Clinton Stark

YouTube, watch out. Spotify today launched a new video channel for its mobile apps. ESPN, BBC, MTV, Comedy Central are among the content providers signed on by the Swedish music streaming service. Available on both the iOS and Android apps, you can simply click on "Browse", and then "Shows" to have at...

Silicon Valley Bank predicts per capita wine consumption will fall in 2016 in part due to Millennials who often chose craft spirits or beer over wine.

Forget about skunk juice. When it comes to wine, consumers only want to know about the best.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai this morning told all, via Twitter, that the company's annual I/O developer conference would take place May 18-20. This time, however, the show, which provides insight into Google's future product plans in addition to hands-on access to early betas and developer tools, will take place in...

American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) today announced the lineup for its first-ever New Strands Festival. Running January 21-24, the festival features "new theatrical pieces, works in progress, readings, and experimental work." In other words, it sounds very much in line with what artistic director Carey Perloff told us she envisioned...

In one corner: Picasso. In the other: wine impresario Jean-Charles Boisset. A wine marketing cage match is born. Most sales collateral is repetitive, non-imaginative, and quite forgettable. But, occasionally, I receive a piece in the mail that captures my attention. It's at these moments, I pour a Sonoma Chard, shutdown Chrome, and...

Build list for a budget, portable audio studio you can use to open creative possibilities for your next video project.

A new year. A new name. So say the people behind Festival del Sole, which has been renamed Festival Napa Valley:   I like the new name and look. Given that the festival is held across multiple venues in the Napa Valley, and is really a showcase for all that Napa has to...

CES isn't really what it used to be -- a robotic dog was one of this year's highlights -- but that doesn't mean the Vegas electronics expo can't still produce a surprise or two. Case in point: Nikon. As expected, with the D5 Nikon updated its much adored flagship DSLR....

Stark Insider went backstage recently at the production of Luis Bravo's Forever Tango, to see what it takes to put together a passionate, world-class dance production. We have a quick outtake from the shoot from the newly renovated and stunning Herbst Theatre in San Francisco. As you can see I...