| 1/28/2008: Leya group completes acquisition of its eighth Portuguese editor | |
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The editorial concentration in Portugal shows no sign of slowing down. The Leya Group, headed by Paes do Amaral, has just acquired its eight editor, Dom Quixote, formerly owned by the Spanish group Pl...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/28/2008: Unusal patron opens his 13th museum | |
| The German industrialist Reinhold Würth, called the “king of bolt”, has opened his 13th museum. The Würth Museum France is composed of two unrendered concrete blocks on top of which are mounted two gl...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/26/2008: Digital Music Report 2008 | |
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IFPI - representing the recording industry worldwide with 1,400 companies in 75 countries – published on 24 January its report on the situation of the music markets. It shows that since 2002 the onlin...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/26/2008: German Music Industry in Cannes | |
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On Monday, 28 January 2008, German Culture Minister Bernd Neumann will open the German pavilion at MIDEM, and then review the situation of German music publishers, producers and artists from different...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/26/2008: Digital Revolution in German Music Market – first steps! | |
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On January 25 Sony BMG announced to distribute DRM-free music downloads in the Internet in Germany - in the United States this offer has been introduced 2007. Works by 24 artists such as Udo Juergens ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/25/2008: Space - a new target for tourism? | |
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In Sweden, tourism is a part of the so-called experience industry, and it is usually the deep forests, clear lakes, native culture and midnight sun that attracts foreigner to the country. But now the ...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/25/2008: Independent Film Festival IndieLisboa 2008 opens call for entries until the 5th of February | |
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Film submissions for the 5th edition of IndieLisboa – Lisbon International Film Festival are open in www.indielisboa.com until the 5th of February. IndieLisboa is a crucial event to meet the most rece...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/25/2008: Cultdigest network to launch partnership with Mediterranean countries | |
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Cultdigest, a Portuguese national network dedicated to supporting culture, arts and creativity mainly through cultural management assistance, is preparing its expansion to the Mediterranean region, ac...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/21/2008: Cadiz local authorities study ways to combat CI weakness and promote employment in the sector | |
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Cultural industries – including performing arts and audiovisuals – are considered one of the main instruments to improve employment quality in the Spanish province of Andalusia. This has led the Andal...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/21/2008: New Danish focus on culture- and experience-economy. | |
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The Danish government has launched a new initiative to boost the national culture- and experience-economy. 90 mil. Danish Kroner – app. € 12 mil. – have been allocated for the purpose of strengthening...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/18/2008: China first creative industries exporter worldwide | |
| A recently published UNCTAD study reveals China to be the first export country in the creative industries sector worldwide. Italy is second, followed by Hong Kong and the USA.
According to the United...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/18/2008: Lisbon debates relation between cultural agents, arts and international dialogue | |
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In the beginning of the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (EYID), the Jacques Delors Information Center (CIEJD) and the Inova/Cultdigest agency launch a debate subjected to the theme “The role o...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/18/2008: France: honouring the art of comics | |
| Every year since 1974 the Festival International de la Bande Dessinée [International Comic Festival] of Angoulême in Western France proves this “neuvième art” [“9th art”] to be one of the most vital a...... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/14/2008: Newsletter "European Creative Industries" – January 1/2008 | |
| Newsletter "European Creative Industries" – January 1/2008
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
Herewith you receive all articles published during the last four weeks on our European Information Platform....... Read Announcement... |
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| 1/14/2008: Understanding the engine of creativity in a creative economy: an interview with John Howkins | |
| "Managing creativity involves knowing, first, when to exploit the non-rivalrous nature of ideas and, second, when to assert intellectual property rights and make one’s ideas-as-products rivalrous. The...... Read Announcement... |
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