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☆ What King Charles’ birthday celebrations tell us about his priorities
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | Max Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

This theme is something King Charles III adopted from the earliest moments of his reign. The latest cover of The Big Issue features a portrait of King Charles III, taken by celebrated British photographer Rankin to mark the launch of the Coronation Food Project. On Monday, King Charles shared his celebrations with others who were also turning 75. Another signal of the King’s birthday theme of public service came from a change you may have missed this past week. Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales’s Charitable Fund will be known as the King Charles III Charitable Fund going forward.

Persons: didn’t, King Charles III, Charles ’, Queen Camilla, Rankin, Charles, Victoria Jones, ” Charles, Prince Harry, King Charles, Prince Organizations: CNN’s Royal, London CNN —, Food, Rankin, Rankin Creative, Edinburgh, Piccadilly, Buckingham Palace, National Health Service, Clarence House, Prince’s, King’s, Wales’s, King Charles III Charitable Locations: London, British, Buckingham, California, Highgrove , Gloucestershire, Wales

☆ Apple is going to make texting between iPhones and Android a lot less awful starting next year
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple will support RCS, Rich Communication Services later in 2024, according to 9To5Mac. AdvertisementThis is a reversal from what Apple CEO Tim Cook said about the idea of RCS texting last year. In 2022, Cook said that he didn't get many requests to improve cross-platform texting. He encouraged an audience member at the 2022 Code Conference to switch over to Apple when he asked about cross-platform texting. AdvertisementThis was part of a campaign called #GetTheMessage, which according to Android, was launched to encourage Apple to support RCS and modernize cross-platform texting.

Persons: —, iMessage, Tim Cook, Cook, haven't, Sameer Samat, Samat Organizations: Apple, Rich Communication Services, Google, Service Locations: Las Vegas

REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSHANGHAI/PARIS, Nov 17 (Reuters) - The world's biggest luxury brands seeking growth in their second-largest market China are all courting the likes of wealthy entrepreneur Diana Wang. "Luxury brands offer you this event experience, this personal experience and it makes you feel privileged," Wang told Reuters. This week, Burberry (BRBY.L) also flagged low double-digit growth due to a slowdown in luxury spending globally, and in China. FEEDING THE LUXURY HABITEven as they narrow their focus, luxury brands remain optimistic about the potential in China, which is forecast to account for almost 40% of global luxury sales by 2030, according to consultants Bain. Luxury consultant Mario Ortelli said several luxury firms are hedging their bets on China by also expanding their global footprint.

Persons: Thomas Peter, Diana Wang, Wang, Tiffany, Chopard, Jacques Roizen, Cartier, Richemont, It's, Jean, Marc Duplaix, Versace, Donatella Versace, Gucci, Chanel, Dior, Cyrille Vigneron, LVMH, Louis Vuitton, Bain, Eric du Halgouet, Birkin, Mario Ortelli, Ortelli, it's, Mimosa Spencer, Casey Hall, Miral Organizations: Tiffany, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Burberry, HSBC, Digital Luxury, Chanel, Shanghai, Capri Holdings, Tapestry, Bund, Thomson Locations: Beijing, China, PARIS, Shanghai, Cartier, Shenzhen, South Korea, Japan, Thailand

☆ I'm a Gen Z climate activist and artist, and there are 5 reasons I think art can help stop the climate crisis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Elijah Mckenzie-Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

As an artist and climate activist, I've seen firsthand how art is used to slow the climate crisis. His work, titled "The Weather Project," which debuted at the Tate Modern in London in 2003, depicts the dynamic, all-absorbing nature of the weather. Elijah McKenzie-JacksonArt plays a crucial role in making climate action accessible to all by pushing past language barriers and triggering emotions. Through captivating visuals and innovative messaging, companies and nonprofit organizations can generate awareness of the need for climate action and motivate people to take action on various social-justice issues across media platforms. As an artist, I believe in the transformative potential of art to curb our climate catastrophe.

Persons: I've, McKenzie, Elijah Mckenzie, Jackson, Olafur Eliasson, Elijah McKenzie Organizations: Service, Jackson Humanity, Tate, Jackson Art, of Radical Contemporary Arts Locations: microalgae, London, Russian

☆ Fact Check: ‘Kidnapped’ billboard in New Jersey miscaptioned as Australia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

A billboard with the word “KIDNAPPED” surrounded by images of faces referring to the people held hostage by Hamas was placed in Lakewood, New Jersey, and not, as suggested in online posts, Melbourne, Australia. A post (archived) on social media sharing a photo of the billboard said: “Try ripping this down assholes. Thank you Melbourne, Australia.” Another post (archived) with identical wording was shared on Facebook. The billboard can be geolocated to a Shell gas station in Lakewood, New Jersey, with poles and structures that match the image shared on social media. The billboard shared on social media was placed in the U.S., not in Australia.

Persons: ”, @bringthemhomelkwd, Read Organizations: Hamas, Facebook, Reuters Pictures, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Lakewood , New Jersey, Melbourne, Australia, Israel, Gaza, New York City, Lakewood ., Washington, U.S

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of subjecting R&B singer Cassie to a yearslong relationship that included beatings and rape. Ventura, now 37 herself, said Combs, now 54, began the pattern of abuse began as soon as their relationship did. The suit alleges that, “prone to uncontrollable rage,” he subjected her to "savage" beatings in which he punched, kicked and stomped her. He and Ventura began dating in 2007 and had an on-and-off relationship for more than a decade. This year, he released his fifth studio album “The Love Album: Off the Grid,” which earned two Grammy nominations this month.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Cassie, Casandra Ventura, Combs, Ben Brafman, Combs “, Ventura, ”, stomped, “, Brafman, ” Combs, Ryan Leslie, “ Spenser, Mary J, Blige, Usher, Lil Kim, Faith Evans, Sean John, Cassie — Ms, Casandra Ventura — Organizations: New York federal, Associated Press, Bad Boy Records, MTV, BET Locations: New York, Los Angeles, Ventura

☆ Ruzwana Bashir Is Quietly Connecting the Tech World
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

Story by Melia RussellPhotography by Lelanie FosterRuzwana Bashir is ransacking her kitchen cabinet for just the right tea. Bashir wears an Erdem floral-printed bra top, Erdem skirt, Giuseppe Zanotti shoes, Old Jewelry earrings along with her own bracelet and ring. "Part of building a business was going out and sharing what you were doing with the world," Bashir says. For years Bashir's startup had been building muscle around these capabilities; now it had an eager audience. Eating at acclaimed restaurants is fine, but Bashir prefers the more-intimate affairs at tech executives' homes because, she says, "you can stay longer."

Persons: Melia Russell, Lelanie Foster Ruzwana Bashir, Peek, She's, she's, Andy Warhol, Picasso, Bashir, I'm, Andreessen Horowitz, Jack Dorsey, Eric Schmidt, Goldman Sachs, Giuseppe Zanotti, Lelanie Foster, Bashir isn't, Elon Musk, Ronan Farrow, Roelof Botha, Mustafa Suleyman, we've, Bennett Miller, Capote, " Miller, —, doesn't, didn't, Madeleine Albright, Tom Ford, Jared Cohen, Oskar Bruening, Forbes, Mark Zuckerberg, I've, Bashir wasn't, Travis Kalanick, Adam Neumann, Ty, Emily Weiss, Bashir refashioned, Donald Trump, Bruening, Laurence Tosi's, Miller, Beyoncé, shrugs, Anna Wintour, Anna, we're, Taylor Swift, Katie Haun, Marc Benioff, Reid Hoffman, Marissa Mayer, Dick Costolo —, Cohen, Katherine Maher, Maher, Daniel Kahneman, It's, Radel, Becky Akinyode, Elaine Winter, Tiffany Bloomfield, Dela, Chad Hilliard, Enmi, Kenny Aquiles Ulloa, Cyrenae, Madison Perez, Aidan Lapp, Bashira Webb, Bryan Erickson, Jinyoung Chang, Rodriguez, Rebecca Zisser, Claire Landsbaum, Emma LeGault, Joi, Marie McKenzie, Conner Blake, Kyle Desiderio, Victoria Gracie, Nicole Forero, Virginia Alves Organizations: Google, Museum of, Business, Elon, Vogue, Roelof, Oxford University, Oxford Union, Blackstone Group, Harvard Business School, Studios, Web, Young, Organization, Dela Revoluciøn, Enmi Yang Digital Tech Locations: Manhattan, SoHo, Bahamas, United States, Balthazar, England, Israel, Petra, Istanbul, Elle, Utah, COVID, Salt Lake City, Costa Rica, Atlanta, WestCap

☆ Fact Check: New York pro-Israel ad ‘bumping’ Ukraine message is fake
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A video that shows pro-Israel messaging replacing a pro-Ukraine notice on a digital billboard in New York City is fabricated, according to the company managing the unit. Reuters confirmed the location of the advertising screens as 200 W 50th St, New York. Outdoor advertising company Clear Channel Outdoors, which manages the space, told Reuters the advertisement seen in the video is fake. The ad has never appeared on its screens, a spokesperson for the firm said. The digital billboard messages shown in the video never appeared on the New York City display shown, according to the company managing the promotional screen.

Persons: ISRAEL ”, Read Organizations: UKRAINE ”, ISRAEL, ABC, Facebook, Reuters, Outdoor, New, Thomson Locations: Israel, Ukraine, New York, Manhattan, UKRAINE, St , New York

☆ ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ Repeats at No. 1
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Ben Sisario | More About Ben Sisario | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Taylor Swift holds the top of the Billboard 200 album chart with her latest remake, while Jung Kook of BTS opens at No. “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” a rerecording of Swift’s nine-year-old LP, stays at No. 1 for a second time after a huge debut, when the new edition topped the opening-week sales of the original. Jung Kook, the latest member of the K-pop kings BTS to release a solo album during the group’s hiatus, starts at No. 2 with “Golden,” which notched nearly 42 million streams and sold 128,500 copies as a complete album, mostly on CD.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Jung Kook, Jimmy Buffett, ”, Jung Kook —, Jungkook —, Latto, Buffett, Emmylou Harris, Angélique Kidjo, — Paul McCartney Organizations: BTS Locations: United States

☆ Doechii Stays Balanced With 24-Hour Spas and a Good Girls Night
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Nia Decaille | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Before the 25-year-old rapper and singer Doechii began opening for Doja Cat on the Scarlet Tour last month, she had a high-profile warm-up gig in Los Angeles, performing before Beyoncé on her Renaissance World Tour. “Just to be in the stadium was incredible, and it was surreal,” Doechii said on a call from her Los Angeles home. “I created this world that I want my fans to live in with me and escape,” she said. “A place to where I can’t be wrong. I can’t be critiqued in this world because it’s my genre and my lane, which is alternative hip-hop.”

Persons: Doechii, Beyoncé, “, “ I’ve, I’ve, ”, Oz Organizations: Dawg Entertainment, Capitol Records, Kodak Locations: Los Angeles, SZA

A billboard for the Netflix film "Thar" is seen on a street in Mumbai, India, May 19, 2022. "Every broadcaster or broadcasting network operator must establish a Content Evaluation Committee (CEC) with members from various social groups," stated the draft law document, which is open for public consultation for 30 days. The proposal however comes at a time of increasing scrutiny of streaming companies in India over content-related issues. Under the new proposed law, the federal government "can define the CEC's size, quorum, and operational details" and only those shows shall be broadcast that are "duly certified" by such a committee, the draft law stated. The law will also provide powers to the government to regulate any online creator or news media platform, Gupta added.

Persons: Francis Mascarenhas, Anurag Thakur, Apar Gupta, Gupta, Aditya Kalra, David Evans Organizations: Netflix, REUTERS, Disney, Media Partners, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Mumbai, India, DELHI, New Delhi

“Barbie World” by Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice will compete for best rap song. Tracks from the soundtrack also hog up four of the five available slots in best song written for visual media. Peso Pluma’s 2023 album, “Génesis,” is just tucked among the nominees for música mexicana. But música urbana — encompassing reggaeton, Latin hip-hop, dembow, Latin trap and more — is a crowded, competitive, hugely popular format. His 2023 album, “Seven Psalms,” plays as a thoughtful, complex, tuneful farewell, anticipating his death.

Persons: Greta Gerwig, ”, Billie Eilish’s, “, Nicki Minaj, Edgar Barrera, Eslabon, Natanael Cano —, Tainy, Rauw Alejandro, Karol G, JON PARELES Olivia Rodrigo, Olivia Rodrigo’s “, Rodrigo, Daniel Nigro, Mick Jagger, CARYN GANZ, Paul Simon, it’s Paul Simon, It’s, Simon, Garfunkel, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan, Bob Dylan, Tony Bennett, PARELES Organizations: Spice, Pluma, música, Grupo Frontera, Grupo Firme, Foo Fighters, Queens Locations: Mexican American, Americas, Mexican, música mexicana, urbana, Colombian, Será, Spanish, Newport

Aldean and Anthony's dominance wasn't long — and Combs did earn a 2024 Grammy nomination for best country solo performance — but Wallen stands out as an obvious exclusion. While “Last Night” is nominated for best country song, a songwriter's award, Wallen himself isn't despite his successful year. Monét has also picked up record of the year and best R&B song nominations for her glossy, brassy “On My Mama,” best R&B performance and best traditional R&B performance. Her 2023 release, “Jaguar ll,” is up for best R&B album and best engineered album, non-classical. IT'S RAINING WOMEN, HALLEJUAHThe best story of the 2024 Grammy nominations, of course, is just how many women are represented in the major categories.

Persons: “ Barbie, Reneé Rapp, Rapp's, ”, Rapp, PinkPantheress, Eslabon, Ella Baila Sola, Bunny, Natanael Cano, Karol G's, Jason Aldean's “, Morgan Wallen's “, Luke Combs, Tracy Chapman's, Oliver Anthony Music's, Combs, Wallen, isn't, he's, NewJeans, Barbie, PRINCE HARRY, Michelle Williams, Britney Spears, Prince Harry, Meryl Streep, William Shatner, Rick Rubin, Sen, Bernie Sanders, Michelle Obama, WHO'S, There's, Travis Scott's, Scott, Cole’s, Uzi Vert’s “, Victoria Monét's, Monét, Ariana Grande’s, Chloe x Halle, she’s, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Miley Cyrus, Olivia Rodrigo, Jon Batiste Organizations: ANGELES, música Mexicana, Grupo Frontera, Fuerza, North Locations: Será Bonito, ”, Richmond

☆ Why the Bronx Voted Republican for the First Time in a Generation
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | More About Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

But a City Council race on Tuesday managed to bring uncommon suspense. By Wednesday the contest had been called in favor of an X-ray technician who became the first Republican to win public office in the Bronx in nearly 20 years, a place where Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 10 to 1. With the support of Ms. Velázquez, the plan moved forward to unanimous approval by the City Council. A few days before the vote, they protested outside her office demanding that she be voted out. At one point a billboard truck drove by attacking her as the “Benedict Arnold” of Throgs Neck.

Persons: Marjorie Velázquez, Velázquez, Benedict Arnold ” Organizations: Council, Republican, Country Club, City Council Locations: New York, Bronx, Bruckner

☆ Grammy Awards 2024: The Full List of Nominees
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

SZA is the top nominee for the 66th annual Grammy Awards with nine nods, all for her album “SOS,” which topped the Billboard 200 for 10 weeks. She leads a group of contenders that also includes Victoria Monét (with seven), as well as Jon Batiste, boygenius, Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Taylor Swift (all with six apiece). Songs from the movie “Barbie” received 11 nods in seven categories. The producer Jack Antonoff and the engineer Serban Ghenea are also top nominees. The ceremony, which will take place on Feb. 4, 2024 at the Crypo.com Arena in Los Angeles, will recognize recordings released from Oct. 1, 2022, to Sept. 15, 2023.

Persons: SZA, Victoria Monét, Jon Batiste, Brandy Clark, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Taylor Swift, Barbie ”, Jack Antonoff, Serban Ghenea Organizations: Victoria Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Tracy Chapman wins CMA Award for ‘Fast Car’ decades years after first released
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Tracy Chapman continues to make history with her 1988 hit “Fast Car” after winning song of the year at Wednesday’s Country Music Awards. Thank you to the CMAs and a special thanks to Luke (Combs) and to all of the fans of ‘Fast Car,’” Evans said on behalf of Chapman. The CMA win is a remarkable achievement given “Fast Car” debuted 35 years ago, and saw a resurgence in popularity in July after country star Luke Combs released a cover of the hit single. Combs’ cover went on to reach No. Chapman, who is the sole writer of “Fast Car,” also reached No.

Persons: Tracy Chapman, Chapman, Sarah Evans, “ I’m, Luke, Combs, ” Evans, Luke Combs, ”, “, ” Chapman, ’ ” Combs, Luke Bryan, Peyton Manning, CNN’s Lisa Respers Organizations: Bridgestone, CMA, Billboard’s, Billboard, ABC Locations: CNN’s Lisa Respers France

☆ John Oliver is campaigning hard in New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —John Oliver is transforming from a comedian into a campaign manager for one of the biggest elections of the year: New Zealand’s Bird of the Century poll. On his show “Last Week Tonight” on Monday, he backed the pūteketeke bird as New Zealand’s Bird of the Century, a competition organized by the conservation group Forest & Bird. John Oliver loves the pūteketeke for its 'colorful mullet,' among other reasons. Initially launched to raise awareness of New Zealand’s endangered, endemic birds, the contest is usually an annual two-week event and has become a national institution. A bat, rather than a bird, won the competition in 2021, while mass voter fraud threatened to delegitimize the competition the year before.

Persons: John Oliver, Oliver Smart, Oliver, ”, ” Oliver Organizations: CNN, Wings, @Last Locations: New Zealand, Tokyo, Europe, Paris, London, ”, Brazil, Ipanema Beach, Manetowoc , Wisconsin

☆ Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’ Re-Do Tops Original’s First-Week Sales
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Anne Steele | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

“1989 (Taylor’s Version)” broke Taylor Swift’s own all-time first-week sales record. Photo: Republic Records/Associated PressTaylor Swift’s rerecording of her blockbuster “1989” album sold more copies in its first week than the original following its 2014 debut, the first time one of the pop star’s re-dos has topped her first takes. “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” sold 1.65 million copies across formats in the U.S., according to Luminate Data, formerly Nielsen Music. That landed it atop the Billboard 200 albums chart with the biggest sales week of the year—and the biggest sales week for any album since Adele ’s “25” in 2015. It also broke Swift’s own all-time first-week sales record.

Persons: ”, Taylor Swift’s, Press Taylor Swift’s rerecording, Adele ’ Organizations: Republic Records, Press, Nielsen Locations: U.S

☆ Billionaire Taylor Swift breaks vinyl sales record: These are her biggest milestones from 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Taylor Swift can't stop breaking records. The pop superstar's latest release, "1989 (Taylor's Version)", sold 580,000 copies in vinyl during its first week, making it the fastest-selling vinyl record ever since the stat was first tracked in 1991. In fact, the 580,000 vinyl records represented over half of the 1.1 million copies of the re-recorded album sold between October 27 and November 1. But that's not all Swift has accomplished this year. These are all the milestones that the 33-year-old singer has hit in 2023.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Barbra Streisand, Swift, that's Organizations: Billboard Locations: Luminate

☆ Taylor Swift’s ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’ is her 13th album to hit No. 1 on Billboard charts
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Taylor Swift continues to break records in her whirlwind year. On Sunday, Billboard reported that Swift’s “1989 (Taylor’s Version),” the 2014 hit album she re-recorded and released last month, hit No. 13, Taylor).”The debut of “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” marked the largest first-week album sales for any album since Adele released her 2015 album “25” and is so far the year’s top selling album, according to Billboard. Swift’s own 2022 album “Midnights” and the July release of “Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)” round out the top-three-selling albums in 2023. Swift has also left her mark on the music streaming services, becoming Spotify’s most-streamed artist in a single day in Spotify’s history when “1989 (Taylor’s Version)” was released on October 27.

Persons: CNN — Taylor Swift, Taylor, ”, Adele, Swift, “ Taylor Swift Organizations: CNN, Billboard

☆ An ad I wrote ended up on billboards all over New York City—I got paid less than you think
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

In 2016, I was a very broke writer living in New York, mostly stitching together a living through side hustles. When I reached out to RSR about forthcoming work, they told me they were working with Manhattan-based storage space company Manhattan Mini Storage on a series of billboards. They wanted quippy slogans connecting outer space and storage space. The turnaround time was so quick and I needed to keep making money — ideally more than $45 at a time. At that point, I had picked up a summer babysitting gig and was walking toward the subway on Manhattan's West Side Highway when I noticed a billboard from Manhattan Mini Storage.

Persons: We've, Einstein, Hillary Organizations: MTV News Locations: New York, Side, Manhattan, Tribeca, ., New Yorker

☆ Fact Check: Pro-Palestinian Halloween billboard pictured in Tunisia, not Chicago
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Multiple pro-Palestinian billboards were put up in the North African country of Tunisia before Halloween, despite online posts sharing an image that miscaptions one of these billboards as in Chicago, Illinois amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. Various social media users have shared these displays naming the location as Tunisia, including one on Oct. 26 that shows the same billboard as in the miscaptioned social media posts. The billboard, camera angle, streetlamp and buildings in the background match the image shared on social media. Humzah Khan, a Fulbright fellow in Tunisia, shared an image of the billboard on X with the caption, “several billboards like this in Tunis. A pro-Palestinian Halloween billboard seen on social media comes from Tunisia, not the city of Chicago in the U.S.

Persons: Hannachi Issam, Mohamed Bouazizi, VI, Humzah Khan, ” Khan, Al Jazeera, Read Organizations: IN CHICAGO, Chicago, Tunis Tribune, Facebook, Carthage International, Tunisian, Chicago Department of Buildings, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Tunisia, Chicago , Illinois, Israel, Chicago, PALESTINE, Tunis, Gaza, Carthage, la Marsa, Menzah, Marsa, Carrefour, Al, U.S

☆ Noah Kahan’s Rootsy Rock Revival
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Noah Kahan’s song “Stick Season” currently sits at No. But it’s more remarkable because “Stick Season” is the title track of an album released just over a year ago. That success arrives a few years into Kahan’s career, which began with more straight-ahead pop and shifted into rootsier territory during the pandemic. He inflects his songs with bits of Vermont attitude and lore, and has collaborated with Zach Bryan and Kacey Musgraves. On this week’s Popcast, a conversation about how Kahan’s niche stardom has given way to pop acclaim, how Vermont figures into his songwriting and sound, and how he revisits the rustic mainstream rock of the early 2010s.

Persons: Noah Kahan’s, Kahan, Zach Bryan, Kacey, Rebecca Jennings, Vox Jason Lipshutz, Jon Caramanica Organizations: Billboard, Facebook, Twitter Locations: rootsier, Vermont

☆ Bill Ackman says it's 'pathetic' that law firms and other corporations feel they have to 'police' antisemitism on university campuses
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Bill Ackman is continuing to speak out against the divisive letter signed by Harvard student groups. "It's pathetic that we need to rely on law firms and corporations to police antisemitism on campus," he said. And Ackman, a Harvard alumnus himself, called on the university to release the students' names to stop CEOs "inadvertently" hiring them. On Wednesday, Ackman's post quoted a letter sent by law firms to the deans of several law schools. "It's pathetic that we need to rely on law firms and corporations to police antisemitism on campus," said Ackman.

Persons: Bill Ackman, Ackman, —, Israel, Larry Summers, Joe McCarthy, McCarthy, Ackman's Organizations: Harvard, Service, Pershing, Capital Management, Boston Globe, Treasury

Lewis and executive producer Hunter Arnold tell The Associated Press that the jukebox musical “The Heart of Rock & Roll” — constructed from Lewis' songs — will play the James Earl Jones Theatre starting March 2024, capping more than 10 years of gestation. And it has a lot of heart and it’s about love, basically,” Lewis said. “People ask me, ’What’s it about, ”The Heart of Rock & Roll”? They won a Grammy Award, for best music video for “The Heart if Rock ‘n’ Roll,” and “The Power of Love” was nominated for an Academy Award. “It’s wonderfully demanding and wonderfully rewarding, and we’re just happy to have a shot at it.”___Mark Kennedy is at http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits

Persons: — Huey Lewis, Lewis, Hunter Arnold, James Earl Jones, It’s, ” Lewis, “, it’s, ”, Brian Usifer, Jonathan A, Abrams, Hunter, Tyler Mitchell, Kayla Greenspan, There's, Arnold, ” Huey Lewis, —, “ Chicago ”, Billy Flynn, we’re, ” ___ Mark Kennedy Organizations: The News, Associated Press, James Earl Jones Theatre, Globe, “ Sports, Broadway Locations: “ Chicago

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