KEY PRESS:
• @VeggieCrumble guested on the Wall Street Journal's Media Mix podcast, discussing Spotify, video, and future integrations. (BONUS: check out @Ezzo's data mining on Kanye West scholars)
• @eddiewash was featured on 2020 Shift, discussing the importance of knowing more than code:
https://twitter.com/2020Shift/status/783339225936789504
• Check out Chapo Trap House and The DigCast live at Genius HQ!
GENIUS UPDATES:
• Big, big monthly update here, courtesy of @Michael. It covers tech updates, new community initiatives, articles, new ways to showcase our musical knowledge, many of the things. Maybe even all of them, check it out.
• The first Genius Liner Notes experience is here! Check out the Mafia III soundtrack experience here. There's also a very cool Mafia-related piece of content… (keep scrolling)
COOL CONTENT:
• "Nobody Wants To Die", a collab between DJ Shadow and @icecube, was created for Mafia III (a video game you may have heard of), and the lyrics–as well as verified Ice Cube annotations–are naturally on Genius. Check out Ice Cube's edition of VERIFIED, too.
• @Incilin makes the controversial argument that ghostwriting is good for hip hop.
• Genres clash as @PushaT and @RiversCuomo feature on the new Zeds Ded single
• Lady Gaga verified the lyrics to her new single "Million Reasons"
• @JohnGanz breaks down @grimes' The AC!D Reign Chronicles a jet-setting series of videos which are full of cult references.
• We worked with Univision's music channel, Uforia Music, to premiere the lyrics to "Fuego," a new single from Colombian superstar Juanes. Nuestra primera colaboracion con Univision!
NEWS GENIUS:
• VP Debate: in an echoey whimper of the Presidential Debate last week, the VP Debate was annotated, again in three different publications: the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and FactCheck.org.
• A big open goal was scored by @zackbudryck and @LeagueSource in the annotations to the Conservative Review's article, "No, Wonder Woman is not queer. You're just a post-modern moron"
• There was the all-important new Gary Johnson content.
• We dug into the mysterious open letter written by none other than Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes. Or was it?
• Check out the News Genius homepage and forum for much more.
HAPPY WEEKEND!
@genius-editorial-board @genius-moderation @news-genius @general-discussion @staff
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