ACE confirms further delay to audience data platform
Launch of new audience data platform rescheduled for second time meaning it will be two months late.
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New £6m immersive tech programme for cultural organisations
A new £6m programme aims to equip the UK cultural sector with the skills to develop projects using immersive technology. The…
PwC blames Illuminate hold-up on ‘contracting delays’
New platform for audience insights will launch six weeks late, leaving NPOs temporarily unable to use it for survey data.
Navigating the challenges of digitisation and museums
Digitising collections is an ongoing challenge for museums, as evidenced in the latest National Museum Partnership report. Fi…
How can arts organisations improve online giving?
In the competitive field of fundraising, digital gift giving has been experiencing a boom, as Stephanie Clark explains.
Most artists make a loss on music releases, research finds
Most independent artists who promote their own music releases make a loss, according to new research. The research by Pirat…
Creativity ‘expunged’ from school curriculum, report warns
Creative Policy and Evidence Centre raises concerns over lack of focus on creativity within schools across the UK.
Springing back into action: new insights
Most people in the sector don’t need to be analysts but they do need the insight to make changes that speak to audiences. He…
Tank Museum hits record 100m YouTube views
The Tank Museum has made museums history by attracting more than 100m views on its YouTube channel, which has more than 500,0…
Investing in creative ambition
Impact investments aim to support creative ambition and cultural projects to the benefit of society, but Seva Phillips is always a…
DCMS study questions ‘digital capacity’ of museum sector
Report into partnership activities undertaken by the national museums raises questions about the capacity for and value of post-pa…
Virtual museum celebrates Paralympic artefacts
A 3D virtual museum is set is to launch this week, showcasing objects from the National Paralympic Heritage Trust (NPHT). The Digi…
Digital theatre project seeks to address online radicalisation
A digital theatre group is working with young people in Edinburgh to tackle the online radicalisation of masculinity and 'Ince…
Easy ways to spruce up your local SEO and listing management
If you want to raise awareness of your commercial offering to your audiences, there are some simple things you can do to your webs…
Voice-over jobs at risk from AI, union warns
Artificial intelligence is a threat to the livelihoods of voice-over artists, performers' union Equity has said. Liam Budd,&nb…
Libraries provide a much-needed home for digital culture
Linda Cockburn shares how bringing digital culture into Coventry’s libraries is building communities and helping to bridge a…
Immersive art space to open at Wembley Park
Performing arts charity sets out plans to launch new immersive arts space in London with the help of local artists and community g…
Museum’s artefact database ‘inaccessible’ after cyber attack
A cyber attack linked to Russian hackers that took place more than a year ago is continuing to prevent a museum from accessing its…
Partner Pod: Surviving permacrisis
Are the arts locked in a permacrisis? How do we survive it if so? How long until we get back to 'normal'? Join Robin Cantr…
ACE vows to prevent ‘commercial exploitation’ of audience data
Arts Council England says platform developers PwC will not be allowed to benefit commercially from data provided to it, as it publ…
BBC Singers to close amid classical music cuts
BBC sets out plans to axe its in-house choir and cut posts at three of its orchestras by a fifth as part of costcutting measures.
Changing fast and slow
Research repeatedly highlights that the cultural sector has a capacity issue to address before it can fully realise the benefits o…
BBC moves ahead with Introducing cuts
The BBC has confirmed it will cut back its BBC Introducing programme, which profiles up-and-coming grassroots musicians. The plans…
Call for transparency on music streaming algorithm ‘bias’
Study commissioned by DCMS calls for more transparency on recommendation algorithms used by music streaming platforms amid concern…
