Author: Ben
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Dallas
After learning about Tulip’s secret relationship, Jesse and Tulip’s rocky past is revisited, revealing a darker side of Jesse.
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The Blacklist – The Debt Collector (#46)
Liz becomes the target of a mercenary known as the Debt Collector, so Red turns to an unlikely source for help. Meanwhile, Ressler faces an unexpected complication in his efforts to stay ahead of Agent Gale’s investigation.
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Picks & Pakes
After teaming up to sue a big drug company, Jane (Brooke Elliott) worries that her partner, a high-profile trial lawyer (guest star Dylan Walsh) is mentally unsound. And when someone claims the patent on the pake, Stacy (April Bowlby) has to find con artist Nikki LePree (guest star Kim Kardashian) to back her up in…
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Family Matters
As Jane’s (Brooke Elliott) lawsuit on behalf of a teenager who collapsed at a rave prompts a death threat against Owen (Lex Medlin), Kim (Kate Levering) and Grayson (Jackson Hurst) represent a sperm donor seeking to retain his parental rights.
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Investor Updates, Hyperpersonal Communication and Telegraphy
TL;DR Vote up my latest project on Betalist, ta! Technology today is isolating right? Everyone is sitting on their phones swiping and scrolling. Headphones on. Avoiding eye contact. Wrong. Technology gives us more ways to communicate, more people to speak with, from more cities, cultures and countries than has ever been possible in history. Not personal.…
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DIGITAL GENERATION: GETTING YOUR FIRST JOB IN MUSIC – ESTABLISHED OR INDIE?
Get an internship or start out on my own? That’s the key question for young music industry wannabes who are starting out today. It’s an important question. Working your way up in an establish music company is competitive and rewarding. At the same time the availability of technology and tools to create communities online has made the building…
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Podcast Pick: The Pessimists Archive
Read any headlines recently about how technology is ruining our lives or perhaps the lives of our children? That’s nothing new! The Pessimists archive Twitter has been a source of historic quotes on technical armageddon. Recently they launched a podcast and one of their early episodes is on Recorded Music. Worth a listen for some context…
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Podcast Pick: Such Great Heights – A New Music Industry Podcast
Last week I finally managed to meet Sunny, a music industry blogger wrioting on his self titled website. Whilst chatting he mentioned his new podcast Such Great Heights. The first episode features the personal story of Matt Hanner from Coda. This week I’m picking Such Great Heights as my podcast pick. Listen below or follow the…
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NY:LON Connect Review
Last month I reprented MusicUp at the MusicAlly NY:LON Connect event along with Sachin Premnath, partner, global entertainment and industry group at Reed Smith; Graham Davies, director of strategy and digital at PRS for Music; and Benji Rogers, founder of Dot Blockchain Music. The moderator was Jeremy Silver, CEO of Digital Catapult. Read Stuarts great overview of the…
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Podcast Pick: Motive Unknown
I’m a keen podcast consumer. Scrolling through my subscriptions for music industry inspiration I want to feature some of my favourite shows over the coming weeks. At the top of the list is the Motive Unknown podcast. Featuring a range of gin talk and industry banter in a flowing, unedited format driven by Darren Hemmings…