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Three years ago, did you go around work or school looking in a mirror for eight hours a day? Probably not, but now you do. The switch to an online environment during the Covid-19 pandemic brought to light the self-consciousness some of us have about our appearance. This anxiety is …

The past few years have been a roller coaster ride for legal cannabis in the United States. A Democrat-controlled White House and Congress, full of elected officials seemingly ready to end prohibition, have so far produced nothing on the federal level. A number of U.S. bills to support cannabis banking, …

When you get the call that your venue is closing its doors and will not be available for your event anymore, it can feel like the ground has opened up beneath your feet. This recently happened to our festival. We had three weeks’ notice to find a new venue when …

An interesting fact many new artists don’t know is that roughly 60,000 new songs are uploaded to Spotify every day. With that large amount of music being released, it can be hard to stand out as an artist, especially in the early stages of your career. The good news is …

Why text or call if you can “get on the game”? The gaming industry has skyrocketed in popularity and advanced over the past decade, with the value of gaming companies now surpassing some entertainment companies.Not only are games more stimulating and engaging than ever before, but there are also new …

A couple of celebrities have been in the news recently, and not for the reasons they were likely hoping for. We all know of the “slap heard around the world” by Will Smith at the 2022 Oscars and the recent plane rage incident with Mike Tyson. I am not here …

2022 is turning out to be a watershed year for the streaming industry, prompting changes in operations, content production and sales. On April 19, 2022, Netflix released its quarterly earnings report in a thud heard around the world. Earlier this year, its shares fell sharply when Netflix reported slower than …

In 18th-century England, people gathered in coffeehouses to drink coffee and tea, learn the news of the day and meet with their peers to discuss the rapidly evolving future. For Gen Zers, well-curated TikTok comment sections and moderated Reddit or Discord forums are the modern outlets for forward-thinking discussion. Today, …

It was inevitable. With the emergence of any new technology, innovation or major platform, comes the excitement, the rush to understand and profit. What soon follows are the scams, frauds and loss through ignorance and then righteous indignation. There’s a lot of naysaying and prognosticating. Then, usually, as the new …

When we think of the word “intimacy” and the feelings or images it invokes in our minds, chances are that “podcasting” is one of the last terms associated with it. Right? And yet, podcasting is one of the most intimate forms of interaction across all contemporary social media platforms and …