Quick Glance: Record Company Ends Contract with Roger Waters
- Berlin-based BMG cancels contract with Roger Waters over anti-Israel remarks and support for Vladimir Putin.
- Bertelsmann, BMG's parent company, shows solidarity with Israel after Hamas attacks.
- Waters' comments in a podcast interview lead to termination by BMG.
- Waters expresses controversial views on Russian invasion of Ukraine and anti-Israel statements.
Quick Glance: Music Publishers File $250 Million Lawsuit Against Elon Musk's Twitter
- A group of music publishers, including Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, and Sony Music Publishing, files a lawsuit against Twitter for "massive copyright infringement".
- They seek over $250 million in damages for songs from artists such as Drake, Taylor Swift, and Adele.
- "Twitter is fully aware that music is leaked, launched, and streamed by billions of people every day on its platform."
- David Israelite accuses Twitter of platforming leaked music, copyrighted music videos, and other material and hiding behind the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Tina Turner passes away at 83, leaving a long legacy of her work and talent. Watch these defining moments from her multi-decade career. https://cnn.it/3MTy6nV
Quick Glance: Legendary Rock and R&B Icon Tina Turner Passes Away at 83
- Representatives announced on her Instagram page that Tina Turner, the dynamic rock and R&B icon whose career spanned decades, passed away on Wednesday.
- Turner's children went to live with their grandparents, and in her teens, she considered a career in nursing.
- Tina Turner began her rise to fame with her then-husband in the Ike & Tina Turner duo.
- In 2013, Turner married longtime partner Erwin Bach, who lived with her in Zurich, where the singer preferred "the freedom."
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Quick Glance: Economic Newsletter
- School leavers may be trained as doctors without a traditional medical degree.
- The Tories should never have taken their Ulez challenge to court.
- Expanding London's Ultra Low Emission Zone (Ulez) may be a regressive tax that disproportionately affects people of modest means.
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