Why Spending Time With Friends Is One of the Best Things You Can Do for Your Health
When someone sets out to improve their health, they usually take a familiar path: starting a healthy diet, adopting a new workout regimen, getting better sleep, drinking more water. Each of these behaviors is important, of course, but they all focus on physical health—and a growing body of research suggests that social health is just as, if not more, important to overall w...
5m Jul 09, 2019
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How Documentary Filmmaker Erin Lee Carr Brings ‘Radical Empathy’ to True Crime
The documentary filmmaker tells TIME about her new movie, true crime's pull toward darkness and lessons from her famous father. I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter, out July 9 on HBO, takes on the "texting suicide" case in which a teenager, Michelle Carter, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for encouraging her boyfriend, Conrad Roy III, to k...
4m Jul 09, 2019
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A Radio Station in Italy Finds Itself on the Frontline of a Populist Attack on the Press
Every morning for more than two decades, thousands of listeners across Italy tuned in to Radio Radicale to hear the iconic voice of journalist Massimo Bordin hosting the daily newspaper review. But when the news of his death was announced on April 17, it came at an especially difficult time for the Rome-based radio station: after 47 years on air, Radio Radicale was already...
9m Jul 09, 2019
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Photos of Angel on Earth Royal Baby Archie at His Christening Are Here
Despite the privacy of the event, the first photos from royal baby Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor's christening are already here. The pictures of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and her baby again gave royal fans insight into the fascinating lives of their favorite family. The first official portraits were shared on the Sussex Royal Instagram page hours after the christ...
3m Jul 08, 2019
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Some Trump Campaign Ads on Facebook Are Using Stock Models to Portray Supporters
(NEW YORK) — A series of Facebook video ads for President Donald Trump's re-election campaign shows what appears to be a young woman strolling on a beach in Florida, a Hispanic man on a city street in Texas and a bearded hipster in a coffee shop in Washington, D.C., all making glowing, voice-over endorsements of the president. "I could not ask for a better president," i...
5m Jul 08, 2019
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Breaking Down the Spider-Man: Far From Home Post-Credits Scenes
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Spider-Man: Far From Home. Spider-Man: Far From Home seems to end happily for Peter Parker (Tom Holland), despite its weighty themes of mourning and legacy. Peter has been back in school for a year since the events of Avengers: Endgame. In that movie, Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man) used the powers of the Infinity Stones to bring ba...
9m Jul 07, 2019
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Nikita Khrushchev’s Son Watched his Father Lose the Space Race. 50 Years Later, He Holds No Grudge
Chernobyl was an awfully nice place to be half a century or so ago. Named after the wormwood herb that grew wild there, the town had a modest population, a river that ran clear, and open land for camping and star-gazing. So that was where Sergei Khrushchev, a 34-year-old engineer, stopped with a small group of other people led by his father Nikita, 75, the former leader of...
8m Jul 07, 2019
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School Has Been a Right for Girls in India Since 2009. So Why Aren’t They Going?
Neha Lal wipes her eyes with the back of her hand carefully. The strong odor of the dried, brittle red chillies are making her eyes water as she grounds them into a paste with onions, garlic, cumin and coriander on a grinding stone that's almost equal to her weight. Later, she chops okra to fry in oil along with the ground spice. The pan is bigger than her and she has to k...
7m Jul 07, 2019
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The World Cup Final Is the U.S. Women's Soccer Team's Chance to Silence Critics
Even when beating opponents by double digits, the U.S women's national soccer team has celebrated goals. Such arrogance, critics shout. (TV analysts from Canada called the exuberance "disrespectful" and a "disgrace.") Several players, including high-profile stars Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, have said they'd refuse to visit the White House after the World Cup, given thei...
5m Jul 07, 2019
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Inside the Weather Wars That May Threaten the Daily Forecast You Depend On
Paul Sauer spins his head like a hawk, standing on the roof of the Marine Air Terminal at La Guardia Airport, as jets whine and fume on the tarmac below. "Pretty straightforward today," he shouts. "A little stratocumulus to the north. A little bit of middle clouds, which is still moving through us to the south. And a little bit of cirrus above that." He turns on his heels ...
14m Jul 07, 2019
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8 Tips and Tricks for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, Where Pokémon Go Meets the Wizarding World
Magic is on the loose, and it’s up to wizards to cover it up before muggles figure out what’s going on. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is the latest mobile game from Niantic, the team behind Pokémon Go, where players venture out into the real world, team up with other wizards, and battle the forces of darkness. At first glance, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite feels like a more...
5m Jul 07, 2019
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The Best Video Games of 2019 (So Far)
The stretch of summer between E3 and the holiday season is a hard time to be a video game fan. The industry tantalized us with all the wonderful games it’s making, but the problem is that most of those new and amazing-sounding games won’t come out until at least November. But that just means you’ve got plenty of time to catch up on all the amazing video games 2019 has alre...
8m Jul 06, 2019
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Planting a Trillion Trees May Be the Best Way to Fight Climate Change, Study Says
(WASHINGTON) — The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. A trillion of them, maybe more. And there's enough room, Swiss scientists say. Even with existing cities and farmland, there's enough space for new trees to cover 3.5 million square miles (9 million square kilometers), they reported in Thursday's journal Science. That ...
3m Jul 06, 2019
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After Cheating Allegations and News of His Disqualification Went Viral, Los Angeles Marathon Runner Found Dead
(LOS ANGELES) — A marathon runner has been found dead in the Los Angeles River, days after he was disqualified from the Los Angeles Marathon following allegations of cheating. The body of Dr. Frank Meza, 70, was discovered shortly before 10 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. Sarah Ardalani, a spokeswoman for the coroner's office, said an autopsy is pending.
2m Jul 06, 2019
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A Wood-Carved Statue of Melania Trump Has Been Unveiled in Her Hometown. Local Residents Are Bemused
A new monument to Melania Trump has been erected in her hometown of Sevnica, Slovenia, and its creators are calling it the first public statue in commemoration of her. The idea came to Brad Downey, an artist from Kentucky currently based in Berlin according to his Instagram account, who commissioned Sevnica local and "amateur chainsaw sculptor" Ales "Maxi" Zupevc to carve ...
3m Jul 06, 2019
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The Fight Over Native American Adoptions Is About More Than Just the Children
Each time Elisia Manuel sees her daughter Precious rehearsing traditional basket dancing and humming tribal songs around their home in Casa Grande, Arizona, she's overwhelmed with emotion. “It’s beautiful to witness,” the mother of three says. “She’s part of the community.” This wasn’t always guaranteed.
23m Jul 06, 2019
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Trump Administration Tells Court It Will Push Ahead With Efforts to Add Citizenship Question To Census
Government lawyers say the Trump administration will continue its push to get a citizenship question on the 2020 census. The Justice Department had until Friday afternoon to explain how it will find a legal basis to force the question on the census. The department said it will continue its efforts, though it's unclear how it will do so, the Associated Press reports. ...
2m Jul 06, 2019
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Your ZIP Code Might Determine How Long You Live — and the Difference Could Be Decades
Predicting lifespan isn't an exact science. U.S. life expectancy is currently estimated at 78.6 years, but that one number doesn't tell the whole story. Genes, gender, lifestyle and luck all play an important part, but it's impossible to know exactly how much and in what proportion each ingredient influences a person's longevity. The single best predictor, though, might...
3m Jul 06, 2019
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Trump's 'Salute to America' Highlighted a Contradiction in His Presidency
It took nearly two years, but Donald Trump finally got his big military show. The president has wanted to bring tanks to the streets and jets to the skies of the nation’s capital since witnessing France’s Bastille Day parade in 2017, but concerns about a projected $92 million cost and damage to local roads ultimately won out when he tried again on Veterans Day. ...
8m Jul 05, 2019
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People Are Demanding Justice for the Major Stranger Things Character Who Met an Unfortunate Fate
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Stranger Things Season 3 Stranger Things season 3 left one of its most disheartening plot developments for the very end: Chief Jim Hopper is dead, at least if you believe what you read in the Indianapolis Gazette. "Hawkins mourns the loss of Police Chief Jim Hopper, who perished in the line of duty on July 4th in the Starcourt...
2m Jul 05, 2019
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The Trump Administration Protested When Kenya Halted a Coal-Fired Power Plant
When the Kenyan government had second thoughts about allowing the country's first coal-fired power plant, the Trump Administration's representative in the country protested. U.S.
6m Jul 05, 2019
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Justice Department 'Instructed' to Find Way to Put Citizenship Question on Census
President Donald Trump’s Wednesday morning announcement that he still aimed to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, despite a serious Supreme Court setback, appears to coincide with the Department of Justice being "instructed" to find a way to include it. In a tweet, the President contradicted his own Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice, which...
3m Jul 05, 2019
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This Is the Devastating Aftermath of an Airstrike That Killed 53 Migrants at a Libyan Detention Center
An early morning airstrike on July 3 killed at least 53 people at a migrant detention center near Tripoli only two months after the U.N.’s refugee agency had warned that detainees were at risk at the facility. In a stark illustration of how migrants and refugees are caught between Libya’s warring factions, the U.N. on July 4 said it had information guards shot at detainees...
6m Jul 05, 2019
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A Brief History of the S’more, America’s Favorite Campfire Snack
This summer, millions of marshmallows will be toasted over fires across America. Many will be used as an ingredient in the quintessential summer snack: the s’more. Huddling around a campfire and eating gooey marshmallows and warm chocolate sandwiched between two graham crackers may feel like a primeval tradition. But every part of the process — including the coat han...
5m Jul 05, 2019
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The Biggest Earthquake in 20 Years Just Hit Southern California. Here’s What to Know
The biggest earthquake in Southern California in 20 years caused damage and fires near the Mojave Desert Thursday. The 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked parts of Southern California and Nevada, rattling people as far as Los Angeles and Las Vegas, more than 100 miles from the epicenter. The quake was recorded outside Ridgecrest near the Mojave Desert, according to the...
4m Jul 05, 2019
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After Japan Resumed Commercial Whaling This Week, Fishmarkets are Selling Whale Meat at ‘Celebration Prices’
(TOKYO) — Chunks of meat from the first whales caught since Japan resumed commercial whaling this week fetched "celebration prices" at auction Thursday. The fresh meat sold for up to 15,000 yen ($140) per kilogram (2.2 pounds), several times higher than the prices paid for Antarctic minkes, at a wholesale market in Sendai, one of several cities on Japan's northern coasts t...
4m Jul 05, 2019
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Tennis Player Fined $56,500 For Lacking ‘Required Professional Standards’ at Wimbledon
(WIMBLEDON, England) — Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic was fined his full prize money of 45,000 pounds ($56,500) at Wimbledon on Thursday for not meeting "the required professional standards" in his first-round loss. Tomic, a quarterfinalist in 2011, lost to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2, 6-1, 6-4 on Tuesday — a match that lasted only 58 minutes.
3m Jul 05, 2019
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Italian Airline Apologizes For Promotional Video With Actor Playing Barack Obama in Blackface
An Italian airline has "deeply apologized" after one of its promotional videos featured an actor wearing blackface in an apparent attempt to portray former U.S. president Barack Obama. Alitalia, Italy's flag carrier airline, quickly faced backlash on social media for the video, which was promoting the airline's new nonstop flight route from Rome to Washington. ...
2m Jul 05, 2019
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The Handmaid’s Tale Could Be So Much Better. But First It Has to Leave Its Star Behind
There is a common misperception that Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale ended its powerful, if saggy, first season on the very last page of Margaret Atwood’s novel: The secret police loads Offred (played in the TV series by Elisabeth Moss) into the back of a van. She doesn’t know whether she’s headed for doom or freedom, by way of the Mayday resistance, and neither do we. ...
7m Jul 05, 2019
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For the First Time, Researchers Eliminated HIV From the Genomes of Living Animals
There’s no question that powerful anti-HIV medications can do a fairly good job of keeping the virus under control. Used properly, these anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) can suppress HIV enough to keep it at levels so low they’re undetectable in the blood, which drastically lowers the chance of spreading the virus during sexual activity or transfusions. But ARVs can only do so...
6m Jul 04, 2019
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Search Continues for 2-Year-Old Reported Lost In Rio Grande River
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, along with government partners south of the border, are continuing their search for a 2-year-old girl whose mother says was lost in the Rio Grande river while attempting to cross near Del Rio, Texas. Brady Waikel, Assistant Chief Border Patrol Agent at the Del Rio sector tells TIME the search will continue without a planned stop date....
5m Jul 04, 2019
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What the Science Really Says About Grilled Meat and Cancer Risk
As backyard cookout season kicks into high gear, many people may be eyeing their sizzling burgers and dogs with suspicion. And for good reason: a number of studies published in the past two decades have turned up evidence that eating charred, smoked, and well-done meat could raise cancer risk—pancreatic, colorectal, and prostate cancers, in particular.
5m Jul 04, 2019
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Family of Las Vegas Mass Shooting Victim Sues Gun Makers
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The family of a woman killed by a gunman raining down gunfire from a Las Vegas high-rise hotel suite filed a wrongful death lawsuit Tuesday against eight gun makers and three dealers arguing their weapons are designed in a way that could be easily modified to fire like automatic weapons.
4m Jul 04, 2019
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Column: The Absurd Fight Over President Trump's July 4th 'Salute to America'
In 1777, the first Fourth of July commemoration was celebrated in Philadelphia with bonfires, bells, and fireworks. The next year, 1778, General George Washington celebrated with a thirteen-gun-salute, one for each of the colonies, along with a double ration of rum for his troops. In 1779 the holiday fell on a Sunday, so it wasn’t celebrated until July 5th. In 1870, the U....
4m Jul 04, 2019
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Here’s Your New Fourth of July Summer Party Playlist to Keep the Good Vibes Going
Fourth of July means it's the height of summer, and it's weekends of pool parties or backyard hangs. Much of the U.S. will spend this weekend out at a barbecue of some kind, and will need the kind of summery jams that keep the good vibes going.
5m Jul 04, 2019
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Alabama Prosecutors Drop Charges Against Woman Whose Fetus Died in Shooting
Prosecutors in Alabama have dropped the manslaughter charge against Marshae Jones, 27, whose unborn baby died when she was shot by another woman last December, her lawyer has confirmed. Jones, 27, was five months pregnant when she got into a fight with 23-year-old Ebony Jemison, a co-worker, in Pleasant Grove, Ala. Police say Jemison was losing the fight when she pulled...
2m Jul 04, 2019
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Hong Kong’s Embattled Leader Appeals for Calm in the Wake of Violent Anti-Government Protests
Hong Kong was struggling to come to terms this morning with the violent ransacking of the legislature on July 1—the 22nd anniversary of the former British colony's retrocession to China. On Monday night, hundreds of anti-China rioters battered their way through glass doors and steel shutters and ran rampant through the Legislative Council, locally referred to as LegCo. ...
4m Jul 03, 2019
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An Alabama Woman Was Charged After Someone Else Killed Her Fetus. Critics Say New Laws Are 'Criminalizing Pregnancy'
The prosecution of an Alabama woman who was charged in the death of her fetus after being shot by another woman has sparked a debate over the increasing regulation of pregnancy, especially in states trying to block abortions. Critics, including the state's American Civil Liberties Union director, say the decision shows state officials are "criminalizing pregnancy. ...
5m Jul 03, 2019
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Is Wimbledon 2019 the Year the Young Strike Back?
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4m Jul 03, 2019
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Review: Spider-Man: Far from Home Is a Delightful Teen Movie—The Superhero Stuff, Not So Much
Somewhere along the path in the creation of the all-superhero-movies, all-the-time universe in which we increasingly live, someone decided that big CGI battles were what viewers really wanted from these pictures. Marvel fans continually claim, believably so, that the characters are what they love most about the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
6m Jul 03, 2019
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New Government Report Details Overcrowding, Prolonged Detention at Border Patrol Facilities
A new government report describes in detail the prolonged detention, overcrowding and security risks at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in the Rio Grande Valley, including facilities housing children and families. The report, published by the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General, included details of visits to five detention faci...
4m Jul 03, 2019
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The Alex Morgan Tea-Sipping World Cup Celebration Is the Ultimate Power Move
Just before halftime at Tuesday's 2019 World Cup semifinal match between the USA and England, co-captain Alex Morgan made waves by bringing the U.S. ahead 2-1 and breaking an early tie with her goal. But Morgan's best move wasn't just burying the ball in the net. It was her celebratory gesture afterward: an exaggerated sip of tea that turned out to predict events to com...
2m Jul 03, 2019
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An Arm of the World Bank Has Been Implicated in Latin America’s Biggest Corruption Scandal
(BOGOTA, Colombia) — María Victoria Guarín was a key adviser on Colombia's biggest-ever transportation project: a 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) highway across mountainous terrain connecting the capital to busy Caribbean ports. As an investment officer for a World Bank unit, it was her job to help the government set the terms for competitive bidding by contractors. ...
11m Jul 03, 2019
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House Committee Files Federal Lawsuit Seeking President Trump’s Tax Returns
(WASHINGTON) — A House committee sued the Trump administration in federal court Tuesday for access to President Donald Trump's tax returns, setting up a legal showdown over the records. The House Ways and Means Committee said it needs the documents for an investigation into tax law compliance by the president, among other things. It asked the court to order the administ...
2m Jul 03, 2019
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The 2020 Census Will Be Printed Without the Controversial Citizenship Question
Days after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday started the process of printing the questionnaire without the controversial query. Trump administration attorneys notified parties in lawsuits challenging the question that the printing of the hundreds of millions of documents for the 202...
5m Jul 03, 2019
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Why Nike Has Ignited So Much Controversy by Using the Betsy Ross Flag
Following criticism, Nike is canceling the release of a Fourth of July sneaker featuring the Betsy Ross flag — a flag with a ring of stars representing the original 13 colonies during the American Revolution. The Wall Street Journal reports that Nike pulled the sneaker after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and others criticized the use of the flag.
4m Jul 03, 2019
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No One Told Me Exactly What to Expect From Menopause. But the Messages I Did Get Were Very Wrong
I was 50 when I woke in my dark attic bedroom in Brooklyn, my heart speeding and my body incandescent with heat. I did not feel simply hot, no, I was being smothered by an internal fire that seemed to pool inside my body like lava. At first I thought it was a heart attack. After more flashes, over my morning bowl of oatmeal, as I rode the subway under the East River and wh...
10m Jul 02, 2019
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Column: What a Rising Tide of Violence Against Muslims in India Says About Modi's Second Term
On June 22, a viral video did the rounds on social media in India. A young Muslim man tied up, bleeding profusely all over his body, hands folded, was being lynched by a mob that forced him to chant of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Jai Hanuman.’ (Glory to Lord Ram and Lord Hanuman.) The man, later identified as 24-year-old Tabrez Ansari, was beaten for hours until he died at the ...
8m Jul 02, 2019
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CBP Investigating Offensive Border Patrol Facebook Group Activity
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is investigating reports of racist and sexist social media activity by current and former Border Patrol agents in response to a ProPublica report of a Facebook group known as "I’m 10-15.
3m Jul 02, 2019
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Taylor Swift's Fight Over Her Catalog Is Just the Latest Example of Artists Struggling to Own Their Work
Taylor Swift's very public feud with music manager Scooter Braun over her music catalog has become the stuff of tabloid gossip, with several stars taking sides. But the dispute raises big questions about the struggle for many artists to own and profit from the music they create. Braun's company, Ithaca Holdings, bought the record label that controls Swift's back catalog...
6m Jul 02, 2019
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