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.
Fabrizio Salini, Outgoing Managing Director of Italian Pubcaster RAI, Talks Maneskin, Going Digital
variety.comNick Vivarelli International CorrespondentFabrizio Salini, who prior to running RAI held top posts at Sky, Fox International Channels, and Discovery Italy, is leaving his post as managing director of the Italian pubcaster — which is the country’s top-rated TV service — at the end of his three-year mandate.
During this stint he led RAI through the pandemic, boosted its RAI Play streaming platform which now has 17 million subs (albeit non-paying ones) and oversaw the smashing victory of Italian rock band Maneskin at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
Salini spoke to Variety about RAI’s role in Italy’s rapidly changing TV landscape. Excerpts.I’ve acquired a more big picture outlook.
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