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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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Tuesday, May 14, 2019
Facebook Raises Minimum Wages For Employees
On Monday, the Silicon Valley tech giant said that it will pay at least $22 per hour for content reviewers in the Bay Area, New York City, and Washington, DC; $20 per hour to those living in Seattle; and $18 per hour in all other metro areas in the United States.
Facebook has faced scrutiny over the pay and working conditions of its content moderators. An investigation from The Verge found that workers, who were being paid just $28,800 a year, faced intense working conditions and some developed PTSD.
The $520 billion company is also raising wages for US contract workers like cafeteria staff and janitors to a minimum of $20 per hour in San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Washington, DC, and to $18 per hour in Seattle.
"In the years since, it's become clear that $15 per hour doesn't meet the cost of living in some of the places where we operate. After reviewing a number of factors including third-party guidelines, we're committing to a higher standard that better reflects local costs of living," the social media giant said in a blog post.
Walmart, the world's largest retailer and the largest US private sector employer, pays workers $11 an hour at entry-level, while Target said in April it would raise its US minimum wage to $13 an hour.
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Friday, July 4, 2014
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Saturday, June 5, 2021
Reservoir Buys Tommy Boy Music Label for $100 Million
Reservoir has acquired the groundbreaking hip-hop and electronic label Tommy Boy Music for around $100 million.
Although the press release does not mention the amount, a SEC filing has revealed the price of the deal to buy the New York-based label. The deal comprises 6,000+ masters including Coolio’s smash ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’, House of Pain’s ‘Jump Around’ and Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force’s ‘Planet Rock.’
Sunday, February 23, 2014
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Monday, December 10, 2018
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Friday, October 18, 2019
Rikers Island Jail Soon To Close It's Doors
Rikers, which has 10,000 beds, is a 400-acre jail complex located on an island in the middle of the East River, between Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. The New York City Council voted Thursday to close the massive Rikers Island jail complex, one of the largest jails in the country, and replace it with four smaller jails across four of the city's boroughs.
"Rikers island is a symbol of brutality and inhumanity and it is time for us to once and for all close Rikers Island." "As a city we must do everything we can to move away from the failed policies of mass incarceration."
Rikers has become infamous for lack of oversight, excessive force and neglect. The jail housed some inmates with short sentences, but mainly served as a holding center for thousands awaiting trial.
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Opponents of closing the jail have worried about housing the inmates in residential neighborhoods. The new jails would only contain a total of 3,300 beds — compared to a current population of roughly 7,200 inmates.
The American Civil Liberties Union also celebrated Thursday's vote, calling it the "start of the long-overdue process."
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Monday, February 15, 2021
What Is Your Favorite Rap Group?
Every now and then, a hip-hop music group breaks through the barriers to the big screen. Run-DMC's place as the most influential rap group and undeniably one of the greatest hip-hop acts of all-time.
Fans Favorite created this thread for hip-hop lovers and viewers of the Wrap Up Magazine to engage on. "We want to know which rap group is your most favorite?"
Sunday, September 16, 2018
#NewVideo Jackson Turner - "Let Me Clear My Throat" @jacksonturnermc
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Turner describes his new single as "a tribute to real lyricism. The title is named after the classic DJ Kool song from the late 90s. With this song, I’m trying to show that we can do new, head-banging hip-hop, while still dropping bars. Rapping is an art and emcees need to live up to it." Bare Knuckle Soul drops in November via Taihe Music Group.
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Why American Independent Internet Radio May Go Extinct
The new performance royalty rates that internet radio will pay artists and record labels were released on December 16 and many small and mid-sized internet-only broadcasters are now fearing.... While there was a modest increase on the fee paid for each song played, the bigger concern is what’s missing.
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Monday, June 14, 2021
The RZA Confirms Season 2 Of ‘Wu-Tang: An American Saga’
The RZA has confirmed a second season for Wu-Tang: An American Saga.
The Abbott came bearing good news regarding the Clan’s biographical drama series. In an exclusive interview with HipHopDX he said the show will return this fall. “American Saga will start airing in September,” he revealed. “That story will be complete for the season. Then I’m looking to get back in a director’s chair. I feel like that’s important for me to continue to tell our stories through cinema.” He went on to hint that production is still ongoing. “That’s going to take some time to develop a new script. But I’m having a great time finishing up the new season of American Saga.”
Thursday, June 24, 2021
New Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1 Collaboration
During the recent Louis Vuitton SS22 “Amen Break” runway, the LV menswear artistic director, Off-White™ founder and frequent Nike collaborator sent a jolt through the sneaker world by revealing a whopping 21 Louis Vuitton x Nike Air Force 1s — more specifically, Air Force 1 Mids and Air Force 1 Lows with with damier patterns, LV monogram print, doubled-up tongues, plenty of Helvetica text and even printed “graffiti.”
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Jennifer Lopez developing new Amazon Prime video series
Jennifer Lopez is developing a new Amazon Prime video series about Manhattan's most famous women-only residence the 1970s.
The 52-year-old Marry Me star's project, entitled Backwards in Heels, is set to follow the 'aspirational and timeless story about the glamorous women living at the Barbizon Hotel in post-WWII New York City'.
Friday, April 29, 2022
Jay-Z’s Firm Backs $33 Million Investment
Sandbridge Capital and Jay-Z’s venture capital business are investing $33 million in beauty brand Madison Reed.
Madison Reed will use the money to expand its hair color-bar presence, the firms said in their announcement Thursday. The company wants to add locations in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago, hire 850 new colorists and expand its omnichannel offerings.