Music industry split on copyright bill
Proposed legislation to increase streaming royalties for signed musicians has received pushback from labels claiming it misunderst…
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Is the future of digital theatre in the balance?
Over half of publicly subsidised theatres that streamed performances during the pandemic have reverted to in-person performances o…
‘Seismic’ shift towards digital music learning
ABRSM has reported a "seismic" shift towards digital music learning. 64% of children use digital resources to make music…
Fund to boost heritage volunteers’ digital skills
Seventeen heritage projects across the UK will share £1m to improve volunteers' digital skills. The money comes from the…
Digital staff undervalued amid pandemic pressures
Research into the effect of the digital pivot on workers has coincided with calls for better pay for social media and ma…
We need more content specialists in the arts
The pandemic has forced cultural organisations to develop their digital infrastructure and programming. But, as Zosia Poulter argu…
Online opera course to take students ‘behind the scenes’
A new online initiative for opera lovers from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (RWCMD) aims to shed light on the…
Glyndebourne to launch on-demand streaming service
Opera house Glyndebourne is set to launch an on-demand streaming service, Glyndebourne Encore, next month. The service will offer…
UNBOXED 2022 offers innovation – and employment
Once derided as the Festival of Brexit, the eight-month mega event will "prove the naysayers wrong".
Digital pivot reverses as theatres struggle to monetise online shows
The trend has raised fears about diminishing access for disabled audiences – but research suggests they too are starting to…
Art Fund awards £650k in new grants scheme
Art Fund has announced the first wave of winners for its £2m Reimagine grants programme. Twenty-two museums, galleries, hist…
Tech enabling creativity
One of the most powerful things to emerge during the pandemic is the importance of the arts to our wellbeing. Gilane Tawadros says…
Aberdeen commits to digital music teaching
Aberdeen City Council has approved plans to provide online instrumental lessons for pupils. It first introduced digital music less…
ACE launches Digital Culture Awards
The first ever Digital Culture Awards will celebrate and showcase digital innovation over the course of the pandemic. Arts Council…
Only 720 UK artists make a living from music streaming
A long-awaited report into music creators' earnings estimates they receive a fifth of a penny per stream, but avoids wading in…
Theatres split over return of digital pantos
Research suggests audiences enjoyed watching Christmas performances online last year, but few may return as theatres focus on draw…
Collective creativity can address global challenges
When the best of technology meets the spark of creativity, incredible things can happen regardless of what century – or mill…
British Museum ventures into NFT sales
The British Museum is dipping its toe into non-fungible tokens (NFTs) by selling more than 200 digital postcards depicting th…
Watchdog called to probe music labels’ market dominance
The Government has responded to a critical inquiry on streaming with a 12-month schedule of research and working groups to challen…
Win-win for disabled arts-lovers and the sector
While anxiety about attending events remains high amongst disabled people, Anne Torregiani says the Covid online content boom…
£14.5m for AI to curate national heritage collection
AHRC’s investment will support artificially intelligent programmes to create unified virtual collections of the UK’s m…
Being at home in Manchester
A group of artists from Deaf, disabled and neurodiverse communities have been working on a project to transform accessibility. Nic…
Teen curates catalogue of MPs’ favourite artworks
A catalogue featuring the favourite artworks of 101 Members of Parliament is now available online. John Lilbourne, 18, curated the…
Digital didn’t change arts engagement, study finds
The digital pivot might have altered online attendance slighty but for most of the UK, "the new normal of pandemic life…
