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Sony Tape Shortage Sends Film, TV Industry Reeling
The closure of the Japan-based factory that has the monopoly on production of a tape crucial to the TV and film industry has Hollywood insiders scrambling to cope with the shortage. The Sony plant,...
View ArticlePlaystation Users Alarmed After Network Hacking
With recent news that Sony's Playstation network has been hacked, the video gaming system's 77 million users are now worrying that their personal information—including credit card details—may have been...
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Listening Room: Historic Live Performances from the Met
I know from my mail that some readers think I live entirely in the past, especially in terms of opera. That is completely wrong. I know such people, and they seldom venture out of their houses, away...
View ArticleLondon Riots Spread to Sony Warehouse
A Sony disc warehouse near Enfield, North London was set on fire before midnight on Monday, according to a statement by the Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation (DADC).The warehouse manages the...
View ArticleLondon Riots Spread to Sony Warehouse
A Sony disc warehouse near Enfield, North London was set on fire before midnight on Monday, according to a statement by the Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation (DADC).The warehouse manages the...
View ArticleKing of Pop Resurrected: A Look at Michael Jackson's New Album, 'Xscape'
Michael Jackson died in 2009, but the King of Pop has a set of new songs coming out.The album, Xscape, goes on sale today and is the second posthumous album to be released under Jackson's name. It...
View ArticleDid Seth Rogen Cause the Sony Pictures Cyber Attack?
Last week, Sony Pictures suffered a cyber attack that brought its computer network to a halt. A group identifying itself as “Guardians of Peace” took over computers, stole (and made public) personnel...
View ArticleA Good Week for Insider Trading
Prosecuting insider trading cases just got a lot harder after an appeals court this week overturned the convictions of two former hedge fund traders.The Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that...
View ArticleSony Hackers Threaten '9/11-Like' Attack Over Franco-Rogen Flick
Over the summer, buzz began building around the new Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy, "The Interview." And not just in the U.S.In North Korea, the state-run KCNA news agency declared that the film was an...
View ArticlePresident Obama's Year-End Press Conference
In his year-end press conference, President Obama will likely address the protests in Ferguson, Mo., the normalization of diplomatic relations with Cuba, the fight against ISIS, and whether North Korea...
View ArticleHacks, Cats, & Colbert
The ethics of publicly exposing private emails, the demise of Cat Fancy magazine, and a farewell to the Colbert Report.
View ArticleFollow The Cyber Trail and Doubt Begins to Swirl Around N. Korean Sony Hack
The FBI says that the damaging cyber attack on Sony was carried out by North Korea, citing similarities to previous attacks when examining "specific lines of code, encryption algorithms, data deletion...
View ArticleBehold! Ignorance and Want Edition
Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the Sony Pictures hack, Hollywood film franchises, and favorite Christmas movies.
View ArticleForget the iPod. Was the Sony Walkman the Real Game-Changer?
If you're a music fan of a certain age you’ll remember your first Walkman: likely a cassette player with a belt clip and possibly a built-in radio. Long before the smartphone and the iPod, Sony’s...
View ArticleThe Women Who Redefined the Art World
Fortune magazine editor-at-large Peter Elkind on Sony’s failure to prevent a cyberattack. Art historian Linda Nochlin on her influential work, along with editor Maura Reilly. Nancy Princenthal on...
View ArticleJonas Kaufmann: 'Please Do Not Be Deceived by This Album'
The tenor Jonas Kaufmann has issued an unusual warning on his Facebook page, telling fans not to buy an upcoming release of Puccini arias from his former label, Decca.The singer advises listeners to...
View ArticleBehold! Ignorance and Want Edition
Stephen Metcalf, Julia Turner, and Dana Stevens discuss the Sony Pictures hack, Hollywood film franchises, and favorite Christmas movies.
View ArticleVinnie Omari talks to Vauhini Vara
Last Christmas a hacking group called Lizard Squad ruined Christmas for a lot of people when it hacked into Sony and Microsoft servers and rendered new PlayStations and Xboxes temporarily unusable...
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Taylor Swift donates $250,000 to Kesha after court denies injunction
Pop singer Taylor Swift arrives at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 8, 2015. Photo by Mario Anzuoni/ReutersTaylor Swift has announced she will donate $250,000 to Kesha after a court...
View Article561- Long Strange Tape
The Cassette tape was great in so many ways, but let’s be honest, they never really sounded great. But because the cassette was so much cheaper and easier to use and portable, a lot of people didn't...
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