Industry

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  Katy Perry Sells Catalogue Rights for $225 Million

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2023

  Katy Perry is the latest artist to sell her music rights for a massive amount of money. Litmus Music has acquired the singer's catalogue fo...

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  Tomberlin Calls Out Vienna Venue for "Aggressive" Merch Cut Policy

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2023

  Venue merch cuts have been a hot topic of debate recently, with Jeff Rosenstock kindly breaking down the math for everyone on social media...

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  Bill Maher Walks Back Decision to Film Amid Writers' Strike

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2023

  After announcing last week that HBO's Real Time would cross the picket line and return to TV without its writers amid the WGA and SAG-AFTRA...

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  'Rolling Stone' Co-Founder Removed from Rock Hall Board for Comments on Black, Female Musicians

  PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2023

  American businessman Jann Wenner co-founded Rolling Stone magazine with late music critic Ralph J. Gleason all the way back in 1967. The on...

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  Host Doubles Down on Decision to Return as WGA Strikers Picket 'The Drew Barrymore Show'

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2023

  We take no pleasure in reporting that Drew Barrymore is a scab. The actor is being slammed by WGA strikers after announcing her eponymous t...

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  TIFF, Korean Film Council Launch K-Story Fund for New Filmmakers

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2023

  As TIFF marches on with its red carpets and film screenings, its organizers have been hard at work behind the scenes, teaming up with the K...

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  America's Largest Newspaper Chain Is Hiring Taylor Swift and Beyoncé Reporters

  PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2023

  In spite of arts journalism (the profession at large, really) continuing to implode, and culture increasingly being reduced to content, Ame...

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  Good Strike M'Lady: You Can Buy Tom Waits's Signed Fedora to Support Striking Film Crew Members

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2023

  There are only four months left, but 2023 could be the year that we officially make fedoras cool again. Of course, no ordinary fedora could...