With the Conservative Party taking office in Canada, creative industries are impatiently waiting to see how the new government will deal with issues of arts, culture and creativity. During the weeks preceding the federal elections the Toronto Star repeatedly stressed the absence of arts and cultural policy from the election campaigns. (See, for instance, this […]

The Louise T Blouin Foundation has given a $100,000 donation in support of the work of the Cultural Committee of the Bring New Orleans Back (BNOB) Commission, chaired by Cesar Burgos and Wynton Marsalis. The committee today announced the plan for redevelopment and growth of the city’s cultural assets and economy.
The City of New […]

Last Friday, at the Noorderslag Music Festival in Groningen Buma/Stemra (the principal Dutch organization that looks after the interests of composers, song writers and publishers of music in The Netherlands) announced it will start a project to develop more flexible forms of collective rights management. The project will also consider Creative Commons. The great majority […]

In autumn last year, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science granted a subsidy for the promotion and use of Creative Commons licences in The Netherlands. Three organizations (Kennisland | Knowledgeland, Waag Society and IViR) have together developed a work programme for Creative Commons The Netherlands for the next two years. The English translation […]

China has started the new year with the Third Annual New Year’s Forum on Chinese Cultural Industries.
Gross output value of the Chinese cultural industries reached about 150 billion US dollars in 2004, and that value may grow to 500 billion dollars in the next five years. No wonder, then, that Chinese vice minister of the […]

When talking about ‘creative cities’ there is a strong tendency just to think about creative industries. Often, creative industries are seen as catalysts for neighbourhood revitalization. However, there are more ways to creatively regenerate deprived areas and communities. The following info has been given to me by David Barrie, Channel4Television.
In 2002, Channel 4 Television decided […]