I write and teach about music, media and culture; I work at the University of Leeds but express my views here not theirs; I over-use semi-colons
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Here's a 25,000 word literature review of research on the impact of algorithmic on music consumption and production, commissioned by the UK government’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation, written by myself and three Leeds Uni colleagues gov.uk/government/publicatio…
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New pub alert! Zhongwei Li and @hesmondthing David Hesmondhalgh’s article traces the history of Chinese music platforms by considering platformization as a closing down of the open and generative potential of internet architecture.🎵
Read here: doi.org/10.1080/17544750.202…
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The sentences handed to the five @JustStop_Oil campaigners are utterly disproportionate. Four and five years in prison for peaceful protest? This is what you might expect in Russia or Egypt, not in a supposed democracy. theguardian.com/environment/…
So proud of my sister and her husband Ian Kershaw for their role (alongside others) in the brilliant and successful campaign to save the Oldham Coliseum Theatre
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Labour's share of the popular vote is way lower than that achieved by Corbyn Labour in 2017 and only 2% more than 2019:
2010: Tories 36.1, Labour 29.0
2015: Tories 36.9, Labour 30.4
2017: Tories 42.4, Labour 40.0
2019: Tories 43.6, Labour 32.1
2024: Labour 34.1, Tories 23.6
Feeling guilty because my daughter @RosaHes1 has been reduced to working as a maid for some kind of aristocrat (Lady Penelope or something) and is involved in some scheme for Penelope to get off with a posh fella called Colin.
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My colleague Zhongwei (Mabu) Li and I have just published this open-access article, a history of digital music in China from peer to peer to streaming, and an account of what this might tell us about platformisation in China: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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🎉 Green win in Ilkley!
🌟 Ros Brown is elected as Green Party councillor for Ilkley 🌟
🟢 Ros is the first ever Green Party district councillor in this staunch Tory Ward!
👏 Congratulations to Ros!!
#GetGreensElected
#FairerGreenerBradford
ALT Thanks to you Greens won in Ilkley. Now join the party. Photo of Ros Brown with Ilkley in the distance behind her.
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“As the largest anti-Zionist Jewish organization in the world, we unequivocally reject the conflation of antisemitism with anti-Zionism and reaffirm in the strongest terms that there is no place for antisemitism in our movements.”
Our full statement:
jewishvoiceforpeace.org/2024…
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Wednesday, April 24th, at 4 pm BST, Eric Weisbard, (@eweisbard) author of “Hound Dog,” will join @annkpowers for an in-person discussion at the @UniversityLeeds, moderated by David Hesmondhalgh (@hesmondthing). ow.ly/F0vc50RgwJ2
ALT Cover of Hound Dog by Eric Weisbard. The cover is a convulted spiral of pink and black that appears indented at places. Thick, black, horizontal bar middle bottom of color. Title in capitalized white bold font centered top left of black bar and author's name in unbolded white all capitals below title. Centered right of thick bar is picture of logo in white.
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…you squandered an 80-seat majority and now write 4th rate columns in a national shit-rag
No sentient person gives a toss what you think.
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👉NEW -- For western media, Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not ‘deadly’
by Prof. Des Freedman (@lazebnic)
Right across the Anglo-American mainstream media, the killing of Palestinians is seen as normal. It’s only Israeli lives that matter.
declassifieduk.org/for-weste…
Obviously Trump is going to win the Republican nomination. So why is his predictable victory in the absurd "Iowa caucus" headline news today? Can't news organisations just stop covering the US Presidential Election until early November? Tell me the result when this farce is over.
Surreal for me and my co-author @hyojungsun to be alongside @nilerodgers and @MMercuriadis, giving evidence to the UK Parliament Culture, Media and Sport Committee, on "creator remuneration" in music.
The Belgian film Close (2022) is such a beautiful and moving exploration of adolescent masculinity - and homophobia, centred on two 13 year old boys. The acting of the schoolchildren and parents is extraordinary. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Very proud of our son Joe, quoted in this Guardian article, playing a key role in standing up for a liveable future for his generation, pressurising UK Labour not to sell out on climate theguardian.com/politics/202…
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The problem is that their reporters, editors and owner find it hard to accept that most of us are flawed, and can’t live up to the high moral values, devotion to the absolute truth and extreme chastity represented by The Sun.
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This. Universal credit system not working for artists, says Julie Hesmondhalgh theguardian.com/society/2023…
Are digital platforms ways of disciplining infrastructures in the realm of culture? Our new open access article explores this idea, using music as a case study: cogitatiopress.com/mediaandc…
Not much has been published on how the Indian music industries are changing in the platform era. I co-authored this piece with Charles Umney and our PhD student @adlal Aditya led the writing of this, his first peer-reviewed article, with great aplomb.
Happy to share that a new article, in collaboration with my supervisors @hesmondthing and Dr. Charles Umney, where we explore the impact of platformisation on the livelihood of Indian musicians, is out in the world! You can check it out here (open access): tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…