Hiltzik: Bye-bye, Bankman-Fried – Los Angeles Times

Hiltzik: Bye-bye, Bankman-Fried - Los Angeles Times

For a while there, Sam Bankman-Fried looked like the real thing. Now 30, the MIT graduate had become the cryptocurrency ecosystem’s most visible and credible billionaire, with a fortune estimated at more than $26 billion […]

FCC Commissioner Urges TikTok Ban – “This Is Broad & Bipartisan”

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Photo Credit: Solen Feyissa FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has reiterated his view that TikTok should be banned in comments to Bloomberg. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner Brendan Carr spoke with the outlet to explain […]

Here Are the First Week Numbers for Taylor Swift’s New Album ‘Midnights’

Here Are the First Week Numbers for Taylor Swift’s New Album ‘Midnights’

The first week numbers for Taylor Swift’s latest album Midnights are in, and they are absolutely staggering.  Her tenth studio album amassed 1.578 million equivalent album units, the largest single week on the Billboard 200 in […]

Bono Apologizes For Putting That U2 Album On Everyone’s iPhones

Bono Apologizes For Putting That U2 Album On Everyones iPhones

Getty Image Remember U2’s 2014 album Songs of Innocence? If you owned an iPad or iPhone back around the time that the album was released you will never forget it. Not because it was one […]

Taylor Swift’s ‘Midnights’ breaks streaming, sales records

Taylor Swift's 'Midnights' breaks streaming, sales records

It’s a good week to be a Swiftie. Pop superstar Taylor Swift has toppled multiple sales and streaming records with the Oct. 21 release of her 10th studio album, “Midnights.” In just the first three […]

Microsoft is building an Xbox mobile gaming store to take on Apple and Google

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Microsoft is building an Xbox mobile store to directly offer games on mobile devices, challenging Apple and Google. The software giant first hinted at a “next-generation” store it would “build for games” earlier this year […]

‘The Rings of Power’ is a hit. Why doesn’t it feel like it?

A male elf flanked by humans in "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power."

In the lead-up to its premiere this summer, “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” might have been best known for its extravagant price tag. The first season of the highly anticipated Prime […]

Music Creators North America Demands Phonorecords IV Clarity

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Washington, D.C.’s James Madison Memorial Building, which houses the U.S. Copyright Office. In late August, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) announced a settlement for the Phonorecords IV proceeding. Now, however, Music Creators North America […]

Kanye West, Candace Owen flaunt ‘White Lives Matter’ shirts

Kanye West, Candace Owen flaunt 'White Lives Matter' shirts

Kanye West wore a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt Monday during Paris Fashion Week’s Yeezy runway show. And so did his conservative-pundit pal Candace Owens. Ye’s long-sleeved black T-shirt with bold white writing on the back […]

TikTok Highest Grossing App With $914.4MM In Quarterly Revenue

TikTok quarterly revenue records 2022

Photo Credit: Hello I’m Nik Even as mobile customers are reducing their spending habits, TikTok is the highest-grossing app in quarterly revenue. A new report from Sensor Tower highlights just how massive ByteDance has become […]