selected works

music business
This Company Charges Thousands for VIP Access to the Stars. They Just Can't Promise You'll Get It
​The Mad Pandemic Bottleneck of Indie Bands​
​All Aboard the Magical Mystery Tours
​Inside the ‘Secret Committees’ That Quietly Run the Grammy Awards
​Will the 2022 Grammys Finally Be for the People?
​The Crisis Behind the All-White Grammy Category
​In a Crisis, Radio Should Be Bigger Than Ever — So Why Isn’t It?
​Want to Be the Next Big Rock Producer? Buckle Up
​The Brilliant Marketing of Taylor Swift’s Mysterious Bonus Track
​Indie Publishing Is Heating Up. What Does That Mean for the Music Business?
‘No Reasonable Person’ Would Consider Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ Cover Child Porn, Lawyers Say​
Music Distribution Is Getting More Transparent. It’s About Damn Time
A BTS-Backed Social Network for Fandoms Wants to Revolutionize Stan Culture​
The Music Industry Has Neglected Its DJs. New Tech Will Change the Game
​Apple Music Pays $0.01 Per Stream​
A Concert Pro’s New Gig: Licensing Music for Funerals​
The Grammys’ Executive Producer Does Not Care About the Ratings
Want to Dream With Post Malone? ‘Sleep Remixes’ Are Now a Thing​
​She Managed Concert Tours. Now, Covid Vaccines
​Why Limited-Capacity Concerts Just Don’t Make Sense
​Distrokid Will Act Like a Dating App for Artists Seeking Labels​
​Here’s Why Dwight Yoakam Is Suing His Old Record Label
​How 2020 Changed the Music Business Forever
Taylor Swift’s Old Catalog Is Now Owned by an Investment Fund​
​For Music’s Crew Workers, 2020 Has Been Devastating
A Teen’s TikToks Are Changing the Way Her Record Label Looks at Marketing
Why WME’s Former Music Head Wants to Own Half of Your Indie Venue
TikTok Is Giving a Niche Indie Band’s 2008 Music Millions of New Streams
At Work With Abou ‘Bu’ Thiam, Kanye West’s Elusive Manager
What Does ‘Best New Artist’ Mean When the World’s on Fire?
How USPS Pandemonium Threatens Indie Musicians and Labels
J Dilla Died In 2006. He’s Now Being Sued for Using a 1974 Rock Sample
Stores are Misusing Background Music and It’s Costing the Record Industry Billions
There’s No HR on Tour. So One Music Couple Built a Roadie Support Group
Marshmello’s Manager Is Building Him a Kid-Friendly Business Empire
From Lady Gaga to HBO, Justin Tranter Is Writing Music to Celebrate Pride Every Day
Why One Music Venue Is Taking Their Insurance Company to Court
To Get a Record Deal Right Now, You’d Better Ooze Presence Over Zoom
A ‘Tinder for Songwriters’ App Is Thriving in Quarantine
The Week the Music Stopped
How Coronavirus Is Destroying the Livelihood of Music’s Behind-the-Scenes Workforce

music
​​The Metamorphosis of Maggie Lindemann
​The Engrossing, Psychedelic Sounds of Mica Levi​
Musicians on Musicians: Willow & Travis Barker
RZA Wants to Help You Find Inner Peace
Song You Need to Know: Jake Wesley Rogers, ‘Weddings and Funerals’
Suzy Shinn Is Helping Shape Rock’s Future
For ‘Supalonely’ Star Benee, Pop Music Is Therapy
Song You Need to Know: Kelsy Karter, ‘God Knows I’ve Tried’
The Best Albums of August 2020: The Killers, Maluma, Angel Olsen, Katy Perry, and More
I Remixed Grimes into the Pop Star of My Coronavirus Dreams
Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Ordinary Man’ Album: 7 Things We Learned at SiriusXM Listening

crypto
​A Field Guide to Music’s Potential Crypto Boom
​The Crypto World Is Getting Greener. Is It Too Little Too Late?
​Grimes Called it a Tool For Radical Wealth Distribution. Could People Make Real Money Off NFT Gaming?
Instagram Bans @NFT Account, Blue Check Mark Be Damned
Accused Bitcoin Mega Crook Made Rap Videos. And Dear God, Are They Cringey​
NFT Scams Are Everywhere. Here's How to Avoid Them
​The NFT Art World Wouldn’t Be the Same Without This Woman’s ‘Wide-Awake Hallucinations’​
‘World of Women’ NFTs Are Cracking Crypto’s Boys-Club Image
‘A Huge Scam’: Fans Who Bought Tekashi 6ix9ine-Backed NFTs Are Pissed
​Someone Spent $450,000 for ‘Land’ Next to Snoop Dogg’s NFT House
​How Four NFT Novices Created a Billion-Dollar Ecosystem of Cartoon Apes
​AI Girlfriends Are Coming (In the Form of Sexualized Anime NFTs)
Every Time Someone Streams 3lau’s Next Song, Fans Will Get Paid​
Don Diablo Is Building a Massive NFT (Literally)
NFTs May Seem Like Frivolous Fads. They Should Be the Future of Music
​Kings of Leon Will Be the First Band to Release an Album as an NFT


digital culture
Rumble Mixes Cat Videos With Covid Misinformation — and the Right Is Loving It
​An OnlyFans Creator Is Facing Jail Time in Singapore for ‘Obscene’ Content
An At-Home Covid Test Service Is Ghosting Its Clients​
Hasan Piker Skewers Twitch for ‘Capitulating to White Supremacists’​
Would You Pay To Be ‘Buried’ in a Metaverse Cemetery?
​The Mycology TikToker Embracing the Sound of Shrooms
10 Shocking Revelations From the Facebook Papers
​On the Set of Fox’s Trippy New Reality TV Show, Which Turns Singers Into… Aliens?
​