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Post-Taylor Swift, Here's How Much Apple Will Pay

'New York Times' has details of streaming deal

(Newser) - Thanks in part to Taylor Swift's rebuke, Apple is going to pay artists for music streamed during any Apple Music free trial period. But how much, exactly? Per the New York Times , the company is paying 0.2 cent per song streamed free, which may not sound like much...

Not Everyone Is Cheering Taylor Swift's Apple 'Win'

Some say she didn't actually change anything

(Newser) - Many people have been fawning over Taylor Swift since her open letter to Apple convinced the company to do an about-face and pay musicians for music streamed during a user's Apple Music free trial period. But a number of people, chief among them Pandora's former chief technology officer,...

Apple Bowed Down to Swift After Just 17 Hours

Apple Music will pay rights holders per stream during 3-month trial

(Newser) - Taylor Swift’s open letter to Apple criticizing the company's decision not to pay "writers, producers, or artists" for music streamed during a three-month free trial of its new service has not only drawn support from other artists, but, it turns out, from Apple itself. In what Vanity ...

Dear Apple: You're Ripping Off Artists. Love, Taylor

Singer disses free trial period for streaming: 'We don't ask you for free iPhones'

(Newser) - First she yanked her music off Spotify . Now Taylor Swift is taking on an even bigger music-streaming behemoth: Apple. The singer decided to keep her 1989 album off of Apple Music after discovering users could hear her songs, and others', for free during the three-month trial period, but that those...

Graduation Morphs Into a Taylor Swift Flash Mob

NH valedictorian Colin Yost leads surprise senior jam to 'Shake It Off'

(Newser) - Parents who thought they were going to have to sit through a boring graduation in a stuffy gym got anything but at Portsmouth High School on Friday. Colin Yost, the valedictorian for the New Hampshire school's senior class, decided he wanted to shake things up—and off—during his...

4 Celebs Who Owe Taylor Swift Big-Time

She helped them out with 'career milestones'

(Newser) - Taylor Swift's might seem like she's hogging all the awards , but ETOnline points out that she's actually helped quite a few other artists along the way. The site rounds up six who owe her for career milestones:
  • Kendrick Lamar: The rapper—whom Swift name-dropped back in September
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Teens: Taylor Swift Bracelets Saved Us in Wreck

When no one stopped to help, they used light bracelets from concert as flares

(Newser) - Taylor Swift's super powers apparently know no bounds: The pop star, who can save a Montana high school from a final exam , is being credited with a more serious, albeit accidental intervention. Three Louisiana teenagers tell WBRZ that they were on their way home from Swift's Baton Rouge...

Taylor Swift Can Save Students From Final Exam

Phone call will grant teacher's wish, too

(Newser) - Does world history teacher Colter Pierce at Skyview High School set a tough final exam? This year's students will never have to find out if Taylor Swift gives the Billings, Mont., teacher a call. He has promised the exam will be canceled if the star calls him, and a...

Swift on Being Maxim's 'Hottest': Nice Compliment

She's this year's Hot 100 top pick

(Newser) - Continuing her apparent quest to Win All The Awards , Taylor Swift has been named the No. 1 pick on Maxim 's annual Hot 100 list. Among the reasons why: Swift is "deeply unconcerned with whether or not you consider her attractive, which of course only makes her more...

Swift Wins 8, Kanye Booed at Billboard Awards

She beats Garth Brooks' 19-win record

(Newser) - Taylor Swift dominated the Billboard Music Awards with eight wins, including top artist, while Kanye West was booed during his performance that closed the event in Las Vegas last night. Swift—now the most decorated artist in the show's history with 20 wins, beating Garth Brooks' 19—also won...

Taylor Swift's Mom Hands Her Latest Award

Andrea Swift recalls the origins of 'Love Story'

(Newser) - Taylor Swift may not exactly be making country music anymore, but she did receive the Milestone Award at last night's Academy of Country Music Awards. And the presenter was none other than her mom, ABC News reports. "For many years, I was her constant companion, and I witnessed...

Taylor Swift Reveals Her Mom Has Cancer

'I hope and pray that you never get news like this'

(Newser) - Taylor Swift, a celeb known for time and again helping others with cancer, today revealed on Tumblr that her mother has cancer. "I'd like to keep the details of her condition and treatment plans private, but she wanted you to know," writes the singer, who goes on...

Princeton Review to Swift: Your Grammar Still Stinks

Though test prep company is sorry it misquoted her

(Newser) - Taylor Swift called out the Princeton Review this week for misquoting her lyrics and accusing her of using bad grammar, and yesterday the test prep company told MTV that, while it's sorry for the misquote, it stands by the poor-grammar claim. The "Fifteen" lyric, as quoted in the...

Taylor Swift Schools Princeton Review —on Grammar

#ACCUSE ME OF ANYTHING BUT DO NOT ATTACK MY GRAMMAR

(Newser) - In the world of standardized testing, it's probably safe to assume that Taylor Swift knows a little something about Taylor Swift. Apparently more than standardized testing knows about Taylor Swift: Vanity Fair spots a Tumblr exchange in which a Swift fan studying for the SATs stumbled across a grammar...

Swift Fights the Good Fight Against Taylor Swift Porn

Snaps up 2 adult-themed URLs

(Newser) - Come June, .porn and .adult Web URLs will be available to the general public, just like .xxx sites went live in 2011 . But certain people and companies with trademarks were allowed to snap up .porn or .adult domain names early, and Taylor Swift registered both taylorswift.porn and taylorswift.adult....

Taylor Swift's Cat Could Be Out $40M

Great work, Meredith

(Newser) - Taylor Swift has legs, you see. And amid reports last week that she'd insured them to the tune of $40 million, the "Shake It Off" singer took to Twitter last night to address the situation, tongue firmly in cheek and cat claw apparently having run afoul of aforementioned...

Katy Perry's Post-Super Bowl Activity: XLIX Tattoo

Plus: Did she or did she not diss Taylor Swift?

(Newser) - Katy Perry will never forget performing at last night's 49th Super Bowl—because after her halftime show was over, she got XLIX tattooed on her finger, the Daily Mail reports. "I thought it would be appropriate to draw blood tonight," Perry captioned an Instagram picture of the...

Katy Perry's Halftime Plan: Diss Taylor Swift?

Super Bowl halftime buzz centers around catty drama

(Newser) - Katy Perry is this year's Super Bowl halftime performer—and the big question is whether Perry will diss Taylor Swift during her performance Sunday. As Time recounts, Swift's recent song "Bad Blood" is reportedly about Perry; Swift hasn't said so specifically, but she admitted in a...

Taylor Swift: Good Luck Finding Nude Pics, Hackers

Singer's Twitter account gets hacked

(Newser) - Apparently there is at least one celebrity who doesn't take nude pictures: Taylor Swift. Her social media accounts were hacked yesterday by the Lizard Squad, a group that's claimed responsibility for a number of other recent cyberattacks . The group threatened to release nude photos of Swift, but she...

Dashcam Viral: Cop Lip-Syncs to Taylor Swift

Dover PD's Jeff Davis seriously gets into This. Sick. Beat.

(Newser) - "While reviewing dashcam footage," ominously begins the Dover Police Department's Facebook post , "we come across some interesting sights to say the least. We hope you enjoy this...and Taylor Swift, if you're watching...we're sorry." What follows is what it dubs a "...

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