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Tehran

1 Apple pulled off a masterstroke, but it’s not the fruit company news everybody is talking about. Yes, Apple gained the rights for Formula 1, which used to be free on ESPN and… Free TV is going the way of the dodo. There’s just too much money in desirable product for streamers not to lay […]

Vince Gill-This Week’s Podcast

From Oklahoma to Nashville to the Eagles! Apple: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-the-bob-lefsetz-podcast-30806836/episode/vince-gill-332862906?app=listen https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/9ff4fb19-54d4-41ae-ae7a-8a6f8d3dafa8/the-bob-lefsetz-podcast?ref_=dmm_acq_mrn_d_ds_rh_z_p454-cr2031330-c

TikTok

It’s an entertainment platform. All those hours you spend watching television? The younger generations spend that time on TikTok. Only in many cases, TikTok is better than television, because it’s more real, more human, you can relate to it better. Which is maybe why the cast of and comments about “Love on the Spectrum” are […]

NYT 30 Greatest Living Songwritrers

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/magazine/greatest-american-songwriters-alive.html Chris Willman wrote the definitive piece on this in “Variety”:  “Where in the Actual Hell Is Randy Newman? And Other Questions Raised by the New York Times’ Greatest Living American Songwriters List” https://variety.com/2026/music/columns/new-york-times-greatest-songwriters-list-missing-randy-newman-1236733511/ Now I’ve known Chris for a long time. He takes his music seriously and is especially knowledgeable about country for a […]