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UMG Makes $4.48 Million a DAY from Streaming Music
Universal Music Group reported $1.1 billion in music streaming revenue alone between January and September of this year. This marks a 64.3% increase from the same period last year. Vivendi’s 3Q 2016 report shows that its Universal Music Group unit… Read More ›
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eBook vs physical book
eBook all the way for me and that has been the case since the Psion PDAs. How about you?
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The Christopher Ward C1 Grand Malvern Power Reserve
The Christopher Ward C1 Grand Malvern Power Reserve is the new flagship dress watch for the British company, and it features the new automatic power reserve version of its in-house movement, the Calibre SH21. The movement allows for five days… Read More ›
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Marc Hagan-Guirey‘s truly amazing Star Wars kirigami
One of Star Wars‘ greatest legacies is how it has inspired fan creativity and expression. There are fan films, paintings, and action-figure photography. Homemade costumes and comics. In other words, we feel such a connection to these characters and their stories that… Read More ›
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Walnut the whippet
Hundreds of people joined a dog owner when he took his beloved but poorly whippet Walnut on a final walk. Mark Woods encouraged people on social media under #walkwithwalnut to share the last outing on a beach in Cornwall. Walnut… Read More ›
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NES Classic breaking $1,000 online
Nintendo’s highly anticipated NES Classic Edition launched on Friday and immediately sold out everywhere. Even before it launched, we knew the $60 mini-sized console, which runs 30 classic NES games, would be a hit this holiday season. As with all… Read More ›
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Which twin is older?
Samuel was born at 1:39 a.m. on Sunday, November 6, followed 31 minutes later by Ronan, at what would have been 2:10. But at 2 a.m. that morning, Daylight Savings Time ended for the year, making it 1:10 a.m. and… Read More ›
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When and Why Nationalism Beats Globalism
What on earth is going on in the Western democracies? From the rise of Donald Trump in the United States and an assortment of right-wing parties across Europe through the June 23 Brexit vote, many on the Left have the… Read More ›
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Looking forward to Zero Days
Neil posted this on Twitter yesterday and the trailer above grabbed me. Looks like a great film and is expected mid-December.
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Subway jam session
This is great, but all I ever get on a train is one person talking to themselves, another shouting into his phone and the rest looking utterly miserable. Oh for a train ride like the one above. Love it when… Read More ›
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Dear Prime Minister…
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The SEA-GULL 1963 International Edition (in pictures)
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