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.
“There Is An Unbridgeable Gap Between Our Work And The Magnitude Of Brutal Violence”: Keshet CEO Avi Nir Explains How Israel’s Biggest Media Organization Has Transformed Into A 24/7 News Operation
deadline.com“There is an unbridgeable gap between our work and the magnitude of brutal violence,” the CEO of Israel‘s largest media organization has told Deadline as the violent conflict sparked by Hamas‘ brutal attacks on the nation nears its second week.
Avi Nir explained how, within hours, Keshet went from ordinary service to becoming a 24/7 news operation, as TV and film production was swiftly shut down across the country.
He paid tribute to journalists who have “helped rescue wounded people from the field and located missing people, all while working 20-hour days.” “In an event of this scale, it’s hard to immediately fathom the scope of atrocities and horror,” Nir said via email exchange with Deadline from Tel Aviv. “But once you grasp it you immerse yourself in it 24/7, with a clear view on our mission, which is to report from the ground, continue to update, analyze, and to convey the tragedy and pain, all while providing hope and encouragement to the public.” Last Saturday, Hamas launched an offensive against Israel, killing hundreds and kidnapping more than 100 people, and by the following day all local Israeli TV productions, excluding broadcasts providing news updates, had been placed on hold following a directive from the Israeli army.
While TV production has shuttered, Deadline understands development has continued and some of Keshet’s non-Israeli-based staff will be at Mipcom Cannes next week.
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