Tag: United States
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Presidential Candidate Proposes Solutions for Journalism Crisis
Everyone reads the news and depends on the journalists in their areas and nationwide to report accurately, efficiently, and frequently on topics ranging from music to arts, to entertainment, and to politics. In the United States, 93% of adults receive at least some news online (via mobile or desktop). Yet, journalism, particularly local print newspapers,…
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Discover Fresh Talent on Apple Music’s Shazam Playlist
Apple Music has officially launched a new playlist through Shazam to help highlight up and coming artists. The music app now has the weekly “Shazam Discovery Top 50″ playlist which features a global ranking of 50 artists “on the move and trending.” The list mainly features new artists for audiences to get into. “Want to…
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Katy Perry Achieves Historic Gold and Platinum Milestone
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) today announced that Katy Perry’s iconic song “Roar” (Capitol Records) has earned a Diamond certification surpassing the 10-million threshold counting song sales and streams in the United States. With the new certification of “Roar,” which follows previously Diamond-certified songs “Dark Horse” and “Firework,” Katy becomes the first artist…
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Legendary Radio DJ Elroy Smith Honored in New Film
102.9 KBLX and Q102 in San Francisco, on behalf of urban radio says congratulations to our Program Director, Elroy Smith, who made music history. Elroy Smith was the first Radio Program Director and Radio Personality to play New Edition on the radio in the United States by breaking the record “Candy Girl” on the radio in…
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2112: Transforming the Chicago Music Scene
Although Chicago represents the third largest market in the United States behind New York and LA, it still doesn’t scream entertainment industry. Every major musician tours in Chicago because of the vast amount of exposure and record sales that generate from the city. Chicago even has a few legendary venues and artists that have gone…
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Bernie Sanders and Jimmy Kimmel Discuss Marijuana Legalization
Bernie Sanders is making headlines these days as the radical socialist democrat looking be the next President of the United States. He has been drawing extremely high numbers of crowds to his campaign rallies and for a good reason. Bernie Sanders has been addressing issues that most candidates tend to stay away from. He talks…
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Ben Carson Addresses Criticism of Uncle Tom Label
Republican Presidential candidate, Ben Carson made his way to Harlem to state his case as to why he deserves to be the next President of the United States. Ben has been taking some heat from the African-American community about being an Uncle Tom and selling out his race so what better place to go than…
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Rapper Killer Mike Announces and Concedes Political Office Run in Same Day
Killer Mike speaks the language of the young, old, disenfranchised, civilized, organized, abused, confused, misguided, educated, uneducated, and even the police. In other words he truly speaks as a representative of the people. As the son of a police officer, Killer Mike possesses a refreshing and unique perspective about the world because he is…
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Aahh Fest Revitalizes Chicago’s Spirit
As of late, Chicago summers have unfortunately been highlighted in the national news by increased gun violence, senseless murders, gang problems, the closing of public schools, corrupt politics, and suffering communities. As politicians, police officers, community activists, everyday citizens, and even the FBI have shown concern for the problems, the resolutions to these aforementioned issues have not come…
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Absolut and Lady Gaga Join Forces for Unique Collaboration
Absolut Vodka and the Grammy Award-winning lady gaga have joined forces to transform the concert of the season – artRAVE: the ARTPOP Ball, in support of the number one bestselling album ARTPOP – into an experience of a lifetime for a few lucky fans. Throughout Lady Gaga’s US concert tour, Absolut will provide the opportunity…
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Important Issues Black Individuals Must Address
In the black community, we are reactive. We do not often respond to a situation until it’s too late. In addition we don’t often use that opportunity to enforce a change, we let it die off and move on until the next problem occurs. This is not always the case but we wanted to point…
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The Timeless Talent of Stephanie Mills
Amateur Night At The Apollo 2011 Season Opening Night, 01/26/2011 – The Apollo Theater, New York, NY United States
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Unaware of Their Status: The Reality of Undiagnosed HIV
Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMore than 200,000 people in the United States are living with a potentially deadly virus ““ HIV ““ and don’t know it. On this National HIV Testing Day, I urge all Americans to get tested for HIV and to encourage friends and family to do the same. No single step…
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AURN Delves into the Complexities of Race
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How American Idol Transformed Pop Music Through Radio
MEDIABASE, the world’s most quoted music monitoring service, has released a report analyzing the effect of the artists who have appeared on the Fox Television’s American Idol from the last eight seasons. American Idol has had a massive impact on radio airplay since its debut. American Idol begins its 9th season tonight. Former winners and…