Stories by Scott Timberg

Scott Timberg, a longtime arts reporter in Los Angeles who has contributed to the New York Times, is writing a book about the plight of the creative class. He runs the West Coast culture blog TheMisreadCity.com. subscribe to Scott Timberg's feed

Posted on: May 21, 2013, Source: Salon

In "Who Owns the Future?" Jaron Lanier examines how the Web eliminates employment and job security, along with revenues that give the economic middle stability.

Posted on: Mar 20, 2013, Source: Salon

Today, musicians work without record labels, journalists work as freelancers and book publishing is collapsing. Unions might take some risk and sting out of the creative destruction.

Posted on: Nov 10, 2012, Source: Salon

The publishing industry is teetering again as Random House and Penguin plan to merge. It's time for a government policy to protect the arts