17 Money Conversations Every Couple Should Have (Ranked by How Awkward They Are) – Zac Johnson

Here’s a strange fact about modern relationships: couples will discuss almost anything before money. Surveys keep finding partners who know each other’s childhood wounds and dental history, but not each other’s credit scores, debt totals, or what happens financially if one of them dies. Money is the last taboo at the kitchen table. And the…

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On… TikTok, Merlin, and the awkward arranged marriage of music’s independent sector

MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events or news stories. Only MBW+ subscribers have unlimited access to these articles. Well, which is it? Does Merlin have a streaming fraud issue, driven by a minority of less-than-virtuous members? Or, by walking away from…

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‘I’m not going to get embarrassed or feel awkward if someone begins weeping when they start talking about a story that becomes a song. If they start to cry, I don’t try to stop that.’

MBW’s World’s Greatest Songwriters series celebrates the composers behind the globe’s biggest hits. Here we meet the multi-Grammy-winning, genre-hopping Dan Wilson, co-writer of Adele‘s global smash who has also written with Taylor Swift, Chris Stapleton, Jason Mraz, Pink and many more. World’s Greatest Songwriters is supported by AMRA – the global digital music collection society…

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