Tag: author_name|Cheyenne MacDonald
Songs from Adele and others are returning to YouTube as SESAC agrees to a new deal
Update, September 30, 4:30PM ET: YouTube says it has reached a deal with SESAC, and that the affected songs will be returning to the platform soon. A spokesperson sent the following comment: "We're pleased that SESAC reconsidered our offer. We've reached a deal and content will come back up shortly.…
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YouTube blocks songs from artists including Adele and Green Day amid licensing negotiations
Songs from popular artists have begun to disappear from YouTube as the platform’s deal with the performing rights organization SESAC (Society of European Stage Authors and Composers) approaches its expiration date. As reported by Variety, certain songs by Adele, Green Day, Bob Dylan, R.E.M., Burna Boy and other artists have…
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What to read this weekend: Cosmic horror sci-fi, and the quest to understand how life began
New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir Anyone who lives with a difficult-to-diagnose chronic illness and has endured the demoralizing process of trying to get proper treatment can tell you it is, at times, a living nightmare. Advocating for yourself,…
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What to read this weekend: The Night Guest, Is Earth Exceptional? and Into the Unbeing
New releases in fiction, nonfiction and comics that caught our attention. The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir Anyone who lives with a difficult-to-diagnose chronic illness and has endured the demoralizing process of trying to get proper treatment can tell you it is, at times, a living nightmare. Advocating for yourself,…
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Hollowbody fills the void left by PS2 survival horror games
In Hollowbody, an early 2000s-style third-person survival horror game by Nathan Hamley (the solo developer behind Headware Games), the true terror comes not from its hideous monsters, but from inhabiting a world where regular people are failed by the system and left to die. Hollowbody is an homage to the…
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Electrolight is a short and sweet Playdate adventure game about branching out
Heart-warming little adventure games have really found a place to thrive in the Playdate. I picked up Electrolight this weekend while looking for something in the same vein as the bite-sized puzzle/exploration game, Eyeland — cute, low-commitment, not particularly difficult — and found it to be utterly charming. Electrolight is…
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