WHY IS FACEBOOK YELLING AT ME?
FACEBOOK The world’s biggest social media company just couldn’t help itself: Facebook is now FACEBOOK. Officially. THE ALL-CAPS RESET was announced this week in a widely mocked blog post by its chief marketing officer. The rationale: Apparently the company felt the need to distinguish its subsidiary services and products, like WhatsApp and Instagram (owned by the…
Trump Administration Calls for End to Violence Against Enemies of the State
Bernd Von Jutrczenka/DPA/ZUMA It’s November 2, and you know what that means: it’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. To mark the occasion, the US Department of State tweeted a message of support, calling for “an end to violence against media professionals”: Our nation’s support for #pressfreedom is enshrined in our constitution.…
Dua Does Disco—And Is All The Better For It
PA Wire/ZUMA It can be hard to follow up a debut like Dua Lipa’s. The UK-native only has one album (the self-titled Dua Lipa) but two Grammy’s—Best New Artist and Best Dance Recording. Since the LP’s 2017 release, Lipa has only released a handful of new singles—most of them collaborations. (Well, all of them have been…
“Stick to Sports” Is About Control
John Taggart for the Washington Post via Getty On the long list of reasons why Deadspin’s new “stick to sports” mandate is so stupid and pernicious is that “stick to sports” itself doesn’t stick to sports. The new decree by Jim Spanfeller, the journalistically illiterate and widely despised CEO of G/O Media, is of course anti-Deadspin…
Let’s Remember Some Good Blogs
The news over at Deadspin, where a corporate ghoul named Jim Spanfeller is apparently hell-bent on turning the site into some kind of Sports Forbes hellscape, is grim. Hi! I’ve just been fired from Deadspin for not sticking to sports. — Barry Petchesky (@barry) October 29, 2019 This fucking sucks. Remember when blogs were good? Let’s…
On the Road at AmericanaFest
Last month, Nashville hosted AmericanaFest, now in its 20th year and bigger than ever, featuring more than 300 artists performing over the course of six days. Thanks in part to the advocacy and determination of the Americana Music Association, the nexus of genres and tradition-informed music under the umbrella of ‘Americana’ has grown into a…