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...redevelop the ground zero site. Deutsche has also filed suit against New York City authorities for putting fuel tanks near its building, which it alleges contributed to the damage. Whatever the outcome of the suits, Deutsche is leaving town anyway, moving across the river to New Jersey. Turkish Pop Culture A new Turkish soda is giving Coca-Cola and Pepsi a fizzy fit - with a little help from U.S. foreign policy. Since Cola Turka hit local shelves two months ago, a high-profile ad campaign has been stoking nationalist sentiment. Starring Chevy Chase as a confused New Yorker struggling...
...simplicity and comprehensive catalog of songs. No pay service has been able to sufficiently untangle the copyright mess to allow for a broad range of downloadable music. Apple's iTunes Music Store made a breakthrough in April by letting users download individual songs for 99¢ a pop (as opposed to requiring a monthly subscription plan). RealNetworks' Rhapsody music service scored last week when it added some 500 Rolling Stones tracks to its 350,000-song catalog. Napster 2.0 promises 500,000 songs at launch--but that's still less selection than your average music store...
...trying to become a global trendsetter [Aug. 11] started out on the right track by identifying the surface reasons behind Japan's economic woes. But it quickly went off into left field when it suggested that Japan is becoming a leader in all things cool. The products of pop culture will not result in any significant economic benefit to Japan. They will be cute little domestic things with extremely limited international appeal and acceptance. Until Japan can undertake fundamental political and industrial reforms, it will continue to languish in the doldrums. Change, not gimmicks and pop culture, is Japan...
...Record Straight ? Our story "What's Right With Japan?" [Aug. 11] featured photographs of the Honey-Pop chair, which we incorrectly stated were courtesy of Tokujin Yoshioka Design. Pictures of the chair were provided courtesy of Nacas? & Partners...
...Serbian pop charts is an unlikely place for a Norwegian journalist. But Åsne Seierstad's brief incarnation as a Balkan songstress, with her 2001 hit Laganese, is just one indication of the lengths to which she'll go for a story. While researching her book on Serbian society, With Their Backs to the World (2000), she paid a visit to singer Rambo Amadeus, whose musical style she describes as "acid-horror-funk." Amadeus balked at being included in the book - he just didn't give interviews. But a Norwegian folk song he heard her singing caught his ear. "Sing...