… And did you know that the arts council in Greensboro had been PAYING Warren Buffett‘s* paper, the News & Record, to print reviews but has decided as of July 1 that it can no longer afford to do so – presumably because the awesome expense of cultural journalism is no longer justfied?
Think about this.
Our local papers – once mainstay consciences of our communities but now almost universally owned by hedge funds and corporate carpetbaggers – and driven by virtually nothing but greed – have zero sense of responsibility to the people who support them with subscriptions and advertising.
If this is the case in YOUR community, tell YOUR paper to get on the stick and restore music, theatre, and dance criticism!
*His net worth: $84.2B….
