I was visiting my nephews, again. Within seconds of seeing me fiddle with my iPhone, my older nephew, Jack, who is 8, asked me, again, if my iPhone had any videogames on it. "Uh, no, sorry Jack," was my reply, letting a white lie skip through my teeth. I knew his mother and father might b... Read more...
A protest of the closing of the Catherine Ferguson Academy, a Detroit school for pregnant teens, became a victory celebration. Actor Danny Glover speaks as Dalisha Thomas, 17, with daughter Kendall, listens. / REGINA H. BOONE/Detroit Free Press BY CHASTITY PRATT DAWSEY Tiffani Baldwin st... Read more...
Fresh on the heels of a report that Apple has sealed a deal with EMI Music Group, Bloomberg reported Thursday night that the company has also inked an agreement with Sony Music and Warner Music. Citing sources “with knowledge of the deals,” the report said that the agreements give Apple a... Read more...
A quiet student at a Chicago middle school silently dealt with older boys calling him names and cutting him down. He put up with their comments, but one day he had enough. "He decided to fix things himself," said Sandra Guzman, a counselor with Youth Outreach Services. He grabbed one bully by t... Read more...
Len Blavatnik's Access Industries is buying Warner Music Group Corp., the world's third-largest recording company, for about $1.3 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity, ... Read more...
Facebook is shuttering its virtual gifting service, which among many other items for a time included music. The Facebook Gift Shop closes Aug. 1, according to a company blog post, saying the move is to help “focus our product development efforts” such as photos, news feeds, games and comments.... Read more...
A good Washington DC contacts told me that a public relations/media push to demonize those who decide to walk away from mortgages they can still afford to pay (aka “strategic defaulters”) is underway. Expect to see a good bit of moral fervor as those who choose to cut their losses are attacked... Read more...
Eh...or maybe not... Nation Explains: So last week, when we posted the trailer to Curren$y’s new video, somebody over at Def Jam asked me to include a buy link for the single on iTunes. Although it was slightly more subtle than the defj.am link they had up on their site, I had to ask wha... Read more...
AstraZeneca has completed a deal to pay $520 million to settle federal investigations into marketing practices for its blockbuster schizophrenia drug, Seroquel, the Attorney General, Eric Holder, said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. “AstraZeneca paid kickbacks to doctors as part of an... Read more...