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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Taylor Swift now owns all of her music outright. What does that mean for ‘Reputation (Taylor's Version)'?
Taylor Swift now owns all of her own music, after years of fighting to gain ownership of her entire catalog. She shared a letter on her website explaining that she was able to purchase the rights to all of her music, music videos and concert films. 'To say this is my greatest dream come true is actually being pretty reserved about it,' she wrote. 'To my fans, you know how important this has been to me — so much so that I meticulously re-recorded and released 4 of my albums, calling them Taylor's Version." Swift knew that fans would especially care about her sixth album and wonder what was happening with the 'Taylor's Version' of the album. So she addressed in the letter what will happen next with the two albums that she hasn't released rerecorded versions of yet — 'Reputation (Taylor's Version)' and her debut album. 'Those 2 albums can still have their moments to re-emerge when the time is right, if that would be something you guys would be excited about. But if it happens, it won't be from a place of sadness and longing for what I wish I could have. It will just be a celebration now.' She also explained that she hasn't finished rerecording 'Reputation (Taylor's Version)' and might not finish it. She did say she would likely still release the unreleased 'Vault' tracks from that album. 'I know, I know. What about Rep TV? Full transparency. I haven't even re-recorded a quarter of it,' Swift wrote. 'The Reputation album was so specific to that time in my life and I kept hitting a stopping point when I tried to remake it. 'All that defiance, that longing to understood while feeling purposely misunderstood, that desperate hope, that shame-born snarl and mischief. To be perfectly honest, it's the one album in those first 6 that I thought couldn't be improved upon by redoing it. Not the music, or photos, or videos. So I kept putting it off. There will be a time (if you're into the idea) for the unreleased Vault tracks from that album to hatch.' In 2019, Swift expressed frustrations about not being able to gain ownership of her entire music catalog after a dispute with Big Machine records. She left Big Machine records in 2018 for a deal with Universal Music Group's Republic Records. The next year, Big Machine and the label's founder Scott Borchetta sold her masters to Ithaca Holdings. In a Tumblr post, she shared her anger about the deal, saying that she has 'pleaded for a chance' to buy her own work for years but was instead 'given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and 'earn' one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in,' according to Time magazine. The music artist rejected the offer, and also condemned the sale of her masters to Scooter Braun's Ithaca Holdings. In response to Swift's Tumblr post, Borchetta wrote on Big Machine's website, 'Taylor had every chance in the world to own not just her master recordings, but every video, photograph, everything associated to her career. She chose to leave.' In 2020, investment firm Shamrock Capital acquired the rights to Swift's original six albums. She said in a social media post that she found out about the sale after receiving a letter from Shamrock Holdings 'letting us know they had bought 100% of my music, videos, and album art from Scooter Braun. This was the second time my music had been sold without my knowledge.' On Friday, she announced that she was able to purchase the entire library and rights from Shamrock Capital to now own all of her own music. Shortly after announcing her frustrations about not being able to gain ownership of her music in 2019, Swift announced plans to rerecord her first six albums and release them for her fans. Here are the albums that she rerecorded: 'Fearless (Taylor's Version),' April 9, 2021 'Red (Taylor's Version),' Nov. 12, 2021 'Speak Now (Taylor's Version),' July 7, 2023 '1989 (Taylor's Version),' Oct. 27, 2023 She expressed pride in being a part of the conversation in music ownership. 'I'm extremely heartened by the conversations this saga has reignited within my industry among artists and fans,' she wrote. 'Every time a new artist tells me they negotiated to own their master recordings in their record contract because of this fight, I'm reminded of how important it was for all of this to happen.'
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
Pranati well prepared for Women's Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships
Kolkata: After grabbing a bronze medal at FIG World Cup in Antalya, Turkey, in March early this year, Pranati Nayak will be looking to put up another strong performance at Women's Artistic Gymnastics Asian Championships to be held in Jecheon, South Korea, from June 12-15. It will be quite a challenge for the veteran gymnast though in the Vault apparatus as the top athletes from all over the continent will be participating in the tournament including 49-year-old Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan. However, according to her coach Ashok Mishra, the two-time Asian Championships bronze medallist is well prepared and was quite impressive during the final training sessions. "Pranati is in great shape physically and mentally and is full of confidence. She did really well during the podium training and was able to get a lot of speed while making the runs which will no doubt help her," said Mishra, during an interaction from Jecheon. The two vaults that she will be performing are — Tsukahara 720 Twist with fixed landing and Handspring Pike Salto with a 360-degree turn. She has been doing the first vault for a while now but the second one is something she has added to her armoury recently. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like استخدام مواد قابلة لإعادة التدوير يقلل النفايات بنسبة 50٪ Visionary Echo ابحث الآن Undo Although, she did struggle with it at times, she pulled it off perfectly on the final day ahead of the event and Mishra, who trains her at Gymnastics High-Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar, sounded quite pleased with it. Moreover, she has also been working on her leg strength over the past few months and its showing in her performance. Besides Nayak, the other athletes who will be representing India in the senior category are Protistha Samanta, Bidisha Gayen, Sneha Tariyal and Ritu Das. Meanwhile, Sreeparna Debnath, Sakshi Dalvi, Tora Saini and Avantika Negi will be competing in the junior section and coach Bishweshwar Nandi is hopeful of a good showing from the youngsters. "It's their first international tournament, and it's important for them to gain as much experience as possible. We always hope they will be able to perform what they have been training for. Based on that, we start having expectations, but this sport is all about technique, and it's not possible to do something you haven't learned," said Nandi, who trained Dipa Karmakar and helped her make it to the Olympics. Nandi though has a big task at hand now as he has been working with the juniors ahead of the event alongside coach Jimmi Anjana in Bhubaneswar. However, one of the junior members of the team — Priti Jhankar from Odisha — will sadly miss the event after she got infected with chicken pox and has been put in quarantine.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
IBM's Software Segment Growth Picks Up: A Sign of More Upside?
International Business Machines Corporation's IBM Software segment is increasingly gaining traction with an increasing demand for a focused portfolio that provides end-to-end hybrid cloud and AI capabilities. The segment revenues in the first quarter of 2025 increased to $6.34 billion from $5.9 billion a year ago, driven by growth in Hybrid Platform & Solutions, Red Hat, Automation, Data & AI and Transaction Processing, backed by a strong focus on product buyout of California-based software company HashiCorp Inc. for an enterprise value of $6.4 billion has brought powerful synergies across key strategic growth areas of IBM, such as Red Hat, watsonx and IT Automation solutions. HashiCorp's tools, Terraform and Vault, have been integrated with IBM's Red Hat platforms to enhance cloud infrastructure management and hybrid cloud security, including for IBM Z. The addition of the new cutting-edge products has significantly improved IBM Software's ability to help organizations optimize IT spending, reduce cloud costs and boost overall efficiency through automation. With a surge in traditional cloud-native workloads and associated applications, along with a rise in generative AI deployment, there is a radical expansion in the number of cloud workloads that enterprises are currently managing. This has resulted in heterogeneous, dynamic and complex infrastructure strategies, which, in turn, have led firms to undertake a cloud-agnostic and interoperable approach to highly secure multi-cloud management. Our revenue estimate for the segment is pegged at $7.52 billion, indicating year-over-year growth of 11.6% at constant currency. Much of this growth is expected to come from Hybrid Cloud businesses (up 23% to $1.9 billion) and Automation (up 15.4% to $1.87 billion). Microsoft Corporation MSFT has doubled down on the cloud computing opportunity. Azure's increased availability in more than 60 announced regions globally has strengthened Microsoft's competitive position in the cloud computing market. Operating through a vast network of global data centers that ensure high availability and reliability for applications, Azure offers seamless access to all the services included in the portal once customers subscribe to it. Subscribers can use these services to create cloud-based resources, such as virtual machines and databases, which can then be assembled into running environments used to host workloads and store Inc. AMZN enjoys a dominant position in the cloud-computing market, particularly in the IaaS space, thanks to Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is one of its high-margin-generating businesses. AWS is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted on-demand cloud computing platform, offering more than 200 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers, including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises and leading government agencies, are using AWS to lower costs, become more agile and innovate faster. It reportedly offers the widest variety of databases that are purpose-built for different types of applications to enable subscribers to choose the right tool for the job. IBM has surged 60.7% over the past year compared with no change for the industry. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research From a valuation standpoint, IBM trades at a forward price-to-sales ratio of 3.74, above the industry. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The Zacks Consensus Estimate for IBM's earnings for 2025 has been on the rise over the past 30 days. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research IBM currently carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Inc. (AMZN) : Free Stock Analysis Report Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) : Free Stock Analysis Report International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research
Yahoo
02-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
From Data To Decisions: Ever.Ag Empowers Pork Producers
LEWISVILLE, Texas, June 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Across the pork industry, one message is coming through loud and clear: producers need smarter, more connected tools to keep up with the complexity of today's market. With margin pressure mounting and uncertainty becoming the norm, pork operations can no longer afford to manage risk, data, and supply chains in silos. The urgency for connected systems is growing fast. Feed costs alone can account for up to 70% of total production expenses, making real-time insights and tighter operational control critical for profitability. At the same time, producers are embracing tech at an unprecedented pace— has seen mobile usage among its livestock customers climb more than 300% in the past two years, signaling a major shift toward digital tools that bring visibility and decision-making power straight to the barn. On June 4-5 at the 2025 World Pork Expo in Des Moines, is unifying its offerings like never before—pairing deep market expertise with on-farm software to help producers take smarter, faster actions across their operations. For the first time, risk and software teams will present together in a fully integrated experience, showcasing how data and strategy can work hand-in-hand to drive profitability. At the heart of this approach is a suite of connected tools built with the producer in mind. Visitors to booth (V665) at the World Pork Expo can explore live demos of industry-leading solutions, including: Vault – A cutting-edge platform for livestock risk management that brings transparency and control to your hedging strategies. Feed Allocation System – Producer-friendly financial accounting software that simplifies recordkeeping and supports operational decisions. SO Smart Order – A streamlined tool to manage feed, medication, and supply orders across barns and teams. LPS – State-of-the-art software for compliance, traceability, value calculation, and MPR reporting across the protein supply chain. S&OP for Processors – Debuting at World Pork Expo, this advanced analytics solution helps processors make smarter, faster forecasting and planning decisions using integrated data intelligence. On Wednesday from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM in the Upper Varied Industries Building Meeting Room, Dr. Lee Schulz, Chief Economist at will lead the Pork Industry Economic Update—a can't-miss session covering key economic drivers such as pork demand, feed and protein prices, and market conditions impacting profitability. The session supports broader work with the National Pork Board in economic modeling and outlooks. "Our goal this year is to show producers that we're listening," said Tom Brincks, VP for Livestock & Animal Protein at "They want more than standalone tools—they want clarity, connection, and control. That's exactly what we're bringing: a smarter way to manage uncertainty and improve outcomes across the operation." Visit the booth, V665, to experience firsthand how connected tools can help pork producers mitigate risk, boost performance, and plan with confidence. ABOUT is a leading provider of innovative AgTech solutions and services that connect and empower the entire agricultural supply chain—from farm to consumer. With a deep commitment to advancing how agriculture works, delivers market intelligence, risk management, and cutting-edge software that enable smarter, more sustainable operations across dairy, livestock, crops, and agribusiness sectors. Backed by decades of experience and a passion for industry innovation, helps producers, processors, and partners make data-driven decisions, improve efficiency, and feed a growing world with confidence. View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Sign in to access your portfolio
Time of India
31-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Taylor Swift: 'Reputation is the one album I thought couldn't be improved upon by redoing it'
Taylor Swift has finally gone on the record about what happened to 'Reputation (Taylor's Version),' giving a raw and emotional report card to her fans that has sent the Swiftie universe into a tailspin. In a very personal letter she released on Friday on her website, the 35-year-old superstar not only announced that she has officially purchased back her entire masters catalogue, but also answered the burning question: When is "Rep TV" coming out? Swift's letter was a straightforward admission about the rumours over the re-recorded version of her 2017 best-seller album "Reputation." She wrote honestly, "I know, I know. What about Rep TV?" For the first time, Swift confessed to her fans that the work is not yet done. "Full transparency: I haven't even re-recorded a quarter of it," she admitted, describing the experience of returning to the album as more emotionally complicated than she had expected. Swift explained the rationale for the delay, detailing how "Reputation" was "so specific to that time in my life, and I kept hitting a stopping when I tried to remake it." She went on to explain the raw emotions attached to the creation of the album, stating, "All that defiance, that longing to be understood while feeling purposely misunderstood, that desperate hope, that shame-born snarl and mischief," She said and made an astonishing revelation, "Reputation is the one album in those first 6 that I thought couldn't be improved upon by redoing it. Not the music, or photos, or videos. So I kept putting it off." Although Swift declined to say that there would not be a "Rep TV," she was candid about uncertainty. She suggested the album would never be re-recorded in its entirety, but did leave the window open for fans to one day hear previously unreleased "Vault" songs from the "Reputation" period. "Sometime (if you're on board with the concept) there will be a time for the unreleased Vault songs from that album to come out," she promised fans. Swift also gave an update regarding her first album, "Taylor Swift," released in 2006. She confirmed, "I've already fully re-recorded my whole first album, and I really love how it sounds now." She stated that her debut and "Reputation" could "still have their moments to re-emerge when the time is right, if that would be something you guys would be stoked about." Swift's letter follows years of her re-recording her musical heritage, since the disputed sale of her initial six albums by Big Machine Recordings. She has already delivered "Taylor's Version" re-recorded versions of 'Fearless,' 'Red,' 'Speak Now,' and '1989,' all to critical and commercial success. She ended her letter on an optimistic note saying, "But if it does, it won't be out of a place of sadness and wistfulness for something that I want that I don't have. It'll just be a celebration now." Check out our list of the latest Hindi , English , Tamil , Telugu , Malayalam , and Kannada movies . Don't miss our picks for the best Hindi movies , best Tamil movies, and best Telugu films .
