She’s even sighted in the wikipedia article “In 2023, Linda Yaccarino was appointed as the CEO of Twitter while the company was facing an uncertain future and a number of challenges, including outages, user discontent and advertiser skepticism. The company lost more than half of its value since its acquisition by Elon Musk six months prior.”
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a_seattle_ian@lemmy.mlto Antiwork@lemmy.ml•A 57-year-old UPS driver in Texas died after collapsing in the heat while making deliveries6·2 years agoA lot of the pay and benefit increases come with an expectation that the worker will increase their productivity. US workers have been conditioned to blame themselves if they don’t meet these expectations and it has become baked into the work culture. We can not maintain the current imbalance in pay disparity and 1% wealth without structural changes but it’s culturally forbidden to even talk about this without being accused of being a communist. This paradigm has been created after decades of messaging from the system that supports the existing oligarchy - IMO.
a_seattle_ian@lemmy.mlOPto Music@lemmy.ml•Rodriguez, Detroit Singer Behind “Sugar Man,” Dies at 811·2 years agoRodriguez what an awesome human being…just watched this interview with him.
“And what about all the those years of back breaking labor, was that hard on you? … well physically it was hard but there is no shame in hard work…There is no shame in being poor. Poor doesn’t mean dirty. Poor doesn’t mean stupid and poor doesn’t mean, mean”
a_seattle_ian@lemmy.mlOPto Music@lemmy.ml•Rodriguez, Detroit Singer Behind “Sugar Man,” Dies at 810·2 years agoI think that also happened…and maybe the royalties issue wasn’t as black and white as I thought.
What Likely Happened to the Royalties for “Sugar Man”?
It’s a tuff biz. I don’t think you were wrong, luck has a lot to do with it and the bootlegging certainly helped.
a_seattle_ian@lemmy.mlOPto Music@lemmy.ml•Rodriguez, Detroit Singer Behind “Sugar Man,” Dies at 811·2 years agoBased on my memory, like a lot of musicians in the “good old days”, the record label cut him out of everything and actively hid royalties from him. The documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” goes into more details. As i recall they find the producer but can’t find the money. Great Doc check it out. Also found this " One of the dramatic highlights of the film is when the interviewer confronts Clarence Avant, the label’s owner. “What happened to all of the royalties?” the interviewer asks. Avant becomes visibly agitated and is unable to offer a satisfactory answer to the question. "
a_seattle_ian@lemmy.mlOPto Music@lemmy.ml•Rodriguez, Detroit Singer Behind “Sugar Man,” Dies at 811·2 years agoClassic tail of an great artist who got fucked by the music industry…
Wasn’t sure I’d listen to this whole thing but half way threw it starts to really get weird. Damn, kind of feel bad for her…it most be hell working for Elon.