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The third remake of the 1984 charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas debuted on British television last night. Via the Guardian: The more cynical might suggest that in the age of twitchforkings and twitterstorms, when it sometimes seems that no pop cultural event can pass without someone somewhere forensically examining it in the hope of find something they can …

Forbes has posted its annual ranking of the estimated 2012 incomes for the world’s highest-paid musicians. Here’s their top ten. 1. Dr Dre – $110M 2. Roger Waters – $88M 3. Elton John – $80M 4. U2 – $78M 5. Take That – $68M 6. Bon Jovi – $60M 7. Britney Spears – $58M 8. Paul McCartney – $57M 9. …

Saying it could have a “chilling effect” on freedom of speech, today a federal appeals court struck down the FCC’s policies about language indecency. Interestingly, the ruling came not in a case involving Howard Stern or other radio shock jocks. The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit in New York arose from a case over …

“Caution! The only thing protecting the movie and TV industries from the fate that has befallen music and indeed the newspaper business is the size of the files. The immutable laws of bandwidth tell us we’re just a few years away from being able to download an entire season of “24” in 24 seconds. Many will expect to get it …

At last night’s U2 concert at Giants Stadium in New Jersey, Bono praised Mayor Bloomberg and urged the crowd to “give it up” for him. Bloomberg’s campaign rushed the clip onto their website, noting without irony that the next song was I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For.