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Three men were on Tuesday remanded to prison over the theft of several firearms stolen during the Christmas holidays from Radar Security and Supplies Company.The men are: Carlton Dameon Singh called "Fat Boy", a 34-year-old taxi driver of lot Indepen
The shrine auditorium has been a landmark in Billings since 1950. It’s housed everything from basketball games to circuses and now it’s undergoing a brand-new chapter.
When Bill Sulzman, 82, noticed people circling his small cottage carrying tape measures, cameras and clipboards last summer and fall, he knew something was up. He didnât know then, but heâs since found out, that his home for 32 years, for which he pays nominal rent, was sold in October without his knowledge. That sale and others are part of a plan to liquidate many of Ithaka Land Trustâs roughly two dozen rental properties. Most were built 100 or more years ago and were acquired through donations and purchases financed by nuns and the city. Over the years, though, Ithakaâs...
Stream weavers: The musiciansâ dilemma in Spotifyâs pay-to-play plan January 19, 2021 | 12:02 am By John Hawkins, Ben Freyens and Michael James Walsh Spotify offered the promise that, in the age of digital downloads, all artists would get paid for their music, and some would get paid a lot. Lorde and Billie Eilish showed what was possible. Lorde was just 16 when, in 2012, she uploaded her debut EP to SoundCloud. A few months later, Sean Parker (of Napster and Facebook fame) put her first single â âRoyalsâ â on his popular Spotify Hipster International playlist. T...
Spotify enthusiastically promoted Ocean Eyes on its Today’s Top Hits playlist. She is now the youngest artist with a billion streams to her name, and Spotify’s most-streamed female artist for the past two years. The new hit squad Buda Mendes/Getty Images Appearing on a prominent Spotify playlist is therefore a big deal. Economists Luis Aguiar and Joel Waldfogel calculated (in 2018) that a song appearing on Today’s Top Hits was worth about 20 million extra streams and $159,905 (US$116,000) to $224,694 (US$163,000) in royalty payments. That was when Today’s Top Hits had about 1...