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Both Parker and Ruiz rebounded from early knockdowns to beat their opponents last weekend, with Parker gaining a controversial split points decision against Chisora in Manchester, and Ruiz getting a unanimous points decision against Chris Arreola in California soon after. The official organisations haven’t reacted to the results yet, with Parker still at No 3 with the WBO and No 6 with both the WBC and IBF. MATCHROOM BOXING Joseph Parker takes some punishment from Dereck Chisora. Ring were ...

Tom Gray started smoking cheese and bacon for the specialty cheese shop he opened in 1980 and the family hasn’t stopped since. Today, Lagrangeville-based Mountain Products Smokehouse is known for smoking a diverse range of meat and poultry products, from bacon to sliced turkey. The company sources its meat mainly from distributors in Pennsylvania, where animals are humanely raised, then smokes it the old-fashioned way, with natural smoke from real wood fires. ...

Fight Picks: Canelo Alvarez vs. Billy Joe Saunders 04 On Saturday, boxing’s biggest star Canelo Alvarez seeks to defend his Ring Magazine, WBA and WBC super middleweight titles in a unification bout with unbeaten WBO counterpart Billy Joe Saunders at the AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas. This intriguing matchup will be broadcast on DAZN, beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET/ 5:00 p.m. PT. Canelo boasts wins over Shane Mosley (UD 12), Austin Trout (UD 12), Erislandy Lara (SD 12), Miguel Cotto (UD 12), Genn...

Skip to main content Brit Beat: Paul McCartney, Chris Martin and More Lobby for Streaming Reform, BRIT Awards Move Forward (Cautiously) Mark Sutherland, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Sir Paul McCartney, Stevie Nicks, Led Zeppelin, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and over 150 successful artists and songwriters recently joined the growing chorus of voices demanding changes in the way music streaming pays creators in Britain. But while the open letter to U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson – calling...

Emails Show Oil Lobby Mobilized Democratic Governors Opposition To Biden Energy Order The effort included helping draft a letter in which Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) pushed back against the administrations pause on new oil and gas leasing. Fossil fuel trade groups in Louisiana and New Mexico rallied Democratic governors in opposition to President Joe Biden’s executive order pausing new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and in offshore waters, newly released emails show.  The Biden...

Paul McCartney and Chris Martin lead 150 artists demanding reform to music streaming laws Plus, read Ed Barker on why a simple change to copyright act would transform lives and unearth a new generation of British talent 19 April 2021 • 9:30pm Paul McCartney is among more than 150 artists who have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson Credit: Scott Audette/AP Sir Paul McCartney, Annie Lennox and Chris Martin have joined forces with 150 other major artists to demand the Prime Minister reform ...

More than 150 artists including Sir Paul McCartney, Coldplay’s Chris Martin and Kate Bush have written to Boris Johnson urging him to take action over streaming rights. The letter, backed by industry groups including the Musicians’ Union (MU), calls on the Prime Minister to update laws to “put the value of music back where it belongs – in the hands of music makers”. Annie Lennox, Paloma Faith, Gary Barlow, former X Factor contestant Rebecca Ferguson, Bob Geldof, Boy George, Lily Allen...

Damon Albarn - have signed an open letter urging government action to fix the streaming model. The past 18 months has seen the question of financial renumeration for artists from the streaming model come under much greater scrutiny, including research from a government select committee. Tom Gray has helmed the #BrokenRecord campaign, aiming to highlight the way in which the current model is heavily slanted towards streaming giants and major labels, and away from artists. Now #BrokenRecord has ...

Ed Sheeran doesn’t need to get richer – Spotify must change Sir Paul McCartney and Kate Bush are the latest stars to join the war on streamers. Its time a radically new business model was put to work 20 April 2021 • 1:16pm Enough is enough: Sir Paul McCartney has signed a letter from the Musicians Union demanding fair pay for artists  Boris Johnson’s musical preferences arent known to extend much beyond a fondness for The Clash and The Beatles, but even he would have been shocked by t...

April 20, 2021 Shortcut’s closure means drivers can’t avoid Ridge Road Written by Geoffrey Plant on April 20, 2021 (Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant) James Reyes walks across Ridge Road from his home to investigate the barriers that were erected last week to prevent drivers from using Plata Road as a shortcut to avoid a major construction project. At left in the distance, two vehicles find their access blocked at the edge of the neighborho...