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.
Hasbro Laying Off Over 1,000 As CEO Calls Market Headwinds “Stronger And More Persistent Than Planned”
deadline.comGiant toymaker Hasbro is laying off 1,100 employees, following 800 staff cuts announced earlier this year, as CEO Chris Cocks cited a tough business climate that’s been slow to recover.
That’s about 20% of the company’s global workforce. “The market headwinds we anticipated have proven to be stronger and more persistent than planned.
While we’re confident in the future of Hasbro, the current environment demands that we do more, even if these choices are some of the hardest we have to make,” the chief executive said in an email to staff today.
In August, in a big step towards refocusing its business, the Rhode Island-based company agreed to sell eOne to Lionsgate in a deal worth $500 million.
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