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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. So... here are some news stories and commentary that I've posted on Twitter recently. --Thomas

THE BIG PICTURE

• UK supermarket clubcard pioneers' venture to stimulate growth in UK arts with B.O. data
• Smithsonian has closed parts of three venues due to Sequestration budget cuts
• Egyptian theater troupe brings domestic violence to light on the stage
• Newly-out NBA star Jason Collins: how hip-hop music helped him realize his sexuality
• The Guardian: "The identity of The New York Times is integrally related to higher culture" but its Book Review is fading away

FINANCIAL / FUNDRAISING

• Want to increase donations? Don't thank your donors with a gift.
• A solution to opera's financial woes: Open a gambling casino. There's precedent for it.
• Wired: "Call it indie capitalism or indiepocalypse, there's a not-Big moment happening in our economy right now, especially when it comes to the entertainment-industrial complex"   

DIGITAL / SOCIAL / MOBILE

• Royal Shakespeare Company and Google team up for online Midsummer Night's Dream
• The coming era of "on-demand" digital marketing.  It's not too early to prepare.

AUDIENCE / MARKETING / SALES

• Wall Street Journal critic: "If regional theater wants to save its soul, it'll have to find new ways to sell tickets" besides subscription
• English National Opera's 'secret seats' lottery: fans could get best seats for just �20 each

JUST FOR FUN

• Artists transform derelict Paris nightclub into a temporary gallery no one can visit
• 3D printer creates models of the music it plays [video]
• Headphones detect a user's brain waves & plays music to match the listener's mood
• Dance floor generates electricity from people dancing on it.