Diane Straus, a media executive who oversaw high-society glossies in New York until an interest in progressive politics led her to serve as publisher of the nonprofit American Prospect and Washington Monthly, liberal policy magazines whose ambitions far exceeded their circulation, died Dec. 20 at her
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H. Brandt Ayers, former publisher of The Anniston Star and current chairman of its publishing company, acknowledged Tuesday he assaulted a reporter in her home in the 1970s but claims he did so on the advice of a doctor. Ayers told the newspaper he went to the Anniston home of former reporter
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The Petaling Jaya Utara MP was referring to the decision by the home ministry last month to ban Zaid's book “Assalamualaikum: Observations on the Islamisation of Malaysia”, under the Printing Presses and Publications Act (PPA). “As usual, the only official reason given for this ban is that the book is
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Brianna also represented her school in the Conyers' School Debate, the National Oratorical competition and the KPMG Brain Bowl, while garnering gold and silver medals in the annual National Children's Festival of the Arts in the areas of creative writing and music (voice and instrument). Brianna's
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The publisher further alleges that “as much as 21 percent of the 30 million songs on Spotify” are missing proper licenses, and for that, they are seeking $1.6 billion in damages – or approximately $150,000 per composition. In addition, Wixen Music Publishing is also seeking attorneys' fees and costs and
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As Variety reports, Wixen Music Publishing, who handles the music from artists such as Neil Young, Tom Petty, The Black Keys Stevie Nicks, Rage Against The Machine, and Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, has filed a lawsuit against Spotify, claiming they have been using thousands of songs without a proper
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Individual artist grants, each for $1,500, are awarded to applicants who are in the performing, visual, media and creative writing arts. The grant may be used to upgrade or purchase equipment to produce visual art; to create a new body of work, then promote and showcase the result; for camera, cell
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“I received funding from the project and development grants, and I also had a creative writing mentorship to work with Caleb Lewis [playwright], so I had a couple of engagements with Carclew as an artist. Then they advertised the position of creative producer at ExpressWay Arts and that's what brought
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Spotify Settlement Inadequate for Publisher Seeking $1.6 Billion. By … Spotify's $43 million settlement with songwriters is being challenged in a new lawsuit from a publisher who says artists like Tom Petty and Neil Young deserve a lot more … Wixen Music Publishing Inc. claimed in a lawsuit filed Dec.
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Representatives from the Indiana Blood Center say frigid weather has impacted the number of donors visiting mobile blood drives. (Stock image). Last week, the Indiana Blood Center reported its normal inventory levels have been depleted. On one day in particular, it had less than a one-day supply on
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Platinum Games' co-founder Atsushi Inaba has revealed that the company is currently developing two new IPs that it plans – in a first for Platinum – to completely self-publish. Speaking to GameInformer, Inaba explained that the company has been “looking into creating our own IP, creating our own game.
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