Posts Tagged: Taylor Swift

Mega-merger will push grocery workers over the unemployment cliff

Unemployment cliff, image by Marus Nazzarov

by MARK RAMOS posted 08.23.2023

OPINION – The “hot labor summer” gripping Southern California shows no signs of cooling down. Hollywood actors have joined forces with TV and movie writers in walking off the job. Striking hospitality workers made headlines calling on Taylor Swift to postpone her tour. These stories are a stark reminder that corporate profits almost always come at the expense of workers’ livelihood. 

A Chat with CalMatters editor in chief Kristen Go

by CAPITOL WEEKLY STAFF posted 07.31.2023

CAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Today we welcome CalMatters’ new editor in chief, Kristen Go, who joined the newsroom at the end of May. We asked her about her vision for CalMatters, how the nonprofit news model stacks up against traditional media, and about AB 886, Asm. Buffy Wicks’ proposal to force tech giants to fund reporting.

End recording industry’s corporate loophole that strangles artists

A drum kit is wired in and ready to go at a recording studio. (Photo: Taya Ovod, via Shutterstock)

by HAL SINGER and TED TATOS posted 06.17.2022

OPINION: What do hip-hop stars Megan Thee Stallion and Ms. Lauryn Hill have in common? The first things that come to mind may be their platinum albums, multiple Grammy Awards (12 between them), and the fact that they are the only two female rappers in history to have been named “Best New Artist of the Year” by the Recording Academy