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Billboard‘s Global Power Players list recognizes the leaders that are driving the success of the music business in countries outside the United States. Kazumasa Izawa, President of JASRAC, was chosen from the music industry leaders of the world for inclusion in the list for the first time. Billboard JAPAN interviewed Izawa in recognition of his selection for the list. We talked to him about the new issues that have arisen as Japanese music spreads worldwide and about JASRAC’s unique ability to deal with these problems. You were appointed president of JASRAC in 2022, and since then you’ve been focusing on…
Legendary music executive Clive Davis died from age-related illness at 94 on Monday (June 22). Davis was a hit-making titan and known for shaping the careers of superstars such as Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow and Maroon 5. Davis served as the president of Columbia Records from 1967 to 1973 and then founded Arista Records, which saw him sign Aretha Franklin, Patti Smith and Dionne Warwick. He later founded J Records in 2000 where Alicia Keys and Maroon 5 called home. Throughout his six decades of brilliance in the music industry, Davis served as a mentor to…
It was one of the easiest ways to make a diesel truck faster, more powerful and more reliable: Pay a local shop to quietly gut the emissions controls with an illegal “defeat device.”Now the federal government has largely stopped prosecuting the people who sell and install them.The devices, which often include both hardware and software, began exploding in popularity about 20 years ago as pollution-control systems made tailpipe emissions cleaner but put more strain on engines. Some truck owners and mechanics have called defeat devices a necessity.By 2020, the most recent numbers available, the E.P.A. estimated that the emissions controls…
Rangers are well-positioned to wrap up a permanent deal for Czech international winger Vaclav Cerny. According to former Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking on the Football Insider Inside Track podcast, Besiktas will sell. A bid of roughly £5 million plus performance-related add-ons will tempt the Turkish giants.Rangers closing in on cut-price £5m deal for Vaclav CernyIt is a bargain price. The Ibrox hierarchy is looking for reliable wide options after a tough season. Loan signings like Andreas Skov Olsen simply failed to fire in the second half of the campaign. Rangers need more.AdvertisementWyness insists the Ibrox board view this…
Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds 🗣️ Sheinbaum defends AMLO over El Mayo claims: Asked about former U.S. ambassador Ken Salazar’s memoir allegation that ex-President López Obrador fears testimony cartel boss “El Mayo” Zambada could provide to U.S. authorities, Sheinbaum said AMLO’s only concern was potential U.S. agency involvement in Zambada’s capture — a sovereignty issue — not anything Zambada might say. She added that she herself has “absolutely none” of her own concerns about his testimony. 🛢️ Sustainable fracking decision imminent: Sheinbaum said a government-appointed scientific panel is close to issuing its first recommendation on whether “sustainable fracking” is feasible in Mexico,…
China added 10 companies to its export control list on Monday, blocking its exporters from selling any dual-use items to U.S. defense firms. The items range from drones to robotic hardware and swarm software used primarily for defense and national security operations in addition to some non-military functions. “Exporters are prohibited from exporting dual-use items…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Financial & markets regulation myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Today, the UK finally got a running, real-time record of almost all bond trades that happen in the country. This may seem like a humdrum thing, but it’s a big deal for the fixed-income industry. The US introduced the first version of its Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (Trace) back in 2002, and has since then brought more and more of the American bond market into the sunlight. Sure, traders in the UK and European bond markets have had to…
House of the Dragon returned with a bang on Sunday, June 21, featuring a scene that will undoubtedly have everyone talking. During a tense exchange with his mom, Alicent Hightower (played by Olivia Cooke), during the season 3 premiere, Ewan Mitchell‘s prince regent, Aemond Targaryen, shocked viewers — and his mother — by planting a kiss on her lips. According to Mitchell, 29, it “kind of makes you want to throw up in your mouth a little bit.” “Yeah, it’s kind of shocking. But then also, I just recognized a tremendous challenge and an opportunity to show Aemond in a…
Dream Me a Dream serves as a coda to Dance of Love, the 2024 album that introduced cult singer/songwriter Tucker Zimmerman to a wider audience thanks to an assist from Big Thief, who served as his supporting band. The music brought Zimmerman, who dropped off the grid in Belgium after releasing the Tony Visconti-produced, David Bowie-endorsed Ten Songs in 1970, back from obscurity, so he seized the opportunity to deliver a sequel.Not long after completing Dream Me a Dream, Zimmerman and Marie-Claire Lambert, his wife of 55 years and frequent creative partner, perished in a house fire. The terrible accident…
He is France’s most successful football manager, and is looking to win a second World Cup with his team for his last year as the French national coach. But who is Didier Deschamps? FRANCE 24’s Aurore Cloé Dupuis went to ask Deschamps’ friends and former coach. Keywords for this article