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Taylor Swift Confirms 1989 Will Come to Apple Music

Taylor Swift and Apple Music have spent the last week embroiled in a passive-aggressive Tweetwar over artist payments on Apple’s upcoming streaming service. Apple caved to Swift’s demands on the weekend, and now the singer has made good, confirming that her latest album 1989 will be coming to Apple Music. That’s a big win for…

Tech News Chris Mills Jun 25

Indie Labels Are Signing On To Apple Music. Also: Pharrell.

Following last weekend’s Apple Music/Taylor Swift tango, the most influential independent labels have signed on to Apple Music. Also, a Pharrell track will be the first Apple Music exclusive. That makes me happy. The original dustup, in case you haven’t been following the minutiae, involved payment to labels during the three month trial period Apple…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Jun 24

Meet the Truthers Who Think There’s a Taylor Swift/Apple Conspiracy

After streaming music nemesis Taylor Swift published an open letter to Apple on Sunday asking the company to pay artists during Apple Music’s free three month trial period, Apple quickly changed its policy to line up with Swift’s wishes. Almost TOO quickly… Apple exec Eddy Cue told Billboard that the abrupt change went down after…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Jun 23

Taylor Swift vs. Tim Cook in a Cartoon

Taylor Swift and Apple have been enjoying a back-and-two over the last 24 hours about streaming royalties—a conversation that’s made Apple look like the artist-exploiting, money-churning behemoth that it is. To the extent that it U-turned. Go Swfit? [Joy of Tech]

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Jun 22

Apple Bows to Queen Taylor, Does Abrupt About-Face Over Unpaid Streaming

Earlier today, noted hater of streaming music Taylor Swift published an open letter to Apple, blasting its decision to not pay artists during the three-month free trial for Apple Music. A few hours later, it appears that Apple got the message, and is changing its policy on paying artists. In a series of messages posted…

Tech News Chris Mills Jun 21

Taylor Swift Condemns Apple’s Free Music Trial in an Open Letter

In an open letter to Apple, Taylor Swift explains that Apple Music won’t be getting her latest album 1989, because the service isn’t planning to pay artists, producers, or writers during the 3-month free trial period subscribers enjoy when they sign up. The letter, which appeared today on the singer’s Tumblr, explains that the decision…

Tech News Maddie Stone Jun 21

1989 Won’t Be On Apple Music, And That’s Bad News For Apple

Joke about TaySway and her army of loyal Tumblr tweens all you want (go on, I dare you), but Swift is an undeniable powerhouse in pop music. Eight months after the launch of 1989, it’s still the fourth-best selling album in the country. And that makes it doubly bad for Apple that she’s just stuck…

Tech News Chris Mills Jun 18

This Surreal Rotoscoping Of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” Is Everything

How did civilization exist before we had this? A group of 49 animation students were each given 52 frames of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” music video, to rotoscope anyway they wanted. The results are surreal and astonishing. Can’t stop, won’t stop, watching this madness. [via BoingBoing] Contact the author at [email protected].

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 21

All The Crazy Science Fiction References In Taylor Swift’s New Video

Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video finally premiered tonight. And there are so many pop culture references, you’ll wonder if you actually saw them all. Up at top is Taylor Swift’s entrance into her own video, in a move she learned from Black Widow, obviously. Here’s the video, via Variety: First off, are our ears…

io9 Katharine Trendacosta May 17

.Sucks Seller Accused of Ripping Off Poor Helpless Celebrities

The company selling off .SUCKS domains is making celebrities and brands pay premium prices to snatch up their .SUCKS addresses before their enemies do first. This is pissing off ICANN, the group tasked with regulating domains, which sees the scheme as a coercive shakedown. Vox Populi, the company selling off the new .SUCKS domains, is…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Apr 10

Taylor Swift Put All Her Music On Jay-Z’s Pet Streaming Service

Taylor Swift, part-time pop star and full-time crusader for the rights of impoverished pop artists, made headlines last year when she yanked her music off Spotify. Well, streaming Swift is back — on a service you’ve probably never heard of. Tidal was a tiny Norwegian streaming service that basically no-one had heard of, until Jay-Z…

Tech News Chris Mills Mar 24

Google Wants To Sell You Concert Tickets Right On The Search Page

In the Google Utopia, no-one will ever have to click past the search page; all worldly desires can be fulfilled from the results page. Or, at least, that seems to be the plan. You’re probably familiar with things like weather and sports scores popping up in search; now, Google’s going to serve you event tickets…

Tech News Chris Mills Jan 17

Fascinating break down explains why Taylor Swift songs are so catchy

If you existed in the year 2014, you have probably either cringed or sang along or cringed while singing along to Taylor Swift’s oppressively catchy song Shake It Off. Just why the hell is it so catchy ? Well, for one it’s pop. But also as Chilly Gonzales explains, it’s the same principles that has made…

Sploid Casey Chan Jan 9

The Best-Selling Music on Amazon This Year Was Somehow Not Taylor Swift

Amazon just released its list of top-selling MP3 songs and albums of the year, and surprisingly Taylor Swift was not at the top slot of either. Shake it off, girl. In the album category, Tswift lost to Pentatonix, whom I had honestly never heard of, but apparently is some sort of a cappella funtime gang?…

Commerce Leslie Horn Dec 18

This Mashup of 2014’s Biggest Hits Is a Good Pop Song on Its Own

‘Tis the season for year-end greatest hits mashups, and as usual, DJ Earworm’s annual United States of Pop does not disappoint. His “Do What You Wanna Do” covers all the major bases, from Taylor Swift to SexLord TrumpetKing Jason Derulo. If you’re worried about having a frustration aneurysm if you hear “All About That Bass”…

Tech News Kate Knibbs Dec 3

1 percent of recording artists earn 77 percent of recorded music revenue

Thanks to the internet, there are now more ways than ever to get music. But this hasn’t allowed smaller artists to get a bigger share of the financial pie. In fact, the top 1 percent of artists now collect 77 percent of all revenue from recorded music. The Atlantic has a new story out about…

Tech News Matt Novak Nov 18

What Taylor Swift Doesn’t Mean For Spotify

When Taylor Swift pulled her music off Spotify a week ago, she deftly couched the action as a principled stand for artists against the blanket injustice of streaming music services. A lot of people have been talking about it in those terms. But that’s not what her decision was about at all, and her decision…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 13

Taylor Swift Says Spotify Pays Out Way Less Than They Claim

First, Taylor Swift and her managementpulled the singer’s music from Spotifyover claims of paltry royalty payments. Then Spotifystruck back, explaining its royalty pay outs were actually quite large. Now, Swift is questioning Spotify’s numbers. Spotify explained that it handed out $1 billion in royalties to labels in 2014 alone, with Swift on track to bag…

Tech News Gerald Lynch - Gizmodo UK Nov 13

Spotify To Taylor Swift: We’re Not Fucking You Over, Record Labels Are

When Taylor Swift pulled her music from Spotify, she was absolutely right that the whole streaming music system is screwing over artists. But that’s not Spotify’s fault. Last week, just after her hotly anticipated record 1989 was released, Taylor Swift abruptly pulled her back catalog off of the service, citing a respect for creative people…

Tech News Mario Aguilar Nov 11

Taylor Swift Explains Why She Ditched Spotify

Earlier this week, something awful happened: it became the case that you can’t hear Taylor Swift on Spotify anymore. Gasp. Now, the the singer-songwriter has explained why. Of course, she may have already alluded to it in her lyrics, but it does no harm to hear her actual reasoning. From Yahoo Music: [M]usic is changing…

Tech News Jamie Condliffe Nov 7

Taylor Swift Confirms 1989 Will Come to Apple Music

Indie Labels Are Signing On To Apple Music. Also: Pharrell.

Meet the Truthers Who Think There’s a Taylor Swift/Apple Conspiracy

Taylor Swift vs. Tim Cook in a Cartoon

Apple Bows to Queen Taylor, Does Abrupt About-Face Over Unpaid Streaming

Taylor Swift Condemns Apple’s Free Music Trial in an Open Letter

1989 Won’t Be On Apple Music, And That’s Bad News For Apple

This Surreal Rotoscoping Of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” Is Everything

All The Crazy Science Fiction References In Taylor Swift’s New Video

.Sucks Seller Accused of Ripping Off Poor Helpless Celebrities

Taylor Swift Put All Her Music On Jay-Z’s Pet Streaming Service

Google Wants To Sell You Concert Tickets Right On The Search Page

Fascinating break down explains why Taylor Swift songs are so catchy

The Best-Selling Music on Amazon This Year Was Somehow Not Taylor Swift

This Mashup of 2014’s Biggest Hits Is a Good Pop Song on Its Own

1 percent of recording artists earn 77 percent of recorded music revenue

What Taylor Swift Doesn’t Mean For Spotify

Taylor Swift Says Spotify Pays Out Way Less Than They Claim

Spotify To Taylor Swift: We’re Not Fucking You Over, Record Labels Are

Taylor Swift Explains Why She Ditched Spotify

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Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift Confirms 1989 Will Come to Apple Music

Indie Labels Are Signing On To Apple Music. Also: Pharrell.

Meet the Truthers Who Think There’s a Taylor Swift/Apple Conspiracy

Taylor Swift vs. Tim Cook in a Cartoon

Apple Bows to Queen Taylor, Does Abrupt About-Face Over Unpaid Streaming

Taylor Swift Condemns Apple’s Free Music Trial in an Open Letter

1989 Won’t Be On Apple Music, And That’s Bad News For Apple

This Surreal Rotoscoping Of Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off” Is Everything

All The Crazy Science Fiction References In Taylor Swift’s New Video

.Sucks Seller Accused of Ripping Off Poor Helpless Celebrities

Taylor Swift Put All Her Music On Jay-Z’s Pet Streaming Service

Google Wants To Sell You Concert Tickets Right On The Search Page

Fascinating break down explains why Taylor Swift songs are so catchy

The Best-Selling Music on Amazon This Year Was Somehow Not Taylor Swift

This Mashup of 2014’s Biggest Hits Is a Good Pop Song on Its Own

1 percent of recording artists earn 77 percent of recorded music revenue

​What Taylor Swift Doesn’t Mean For Spotify

Taylor Swift Says Spotify Pays Out Way Less Than They Claim

Spotify To Taylor Swift: We’re Not Fucking You Over, Record Labels Are

Taylor Swift Explains Why She Ditched Spotify

Marshall Acton III Home Speaker Drops to a Record Low, the Deal Countdown Has Already Started

Ecovacs Winbot W3 Omni Review: Window Cleaning Robots Have a Long Way to Go

I’m Worried About the Helpless AI Disruptors of the Future

Russia Allegedly Swung at VPNs but Accidentally Hit Its Own Banking Sector Instead

Ryan Coogler Is Shifting ‘Animorphs’ Into a Disney+ Show

No Fooling, ‘Spaceballs 2’ Will Hit Theaters April 2027

I Regret to Inform You That the Artemis II Astronauts Are Having Lots of Screen Time

The First ‘Maul: Shadow Lord’ Reactions Are Most Solid

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

The Best Gadgets of March 2026

AirPods Max 2 Review: Still Ridiculously Expensive and Ridiculously Nice

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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What Taylor Swift Doesn’t Mean For Spotify