Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Following Amazon-MGM Deal Close, FTC Warns It May ‘Challenge a Deal at Any Time’
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital EditorAmazon on Thursday announced that it had closed its $8.5 billion acquisition of MGM. But the deal may not be out of the regulatory woods yet.The Federal Trade Commission, asked about its review of the Amazon-MGM announcement, noted that the agency has the latitude to file a legal challenge even after the parties have closed a transaction.“The FTC does not comment on any particular matters.
However, we reiterate that the Commission does not approve transactions and may challenge a deal at any time if it determines that it violates the law,” FTC spokesperson Betsy Lordan said in a statement to Variety.Additionally, last year the FTC announced that it will send “pre-consummation warning letters in connection with deals it cannot fully investigate within the timelines established by the HSR Act,” Lordan said.
That’s a reference to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act, which established the federal premerger notification program to provide the FTC and the Justice Department with information about large mergers and acquisitions before they occur.
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