How Taylor Swift built her music empire

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Estamos a pocos días de que el huracán Taylor Swift llegue a España con el Eras Tour. Dos conciertos de la megagira de la cantante del momento, cuyo absoluto fenómeno, ya se estudia en universidades de todo el mundo. Literatura, musicología e incluso negocios que analizan por qué ... Show More

Taylor Swift grabbed many headlines in 2023. Her widely popular Eras Tour, which proved too much for Ticketmaster to handle, has been both a business and a cultural juggernaut. And Time magazine named her as its person of the year.Taffy Brodesser-Akner, a staff writer for The New ... Show More

Today’s show begins with a play-by-play of Taylor Swift’s feud with Damon Albarn, who got dragged after saying in an interview that Swift doesn’t write her own songs. When will these men learn that you don’t mess with the Swifties? Next, we share the latest news on RHOSLC star Je ... Show More

From The Eras Tour to a gratitude tour: Taylor Swift just dropped her latest re-recorded album, '1989 (Taylor’s Version),' and in all her social media activity since Friday’s release, she’s been thanking everyone who made her wildest dreams come true. Learn more about your ad cho ... Show More

Taylor Swift has been on tour for months but finally, Canadian fans have been given a chance to see her here. She’s having not one or two but six shows at the Rogers Centre in Toronto next year and even though there are 300,000 tickets up for grabs, fans have been likening the sc ... Show More

Last week, Taylor Swift surprised her fans with the announcement of the imminent release of a new 16-track album, entitled folklore. The National’s Aaron Dessner co-wrote or co-produced 11 of the songs, and it also features collaborations with Bon Iver and Jack Antonoff. “Most of ... Show More

This weekend, pop superstar Taylor Swift penned a distraught Tumblr post in which she took the news of a business deal very, very personally. Her former record label, Big Machine, was sold to music mogul Scooter Braun's company for a reported $300 million U.S. The acquisition ess ... Show More