With the 50th anniversary of Woodstock in upstate New York, there is also one to remember that was in Harlem. Daphne A. Brooks reports in The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/arts/music/black-woodstock-harlem-festival-1969.html?searchResultPosition=1
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“The Supremes” Now Setting Fashion Trends for the Millennials
The famous Motown group who became “agents of culture change in the 1960s” now appealing to Millennials as Christopher Petkanas writes in The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/style/mary-wilson-supreme-glamour.html?searchResultPosition=1
New York Station Defines Alternative Music Format Today
Read about the evolution of the Alternative “Rock” radio format in this article by Joe Coscarelli from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/arts/music/rock-radio.html?searchResultPosition=1
The First Woman Filmmaker Made a Film in 1896
The New York Times rediscovers Alice Guy Blache, the world’s first female filmmaker. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/obituaries/alice-guy-blache-overlooked.html
Hanes Joins Dove With an Ad Campaign for Men
Tiffany Tsu of The New York Times looks at how advertisers are trying to stop stereotypical notions of gender. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/business/media/underwear-ads-men-marketing.html?searchResultPosition=1
ABC News Anchor David Muir Started His Career From an Internship
ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir talks about his career with USA Today writer Susannah Hutcheson. https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2019/09/03/how-david-muir-became-anchor-abc-world-news-tonight/2157758001/
Two Broadcast News Legends Die This Week
Read about their lives and careers: Sander Vanocur and Cokie Roberts. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/business/media/sander-vanocur-dead.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/obituaries/cokie-roberts-dead.html
Long time sportscaster Jack Whitaker dies at 95
Covered all sports, but stood out on his golf commentary as reported by Richard Goldstein in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/18/obituaries/jack-whitaker-dies.html
CBS and Viacom Merging Again
Edmund Lee reports in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/business/cbs-viacom-merger.html
Companies Getting Into Podcasting and Consumers Are Listening
By David Yaffe-Bellany from The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/business/media/branded-podcasts.html?searchResultPosition=1