Twitter Feed Crossover Edition

The majority of you who receive YCM emails miss out on additional items I post on my Twitter account which don't fit naturally into my themed email editions of You've Cott Mail. Here are some stories and commentary that I've posted on Twitter recently. --Thomas

THE BIG PICTURE

• What if the arts had their own 'college of cardinals' who picked next NEA Chair?
• San Francisco Symphony musicians go on strike
• Royal Opera House chief on underperforming stars: "This generation of singers are either weaker in their bodies or just don't care."
• Movie theater simulates what it's like to be homeless during the winter

FINANCIAL / FUNDRAISING

• "The shortest video art ever sold": Art fair sells first-ever 'Vine-art' (6.5 secs long)
• New platform enables users to share content, donate to nonprofits at the click of a button
   

DIGITAL / SOCIAL / MOBILE

• A first look at the redesign of The New York Times' website
• Pinterest introduces an analytics platform
• Twitter stats you need to know and tips to get more clicks
• Twitter preps a new music discovery app. Could be released by end of the month.
• Offline 'tweets' help build a voice for UK film festival and its audience
• @SimsJames: "Brands can be great storytellers, but so can fans." Best social media campaign might just be unofficial
   

AUDIENCE / MARKETING / SALES

• Are you still using "spray and pray" tactics to reach your target audience?
• This could also help with arts ticket buying, yes? @clickwithmenow allows screen sharing for online decision-making
• Mail 3.0? New UK service digitizes snail mail and 'delivers' it to online inbox for viewing

JUST FOR FUN

• Art you can eat: 'Paint' a pizza online and then get it home-delivered for real-life consumption
• Unconventional director sets Shakespeare play in actual time & place Shakespeare intended via @TheOnion