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We’ll Pay You to Listen to This

Arts, Culture & Media

The music industry is dying, and the smart money says the key to success is giving music away for free.Scott Blaszakhas a better idea: he’ll pay you $10 to download his album. “Free is not enough!” Blaszak says. He has a name for his revolutionary business model: “PremiFree.” You saw it here first (Featuring Pace […]

DHS bus

The complicated reasons why some people overstay their US visas

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Three guys in front of an old car

How Far East Movement took success into their own hands

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A grand piano left by the East River underneath the Brooklyn Bridge is pictured in the Manhattan on May 31, 2014.

The piano industry is slowly going out of tune

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Rufus Wainwright

Rufus Wainwright has many stories to tell — and they’re not just about himself any more

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Music heard on the air for June 10, 2014

Music Heard on Air

These are the tunes played between segments on The World for Tuesday, June 10, 2014

You’ve never heard of this music service, but it knows more about you than Pandora

Arts, Culture & Media

Next time you pass on a song in Rdio or listen to something on MTV.com, think about the digital trail you’re leaving. That trail goes to a service called The Echo Nest, and it’s helping companies from MTV to VRBO tailor the music they present to you.

Live in-Studio: Haim

The three sisters of the pop-rock band Haim have the kind of story biopic producers must dream about. Este, Danielle, and Alana Haim grew up in Southern California playing classic rock and 80s pop covers in a band called Rockinhaim with their father, a retired Israeli soccer player, and mother, a singer who once won […]

Big shift in copyright law effective in new year changes rights for artists

Arts, Culture & Media

Way back in 1976, Congress changed the way copyright law works, but delayed the practical implementation until 2013. With 2013 just around the corner, artists are preparing to reclaim the rights to popular works that they created from 1978.

Artist Ramiro Gomez paints cardboard cut-outs of LA’s “invisible workers”

Arts, Culture & Media

Artist and nanny Ramiro Gomez paints life size cardboard cut-outs of housekeepers, landscapers and gardeners to pay homage to the hidden workers behind LA’s wealthiest neighborhoods.