Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
Discovery Upbeat as Key Vote by Poland’s Senate Rejects Media Law Shake-Up
variety.comManori Ravindran International EditorPoland’s upper house of parliament has rejected radical amendments to the country’s media law that look to prevent non-European ownership of Polish media companies — a promising development for the likes of Discovery and its Polish business, TVN Group.In a vote on Thursday, the Senate moved to reject the bill, which is called “Lex TVN,” with 53 votes against Lex TVN, 37 against and three abstaining.
The vote comes less than a month after the lower house of parliament, known as the Sejm, voted in favor of the controversial bill, with 228 votes in favor, 216 against and 10 abstentions.Poland’s ruling conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) first sought amendments to the local Broadcasting Act in July,.
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