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Taylor Swift Paints Scooter Braun as Manipulative Bully as Big Machine Sells Her Catalog Swift is losing the rights to her first six albums, thanks to a deal announced Sunday by Ithaca Holdings. From 2006's self-titled debut to 2017's "Reputation," Swift was with country-pop record company Big Machine Label Group. That company has been acquired by Ithaca, which is owned by Scooter Braun, a manager, and businessman who represents pop stars' Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, and Carly Rae Jepsen. The 29-year-old Swift is fuming. In a Tumblr post, she wrote, "For years I asked, pleaded for a chance to own my work." Taylor Swift has described herself as “sad and grossed out” by Scooter Braun’s acquisition of Big Machine Records, which holds the rights to her entire catalog up through 2017’s “Reputation,” calling the deal “my worst case scenario.” Swift said she was shocked to first learn of the transfer of her work through news accounts Sunday morning. ...

What a comeback!  Taylor Swift  debuted her highly anticipated "Look What You Made Me Do" music video at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, August 27.   The Singer's talked-about music video is filled with symbolic references, and eagle-eyed fans are eagerly decoding its hidden meanings Check out 13 of the hidden messages you may have missed! Nils Sjoberg Tombstone A zombielike Swift, 27, stumbled through a graveyard in the opening scene. One of the tombstones had the name Nils Sjoberg, the pseudonym that Swift used for a songwriting credit on her ex-boyfriend  Calvin Harris ' 2016 single "This Is What You Came For." The Nils Sjoberg tombstone in the opening scene.  As many will remember, Nils Sjoberg was the pseudonym that Swift used for a songwriting credit on her ex-boyfriend Calvin Harris' 2016 summer hit, "This Is What You Came For." When it was revealed that Swift was, in fact, the creative mind behind...

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