FTA Announces Increase In Grants And Scholarships
Florida Theatrical Association (FTA) has announced they have raised the amount of funds awarded for each of their five grants and scholarships for the 2018 - 2019 Season, due to an increase of donations from the subscribers of Broadway subscriptions in their three markets. Applications for FTA's grants and scholarships are currently being accepted through October 12, 2018.
Nabisco Celebrates Anniversary Milestone By Surprising Fans With Daily Rewards
For more than a century, Nabisco, a Mondelz International brand, has provided families with their favorite cookie and cracker products. Today, the Nabisco brand is celebrating the 115 th anniversary of its debut in the marketplace with the launch of "115 Moments of Joy." Each day for the remaining 115 days of 2016, your favorite Nabisco brands are bringing consumers across the country daily prizes to commemorate this milestone in unexpected ways.
Kevin Spacey to Headline 2014 IAB MIXX Conference
Kevin Spacey, award-winning actor, director, screenwriter and producer, will grab the spotlight on September 30 at the 2014 IAB MIXX Conference in a special presentation discussing how digital platforms are transforming the way that artists and content creators thrive in today's entertainment landscape. Spacey's keynote address is in keeping with the Interactive Advertising Bureau's (IAB) theme for this year's conference, 'Digital's Renaissance Moment: Art, Beauty and Human Emotion in Marketing,' which will serve as a guidepost for exploring how brands, creatives and publishers can partner to change hearts and minds by inspiring and motivating consumers.
SPECTACLE: THE MUSIC VIDEO to Close at Museum of the Moving Image, 6/16
In conjunction with the exhibition Spectacle: The Music Video—which closes in eleven days on Sunday, June 16—Museum of the Moving Image will present a final round of related programs including personal apearances by music artists and filmmakers Woodkid (a.k.a. Yoann Lemoine) (June 15), Jem Cohen (June 7), and Fugazi band member Guy Picciotto (June 7), as well as the groundbreaking television executive Bob Pittman (June 5), who was a founder of and programmer for MTV. In the screening series Play This Movie Loud!, organized to accompany Spectacle, the Museum will screen Cohen's Fugazi documentary Instrument; Lars Von Trier's Dancer in the Dark, featuring Björk; and a double feature of Jonathan Demme's Stop Making Sense (Talking Heads) and David Byrne's True Stories. Additional programs include the live storytelling event The Soundtrack Series (June 14) featuring music writer Maura Johnston and other guests, and the panel discussion Hip-Hop in the YouTube Age (June 8), moderated by radio host and media activist Harry Allen. A complete schedule of programs is included below; many of these events are free with Museum admission.
Clear Channel Announces Artists to Share in Broadcast, Digital Revenues
Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, the leading media company in America with a greater reach than any other radio or television outlet, and Robbins Entertainment, a major indie dance/pop music label, announced an agreement that enables Robbins Entertainment's artists to share in all of Clear Channel's radio revenues, a key approach to building a sustainable Internet radio industry.