Corporate Sellout

Sufjan Stevens and Vampire Weekend: Indie Holiday Sellouts?

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christmas, Indie Music, Vampire Weekend, Sufjan Stevens, Holiday Commercialism, Corporate Sellout, Video, Entertainment News
Daniel J. Kushner

If an indie songwriter licenses his tune to promote the Christmas company line, is he or she out of line? Let's look at two high-profile examples with which to answer this line of questioning.

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What DID They Mean by That? A Week of Truthiness and Media

Tracy Rosenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Polls, Verizon, Save KPFA, Gulf Oil Spill, Net Neutrality, Offshore Oil Drilling, Googlezon, Community Radio, Corporate Sellout, Corporate Greed, Pacifica, Oil, Bloomberg, Deepwater Horizon, Savekpfa, Save, Media News
Tracy Rosenberg

Ever had one of those weeks where the distance between what was said and what was done stretches way out into the blue yonder? In my job as director o...

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