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‘The bad news is, this was fake’: The tear-jerking story of author Barbara Miller was a marketing stunt, influencer says

Fast Company Tech

Hundreds of commenters pledged to buy the book and attend her next signing. but it gets me every time, one user commented underneath Cahn’s video. On social media, the sob story has become a go-to strategy for struggling artists chasing virality. Omg I cried my eyes out on the original post, another wrote.

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Artists are irked by Twitter’s change to retweets

The Verge

Artists on Twitter have a request: stop quote-tweeting their work. Artists say quote tweets take attention away from their profiles, making it harder for them to be discovered, while someone else gets the glory. You can still post a straight retweet by not adding a comment, but the interface is designed to discourage it.

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Sony’s slick PS5 reveal graphics are almost certainly from this Russian media artist

The Verge

It’s the work of Maxim Zhestkov , a Russian media artist — and the similarities between his work and the graphics in Sony’s PS5 video make us think his studio was commissioned to make those graphics. But the image above actually isn’t Sony’s. Let’s take a look at some of what was shown in the PS5 video and compare it to his work.

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Spotify's licensing deal for Joe Rogan podcast reportedly worth north of $100 million

TechSpot

The comedian, actor, television host, martial artist and UFC commentator has signed a deal with the streaming audio platform that’ll see his show get picked up later this year. Joe Rogan is taking his talents to Spotify. Here are all the details you need to know.

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The Who's Roger Daltrey says the internet is destroying our brains, society, and civilization

TechSpot

The singer made his internet-hating comments to the Coda Collection, which, somewhat ironically, is a video streaming service available on Amazon featuring music concerts, documentaries, and more from artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones, the latter of which Daltrey referred to as a "Mediocre Pub.

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What happens when a virtual streamer doesn’t own her body?

The Verge

She commissioned it from an artist for $5,000 and even kept the receipts as proof. It wasn’t until this month that she ran into a problem: the artist, alleging that Melody owed him money, filed a copyright complaint claiming that she didn’t actually own her body — he did.

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Crypto-driven marketplace Zora raises $2M to build a sustainable creator economy

TechCrunch

In many cases taking the majority of an artist’s ownership. “I grew curious why artists were unable to resource themselves from their community in an impactful way — but instead, were forced to seek out potentially predatory relationships. Like what the f**k is up with that?” It’s time for an upgrade.

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