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TikTok, Universal Music Group seal new deal to return Taylor Swift, BTS, other artists to hit short video app
Published on 03/05/2024
» HONG KONG: TikTok is bringing back many of the world's most popular recording artists - including Taylor Swift, BTS and Drake - under a new licensing deal with Universal Music Group (UMG), even as the hit short video platform faces a sell-or-ban ultimatum from the United States government.
Re-telling 2020, with forecasts for Thailand's future
Life, Published on 30/12/2020
» As the year we all want to end finally does, Life asks leading people from various professions to reflect how Covid-19 affected their industry and to look ahead for the year to come
A man of value
B Magazine, Duangkamol Panya, Published on 22/07/2018
» The most legendary law enforcer in Thai history, Khun Phantharak Rajjadej, stopped crimes and cleaned up the bandits all with nothing more than a police badge, the gravitas of a peacekeeper, and perhaps, as legend has it, immortality which he derived from ancient Thai witchcraft.
The Genius of Thai cinema
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 20/10/2017
» A high-school thriller shows films from the Kingdom can be a hit on the world stage
The force is strong with this one
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 14/12/2015
» This Thursday, the sequel of Star Wars will monopolise cinemas around the world. According to most predictions by box office pundits, the space opera conceived nearly 40 years ago will be the year's biggest blockbuster, not to mention a perpetuation of one of pop culture's greatest mythologies.
The 8-bit allure
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 11/09/2015
» The pixelated 8-bit joy of youth: Super Mario Bros, Mega Man, Punch Out!!. Who would've thought, however, that there'd be so many people who are still into those old video games? Certainly not Dhyan Ho, the current organiser of 8-Bit Bangkok, a gathering of like-minded adults who enjoy playing the video games of their childhood over some cold beer and good conversation.
Down with comics
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 21/08/2015
» From the 1970s onwards, a huge number of Thai children have grown up reading Japanese comic books that formed a big part of their pop-cultural upbringing. Thai publisher Vibulkij led the charge by becoming the first to actually acquire licenses to publish comic books in Thailand in 1992. Adopting the Japanese model of releasing weekly magazines containing single chapters from various series, Vibulkij launched Friday, Thailand's first weekly manga magazine. These magazines gave readers the advantage of reading ahead of the collected volumes, of which only several were released each year for each series.
Nielsen taps Twitter for TV show buzz
AFP Relax News, Published on 19/12/2012
» Nielsen on Monday announced a deal to tap into Twitter to gauge how much online buzz is being generated by television shows instead of simply focusing on numbers of viewers for programs.