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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In 2018/2019, the last time Broadway had a full 52-week season, more than 14.77 million people attended a Broadway show. According to the Broadway League these productions have drawn more people to its theaters than all New York City sports teams combined. And yet, during its centuries of existence, Broadway never had its own dedicated museum in the heart of the theater district. That is until now. This past November the Museum of Broadway opened its doors on West 45th Street. Spread along four fun-packed floors, the 26,000 square foot space contains a plethora of costumes, original scripts, immersive exhibits and other unique artifacts. There’s everything from the original Ziegfeld Follies costumes from the early 1900s to the actual wig made from 100,000 strands of hair created by wigmaker Paul Huntley for Patti LuPone in the original 1979 Broadway production of Evita to correspondence between Rent … [Read more...] about They Turned Their Dream To Create A Show-Stopping Museum Devoted To Broadway Into A Reality

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Amid growing global concern over the social media platform, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Thursday, where U.S. lawmakers are expected to question Chew over safety concerns for minors and preventing U.S. user data from foreign access. Key Facts In Chew’s first appearance before Congress, he’s expected to discuss the company’s privacy and data security practices, as well as the company’s relationship with the Chinese government, which has come under increased scrutiny in recent months. Prepared Remarks Chair Rodgers, Ranking Member Pallone, and Members of the Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to talk about TikTok and our mission to inspire creativity and bring joy to more than 1 billion people worldwide. I look forward to discussing what makes TikTok so special to the diverse audiences it serves, as well as our … [Read more...] about TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Prepared Comments Before Congress

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin An intentional multicloud strategy may provide the boost your product operating model needs. As you use your smartphone to order and pay for coffee, you scroll easily through food and drink menus, flitting from tab to tab. Eventually you make your choices and tap the order button, which triggers a transaction via your linked credit card. That dance of digital steps—designed to surprise and delight, in modern mobile app parlance—was almost certainly the virtuosic output of a product operating model . Now imagine that experience for every digital service you use today. Wash, rinse, repeat. Indeed, as the confluence of mobile, social and ecommerce technologies began to gain traction among consumers more than a decade ago, companies raced to build apps using this model, which relies on almost constant iteration. Related: Embracing a Product Model for IT Agility IT Coopts the Model IT leaders seized … [Read more...] about 5 Ways A Multicloud Strategy Boosts Digital Product Delivery

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Your data glut is only going to grow, but you can make it work for you with an intentional multicloud strategy. Among the major concerns CIOs have shared with me in recent years has been the proliferation of applications and services across their complex IT environments . These captains of enterprise IT run startling amounts of critical business-critical software, not to mention intelligent infrastructure and cybersecurity tools and experimental apps across a mix of on-premises systems and various clouds. Increasingly, this includes multiple public cloud providers, the choice du jour . These uneasy CIOs told me that the more apps they poured onto these public cloud platforms, the greater the recurring costs. And as they stitched more cloud apps together, they found they needed to run many of them across multiple clouds , sometimes based on compliance requirements abroad. Aside from the monthly clouds bills … [Read more...] about The CIO Playbook For Defying Data Gravity

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Since the COVID-19 pandemic severely impacted all the players in the cultural world, it has never been more important for museums to know their “customers” and build their loyalty. It’s no longer enough for museums to serve as monuments of conservation, curation, and stewardship of art collections—they now have to re-examine their mission considering new possibilities and figuring out how digital connections can further their mission. In addition, to remain sustainable into the future, museums must be freshly relevant and engaging to every new generation. Tremendous opportunities are, therefore, to be seized. One thing still holds true, however. The value of museums will always center on direct experience. Being up close and personal with artifacts you can look at and, in some cases, touch is a distinctly different and more powerful experience than viewing content online. In a recent report by The Art Newspaper , while … [Read more...] about Re-Examining The Role Of Museums In The Digital Age: MIM Director Weighs In

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin People often ask me, “what is Web3?” My short answer, which I elaborate on in my ‘What The Zuck’ article and keynotes , is always—you are! Why? Because the promise of Web3 flips the ownership model and gives the money and the power back to you. Social media has deteriorated in many countries—especially for women—and the tech. and media oligopolists love it. These media landlords like TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Google, Twitter, Apple, et al. have taken control of everything we do, say, share, post and buy online—and they are not very excited about the changes Web3 can usher in to their market. Want proof? While Tik Tok’s CEO, Shou Chew, was grilled by U.S. lawmakers in Washington today—last week at SXSW, his former product head admitted this about creators: “Platforms don’t really care if you are successful…because their metrics are 100 percent focused on retention, publish rates, active days. Monetization of … [Read more...] about Web3 Rebels Vs. Tech. Oligopolies