Random music news for Friday, November 4, 2022
Why are our attention spans shortening? Take a look at this. Then take a look at music news for November 4, 2022.
- What’s former Apple designer Jonny Ive been up to since he left the company? This.
- There’s unrest at an Apple factory in China. This doesn’t bode well.
- Want to control your iPhone with your brain? Soon.
- Why haven’t Spotify and Apple Music severed their relationships with Kanye West? Discuss.
- Speaking of whom, he apparently settled a dispute with an employee over anti-semitic language.
- TikTok is ruining attention spans. See if you can get through this short article. If you can’t, I rest my case.
- Elon Musk has ordered staff to work 84-hour weeks to meet his deadlines for new projects for Twitter.
- Toronto Raptors broadcaster Jack Armstrong is going to release a Christmas album.
- Too early? More radio stations have flipped to all-Christmas music already. Here’s another list, too.
- Eeww. Gross.
- Is your TikTok data going to China? It is in Europe. (Via Sean)
- I’ve been wondering about this.
- Disney has been sued over the alleged song theft involving the Frozen II soundtrack.
- Meanwhile, Mariah Carey is off the hook regarding plagiarism allegations involving “All I Want for Christmas is You.”
- HD-Radio is getting a little bigger across Canada. Will it ever really take hold? The jury’s still out.
- Speaking of radio, I was involved in this for the 2022 Ontario Association of Broadcasters Conference (video).
- There’s a documentary coming on all the songs used for James Bond movies.
BONUS: I would have turned the hose on these kids.
@breestanaway first trick or treaters at my house last night #fyp ♬ original sound – bree stanaway