Every week I do a round-up of things I have been reading.
Weekly reading round-ups
A round-up of things I have been reading each week:
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WTF now?!: Monday 14–Sunday 20 April 2025
Antitrust cases and inquiries in search, ad tech, cloud services and more could reshape Big Tech significantly, Creative Australia announced a disability partner while its leadership face ongoing criticism, arts education is in crisis, Labor renew predatory ticketing off the back of Lady Gaga’s ticket hike and more this past week.
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WTF now?!: Monday 7–Sunday 13 April 2025
More arts industry associations have come out with election asks, Spotify is investing in a new Australian music campaign, Wikimedia Foundation looks at the impact of AIAI is tech and marketing speak for a range of technology that imitates human intellect. Learn more → web scraping on free knowledge and more.
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WTF now?!: Monday 31 March–Sunday 6 April 2025
Where is the arts in this election? Tony Burke comments on the Venice Biennale saga. The sector responds Kelle Green’s Queensland Music Awards win and South Australia launched a cultural policy.
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WTF now?!: Monday 24–Sunday 30 March 2025
The arts were largely left out of the budget, another artist has been persecuted politically and in the court of public opinion for pro-Palestine beliefs, OpenAI is letting users make images in the style of Studio Ghibli and more.
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WTF now?!: Monday 17–Sunday 23 March 2025
Skills shortages across the arts, US Big Tech complain about regulation around the world, you can search the LibGen library to see if your book has been used to train AIAI is tech and marketing speak for a range of technology that imitates human intellect. Learn more →, Mariah and Miley music copyright cases and more.