-Wish ticket pricing for classical music concerts, which was recently implemented in the U.K. via the Hallé Orchestra. Although it is doubtful that Pay-As-You-Wish pricing will become any sort of mainstream ticket strategy, it does serve as a worthwhile conduit for continued examination
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Please, Pretty Please, Stop Damaging Everyone’s Eyesight With Small Font Sizes

Tue, Jul 7, 2015
by Drew McManus
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H/T to Thomas Cott for inspiring this latest entry into what seems to be an ongoing rant regarding font size. No, I’m not complaining about Cott’s font sizes, his are terrific, but one of the articles at arts.gov included in his latest newsletter made me realize that there continue to be far too many arts
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Atlanta Sees A Sliver Of Sunshine

Mon, Jul 7, 2015
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 161
The 7/16/2015 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution published an article by Howard Prousner that reports on some good news for the beleaguered Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) in the form of an undisclosed six figure surplus for the 2014/15 season that started off with a nine week lockout. Though final fiscal 2015 figures will not be
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So Many Fantastic New Openings

Fri, Jul 7, 2015
by Drew McManus
Adaptistration People 160
If you haven’t checked in at Adaptistration Jobs in a bit then you’re missing out; there have been more than a dozen new openings listed in the past two weeks alone and among those are some positions in historically coveted departments, such as the Milwaukee Symphony’s Director of Operations. Additionally, you’ll find listings throughout symphonic,
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Why You Should Be Paying Attention To The Ongoing Worker Status Debate

Thu, Jul 7, 2015
by Drew McManus
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Although it doesn’t get very much attention, how orchestras define employees, both on-stage and administrative, has a large impact on its operations and expense structure and one of the hot button political issues taking shape in the upcoming presidential election is how employers go about classifying workers either as independent contractors or employees. At the
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