January 2009
“If the Old Media bigwigs ever do decide to visit my blog (http://bentiedemanntellsall.blogspot.com) they would see it doesn’t have that familiar opportunistic “look at me, look at me” feel of so many others. They’d see I’m just a small-town guy, humbly making his way in the big city, who happens to have a lot of unique and humorous outsider perspectives on that experience.”
—If Someone Wanted To Publish My Blog Entries For Money, I Wouldn’t Say No | The Onion - America’s Finest News Source
“The whole idea of the First Amendment and separating media and giving them freedom of control from the government is sacrosanct,” said Digby Solomon, publisher of Tribune Co’s Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia.”
—Government aid could save U.S. newspapers, spark debate | Special Coverage | Reuters
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December 2008
“The “photo - blog” will reach some kind of precipice / tipping point. More innovations will be offered (which is true every year), but I see more personal narratives gripping us rather than the same old, same old.”
—From This Moment: Predictions ‘09
“Recessions are hard on people, but they are not hard on art. The forties, seventies, and the nineties, when money was scarce, were great periods, when the art world retracted but it was also reborn. New generations took the stage; new communities spawned energy; things opened up; deadwood washed away.”
—Jerry Saltz on Frieze : Bad at Sports
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“The arts have historically received short shrift from our political leaders, who all too often seem happy to offer bland endorsements of our work without backing those words with financial appropriations. But the arts in the United States provide 5.7 million jobs and account for $166 billion in economic activity annually. This sector is at serious risk. Because the arts are so fragmented, no single organization’s demise threatens the greater economy and claims headlines. But thousands of organizations, and the state of America’s arts ecology, are in danger.”
—Michael Kaiser - No Bailout for the Arts? - washingtonpost.com (via jenbee)
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