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Becky G Reclaims Her Pop-Rap Roots With ‘Baraja Bendita’
The 17-track release moves between English, Spanish and Spanglish, reconnecting the artist’s early pop-rap identity with her Mexican American perspective.
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Carly Simon Returns With First Original Album in Nearly 20 Years
The new release brings one of pop’s most distinctive singer-songwriters back with a collection centered on love, loss and creative endurance.
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Global Citizen Festival Pairs Star Power With Public Action
The Central Park event uses a major concert lineup to mobilize audiences around anti-poverty and policy commitments.
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Twitch Defaults Creator Content Into Amazon AI Training
Twitch added an account setting that allows streamers to opt out of Amazon’s generative AI training, leaving creator content eligible by default.
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SoundCloud Buys Nina Protocol and Preserves Its Archive
SoundCloud acquired Nina Protocol’s archive and genre map after the independent music platform shut down, while offering artists a migration path.
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YouTube Is Raising the Price of Admission to the Creator Economy
New creators will need twice today’s watch time or Shorts views to qualify for YouTube ad and subscription revenue.
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Network 10 Launches a One-Hour-Delayed Channel in the Streaming Era
Australia’s Network 10 is betting that a simple one-hour delay still has value, even as audiences grow accustomed to on-demand viewing.
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‘Spider-Man’ Keeps a Record Pace as ‘The Odyssey’ Crosses $1 Billion
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ stayed on a record-setting run in its second weekend while Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ crossed $1 billion worldwide, giving theaters two simultaneous blockbuster anchors.
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X Will Replace Creator Revenue Sharing With Original Content Rewards
X will end its current creator revenue-sharing program and open applications for a replacement that emphasizes original reporting, analysis, images, video and meaningful transformation.
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‘Lanterns’ Is Treating Green Lantern Like a Crime Drama
HBO’s Lanterns debuts Aug. 16 with Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and John Stewart investigating a murder in the American heartland. The genre shift may be the more important creative choice.