The Cricket's Daily 3: YouTube vs. indie music labels
This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2014, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
Here's what's being talked about in pop culture:
• Google-owned YouTube is threatening to block indie music labels from posting videos, as it pushes its new subscription music service. So much for Google's old motto of "don't be evil." [Entertainment Weekly, The Guardian]
• Jay Leno will receive the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, considered the highest honor a comedian can get. This raises the question: Jay Leno is a comedian? [Vulture]
• More major movies are having their premieres in New York this year — and a major reason is that Jimmy Fallon moved "The Tonight Show" to The Big Apple. [The Hollywood Reporter]