{"id":20088,"date":"2017-06-30T17:10:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T21:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/?p=20088"},"modified":"2018-08-09T17:06:28","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T21:06:28","slug":"news-roundup-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/news-roundup-24\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS ROUNDUP: Changes at MTV, Rodents + Rush &#038; More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20089\" src=\"http:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM.png 1198w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM-324x263.png 324w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM-416x338.png 416w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM-768x623.png 768w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM-1024x831.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM-200x162.png 200w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM-400x325.png 400w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM-600x487.png 600w, https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM-800x649.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p2\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">MTV Ends Its &#8220;Era&#8221; Of Longform Journalism\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The site has laid off a sizable portion of their editorial staff in a (possibly misguided?) effort to give millennials what they really want, a.k.a. &#8220;<\/span>short-form video content.&#8221;<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0An in-depth article by <em>Spin<\/em> breaks down this shift, and reveals <em>MTV News&#8217;<\/em>\u00a0troubling loyalty to artists over its writers. Inside sources state that lukewarm reviews of Chance the Rapper and Kings Of Leon were removed from the cite after complaints from\u00a0the artists\u2019 management. Read the whole thing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spin.com\/featured\/the-mtv-news-experiment\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Meet The Capybara Babies Named After Rush<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Naming animals after rockstars is the best trend to come out of 2017. The latest species to get the eponymous treatment is the freakishly adorable capybara, the world&#8217;s largest rodent from South America. The triplets of two well-known capybaras named Bonnie and Clyde, who gained fame after running away from their Toronto zoo for 36 days, were recently named after Rush\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Neil Peart. Look below for what you really came here for: videos of the\u00a0huge rodents doing cute stuff.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dog and Capybara\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SCwcJsBYL3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Listen To She Keeps Bees&#8217; Healthcare Protest\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It\u2019s a somber but fiery track, delivered by She Keeps Bees at a very appropriate time as Republican leaders decide to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/06\/27\/534557208\/senate-gop-leaders-push-off-health-care-vote-after-july-4th\">hold off on voting<\/a> on the health care bill until after the July 4th holiday. Rather than go the subtle route, &#8220;Our Bodies&#8221; ends with a very literal, unmistakable message: \u201cOur bodies are our own\u2026 don\u2019t control me, we demand autonomy.\u201d Listen below.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"She Keeps Bees - Our Bodies by BB*ISLAND\" width=\"980\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F314293987&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=980\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Other Highlights<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Beyonce <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vogue.com\/article\/beyonce-twins-rumors-names-genders-jay-z\">had twins<\/a>! The Kardashians are <a href=\"http:\/\/ew.com\/music\/2017\/06\/29\/kendall-kylie-jenner-music-t-shirts\/\">ruining band t-shirts<\/a>, listen to a new St. Vincent track, Paul McCartney &amp; Sony settle their<a href=\"http:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/paul-mccartney-and-sony-settle-beatles-rights-dispute\/\"> Beatles dispute<\/a>, dive into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/7850048\/glow-music-supervisor-bruce-gilbert-netflix-interview\">80&#8217;s soundtrack of GLOW<\/a>, Iggy Pop stars in a PETA animation soundtracked by Nick Cave, NYC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brooklynvegan.com\/norton-records-shop-is-closing-soon-looking-for-new-tenant-for-the-space\/\">Norton Records<\/a> is closing, The Killers are back, &amp; listen to Senator Kamala Harris&#8217;\u00a0African-American Music Appreciation Month playlist.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rock Legends Leave Us &#039;Breathless&#039; in Heartfelt PETA Video\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BfuyiRHuK9U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"St. Vincent - New York\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n48vQgfXygc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: #AAMAM - All Time Favorites\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/447DQxPqltGdQq5WqhzIZ5?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Killers - The Man\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w3xcybdis1k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MTV Ends Its &#8220;Era&#8221; Of Longform Journalism\u00a0 The site has laid off a sizable portion of their editorial staff in a (possibly misguided?) effort to give millennials what they really want, a.k.a. &#8220;short-form video content.&#8221;\u00a0An in-depth article by Spin breaks down this shift, and reveals MTV News&#8217;\u00a0troubling loyalty to artists over its writers. Inside sources [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":20089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[573,357],"tags":[6408,4126,215,1864,4140,690,4463,6407,3144,949,1428,4669],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-1.20.38-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20088"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20088"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20164,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20088\/revisions\/20164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiofemme.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}