The music video is a zombie – it may look dead but it’s just been re-animated
MTV may not be the power house it used to be but the music video is flourishing online.
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Country music is hugely popular in Africa. But it’s nearly all imported
Africa's broadcasters have a large role to play to ensure that country and western grows to its full potential on the continent.
How Taylor Swift became a femme fatale … with a little help from Sylvia Plath
If Swift's new single is anything to go by, the poet and the former 'pop princess' have an awful lot in common.
‘Bow down, bitches’: when celebrity feminism goes wrong
They claim to be new-age feminist, but pop stars like Beyonce and Taylor Swift have – even if unintentionally – reinvented feminism as "getting paid" and "being sexy".
Has Taylor Swift finally figured out how to shake off Chinese counterfeits?
The singer-songwriter has signed deals with two Chinese retailers to sell authentic merchandise in the country in hopes of stemming the tide of knockoffs.
Who cares if Taylor Swift gets paid? Not many
New studies show that unethical reputations actually don't concern consumers of streaming services.
Taylor Swift, Triple J and what the youth market really wants to hear
This Monday on the Australia Day public holiday, Triple J’s annual Hottest 100 for 2014 will be announced live across the afternoon and evening. While the countdown is usually the ABC radio station’s highest…
Taylor Swift is the great white shark of pop music
In the same week American rapper Nicki Minaj released Anaconda, a music video dedicated to celebrating “the butt”, US singer-songwriter Taylor Swift released a video, Shake It Off, accidentally dedicated…
Hyper-capitalist Taylor Swift is the perfect person to write for the Wall Street Journal
It may have raised eyebrows for some, but it is entirely appropriate for Taylor Swift to be writing an article for the Wall Street Journal. Over the past few years she has appeared regularly in the Forbes…
Taylor Swift got it right (almost) on the future of the music industry
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal published an op-ed by Taylor Swift in which the singer-songwriter provocatively claims “…the music industry is not dying … it is just coming alive”. Her message of optimism…
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