Failure is so much more expensive now than it used to be, and audiences have changed.
He thinks audiences haven't changed much, except to become more sophisticated.
Orchestras and audiences have changed so much over the last 30 to 50 years.
The audience might lose interest and, God forbid, change the channel.
You could say, my audience has changed quite a bit this year!
The audience for cultural events has radically changed in the past few decades.
And by that time, his audience was changing from black to white.
But standing still is not an option because our audiences are changing and we must change with them.
The audiences for his speeches are changing, too, he said.
It feels like the writer is worried the audience might change the channel.