the list of potential replacements to become his 3rd supreme court pick. justice ginsburg herself was critical of the politics behind the nomination process i don't know what it will take. but we really. have someone to be. rather than trying to get. flags were at half mast across the country and in front of the supreme court flowers piled up as public tributes were made from across the political divide the search for ginsburg successor threatens to be less dignified. well with me now in studio is michelle stockman from did w.'s u.s. election team on michelle welcome to the show what it will be eggins birds legacy

she will be remembered as a pioneering advocate for women's rights before she went on to the supreme court she was head of the a.c.l.u. women's rights project and she argued 6 cases in front of the supreme court 15 of them to convince the court that. there were there were constitutional protections that allowed the discrimination against women and often she used a very interesting strategy she was known as the plaintiffs most famously a widower who had died in childbirth and he wanted to access her social security benefits that automatically would have gone to a woman but not for a man and so that over time many cases like this convince the 3 court to embrace the 14th amendment as one that also along with racial equality with men to guarantee sexual equality so it's it's by far which is going to be known for certainly you know and i'm an incredible legacy we can say you know we seen it already i've mentioned it what the presidential campaign is going to be coming up

with code her death reshaped presidential election campaign it has already traumatically changed the conversation when you look at what was happening with trump he is behind in the polls and a lot of what people were talking about was the were they were very critical of the way he'd been handling a pandemic and he was kind of on the defensive now he's been given this chance for the 3rd time as president feeds you nominate a supreme court judge just weeks before the election and so we're going to see him try and rally his base but get out the vote we have the chance to get this done whereas on the democrat side joe biden he's going to try and rally his base and say we need to get out we need to vote so that i can be elected and i can get out there and nominate a supreme court that's going to have more progressive values well this is it i mean it. also key is to like how important it is that the new judge what what role are they going to have will say in will say what's going to happen in the united states

in years to come look for many years we've had a supreme court where there's been a $54.00 divide 5 conservatives for the bulls and now if trump is able to get another judge on there of course it's going to be the most conservative that's going to switch the bent of the court 63 and if we look back in the united states the supreme court has had amazing power to change the social. customs and laws that have affected american life will be weighed a lot of abortion there is also brown versus the board of education that push for desegregation so if we get a more conservative supreme court there could be other there could be a total reversal of the way america has moved in the past 2 years towards more progressive social legislation michele stockman thank you so much for your analysis on moving on let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world russian opposition leader alexei navalny has posted another picture of himself recovering in hospital

the caption of the photo he shared on the social network instagram said his path to recovery was clear although long live on the is being treated in a berlin hospital after being poisoned with a nerve agent that's been used before against kremlin critics. the greek government says over 200 people have tested positive for corona virus at a new refugee shelter on the island of last vos europe's largest refugee camp burnt down earlier this month even some 12000 people homeless the migration ministry says 3 quarters of them have today moved to a new camp which is already full. a hurricane like storm in the mediterranean has killed at least 2 people in greece named young us by after it battered the center of the country causing terentia rains and flash floods tropical storm storms have become more frequent and recent years in the mediterranean region because of rising sea temperatures. well thousands of demonstrators are holding

a rally in the thai capital bangkok in favor of democratic reforms the student led protests are calling for the prime minister's resignation and changes in tough laws against criticizing the monarchy the rally is set to last the weekend marks the high point of almost daily demonstrations against a thai government that have been taking place since july. raising 3 fingers to the sky a creative way to defy authorities in a country with stringent restrictions on freedom of expression protests have been growing in bangkok since mid july following a number of political scandals including the forced disbanding of the main opposition party the leaderless protest movement has 3 main demands removal of talents military dominated government changes to the constitution introduced under military rule and an end to the harassment of critics. if we had a good government

a democratic government. now politics out education health care system will be better than this is our dream and we hope that dream will come true. demonstrators want to see the resignation of this man prime minister for a huge i'm not sure he's a military man who came to power in 2014 doing a coup then tightening his power in disputed elections this year. i cannot accept a system that is corrupt but with the last few rallies there was no response from those who hold power. 3 core demands were ignored and even the most basic demand to stop harassing people by government didn't listen to. the prime minister has slammed the protests as irresponsible saying they are putting many thais at risk during the current virus pandemic and want. any major flare up of infections will lead to terrible consequences and even worse economic destruction out there lots of

which we have never seen before right up here. on. the pro-democracy movement is also calling for reforms to the role of the monarchy criticizing the wealthy royal house is to do in thailand and can lead to a hefty penalties and after 15 years of jail time. protesters want to see more transparency when it comes to royal affairs the protesters vow to last all weekend with demonstrations continuing throughout the night. all rights observers say police detained around 250 people during a women's march in the capital minsk the weekend demonstrations have become a some of the largest anti-government protests since a disputed presidential election triggered unrest in the eastern european country. have begun rounding up protesters in recent weeks president alexander lukashenko has been refusing to step down despite widespread calls for him to go amid allegations of vote rigging in august election.

well correspondent nick conley has being covering those protests forests he joins us now from minsk. this is the largest number of arrests yet at the women's march why if police started cracking down on c. male protesters. i think the symbolism of these protests really. of the women and children being. doesn't have to be something that is scary that it's safe that was the message of these protests in the interest to show that this will not this will not go unpunished and you also saw lots of men looking at the girls and women out protesting all ages represented on the streets meant and kind of felt the need to join in felt kind of pressured into coming because if if we'd been willing to risk it why would they not to so definitely

a strong impetus here from the state to crack down these protests and the crucial thing here is not just prison sentences that could follow people being taken to jail for 10 to 14 days off the back of this kind of protest activity but also increasingly threats to people's children. if you are arrested for this kind of protest then security might come around and take your child into a children's home so definitely all the stops being pulled out to force people back into keeping quiet certainly and certainly i'm sure causing a lot of sarah mongst people but do you think that today's mass arrests will be enough to actually stop that a response from protesting next. well it's not been working it seems to have been back firing this kind of tactic of trying to heavy handedly throw people into the back of police vans has just brought out more people i was there today and off the 1st few dozens of arrests the women marching today simply refused to move on so within about 1015 minutes the same police who had arrested the 1st room were back

making more arrests the rest of the journalists again these pictures really doing the rounds in no time at all through social networks so definitely also the impulse there from the police to try and get rid of journalists through these images coming out with they also really want that all get people riled up and in the mood to come out to more of the main march on sunday which has been the biggest weekly march over these past few weeks. nic conley in minsk thank you. sports now and on the opening night of the bundesliga reigning champs byron munich kicked off the new season in style just 4 minutes in bahrain were ahead thanks to serge gnabry it was a blowout in the making after the break newcomer sunny got into the act with an assist he chased at the ball and left a for gnabry to score at the 2nd of 3 on the night 8 nail on the school. a basketball and milwaukee bucks forward yeah nice and date okubo has been named

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almost $300000000.00 people stream music by our spotify each month that gives the market leader a detailed picture of uses listening habits today music lovers can also enjoy streaming music videos and concerts in their homes and on their mobile devices and these services are rapidly growing in popularity computer game developers i giving a platform to august as well and spring us rep of travis got to showcase the brand new trek live in for a hugely popular multiplayer game. is the big moment given recent hip hop fans have been waiting for the gun she would virtual travis scott says it's a multiplayer game for performing in front of 112000000 players the largest crowds ever to attend a virtual concert like this. the gaming and music industry. cross over the tracks to target groups and one many games now

feature cool soundtracks unique dance moves and virtual in game concerts zinah i'm sure someone with. streaming platforms like apple music these and spotify dominate the music market today raking in huge sums of money and only a tiny fraction of that goes to the artists platforms they earn less than $1.00 cent poster. to make a decent living they need hundreds of thousands of plays for example an artist would need $80000.00 plays on the napster streaming that from just to the u.s. national minimum wage roughly $1400.00 u.s. $1.20 place would be needed on apple music and over 300001 spotify and amazon. can use issues make a living like that it's tough but it's not all black and white view that we met up

with. who say despite the downsides there are benefits to spotify. and after mit have been with folk pop. for 11 years their albums feature german english and arabic lyrics and have made it into german charts at 1st they didn't want them his accounts part of. 45 spotify definitely exploits musicians and it's you are almost nothing through streams. it's not even enough for major artists to get by. making an album is a lot of work and costs a lot to record. at 1st we didn't really like the idea of making your music available for free and people would. have played over here at them and the oil fanbase today their music is on spotify

after all with success their latest single happy from the new album has already been streamed half a 1000000 times about 250000 fans listen to their chains each month class users can discover your music on spotify even if you don't belong to a record label. and if you music get streamed a lot and recommended to other people then you might feature like playlist that's what sway their opinions on the money market and. their current music is available on other streaming platforms too but 90 percent of their listeners come from spotify since signing up in 2015 look at harrah's music has been streamed about 25000000 times in 78 different countries streaming platform. mean about also changing the way artists create music. and give them to us an overwhelming choice

of music now if you get bored of a song you skip it i guess that the scourges artists from producing elaborate 10 minute tracks with 3 minute solos and long intros so yeah on the people are adapting to that. on average songs have become shorter over the years in 2000 the u.s. top 100 singles tended to be over 4 minutes long but in 2018 the average length for just 3 and a half minutes why in part because of the 32nd rule applied by spotify and other streaming platforms it means only receive money if their song has been streamed half a minute or more this is changing how artists craft songs long gone are the days when songs that long winded intros for example come on that here's chris of a blast of berlin school of popular it's hard to go to my over one hits today following a different formula just in bieber's love yourself the song jumps right in with lyrics from the get go. physical target and the listener knows

exactly what the tracks about. the same time for an intro. the 1st few bars of a song are crucial they determine whether the listener sticks with it also gets to the next the vast competition for music has given many listeners short attention span and so the 1st 30 seconds. i need just 20 seconds to never listen to the whole song or not have. the music industry started making money from streaming services in 2510 years later screaming about phones we're already making 2600000000 euros in revenue and since 2018 streaming has become the biggest source of income for the music industry last year it made up 56 percent of global music revenue that's why artists are under pressure to make their music available online play lists are also

a crucial part of these major streaming platforms if an artist is featured on one it can seriously boost their streaming of figures and revenue but who curator these play lists. popular mean. as a consequence if i is promoted on playlets drives up screaming thing is even further. algorithms define who makes it as an artist to be. socially lists only to retain popular songs this is based on certain metrics. a song will move up a playlist the more it can stream. but there are other play lists with a structure is more important songs are added in a way that achieves the rights of musical aren't. companies have begun to help artists get those songs onto played as to market them like replace the network now owned by sound cloud musicians are now less dependent on music labels but even more

so uncensored algorithms. this is something that pop professor marcus klein i criticize this. point so it's unfortunately these days producing music is less about creating and more about calculation because algorithms calculate how many people like what and when they listen. the it will music production is becoming much more of those numbers and less about cultivating a future for society because there. is pop music no longer a revolutionary force well despite the criticism digitalisation is providing new scope for creativity like the video sharing app ticked up some artists even have a global hit song because of thick fog if their song features on one of the popular tick-tock challenger like film that's x. we're all told local brown with the get up call of viral sensations streaming

services and social media platforms represent a great new way for fans and musicians to connect especially now during times of social distancing. we have a spring tour planted. with 26 or 27 concerts. sort of in front of it like all been scarred the tour was canceled. it's a shame because we just finished recording our latest album of it at the market and we were looking forward to going on tour with it and. instead to have her as a band member staged a concert on a rooftop in cologne and live streamed it for all their fans unfortunately they had to burn then bandmates couldn't join them because of the knocked out. that fans get to see bands in a live context even if it's online. so i believe in can you see it's all over social media rights now social media. streaming is a great way for artists to stay present during lockdown james blunt recently stream

to show from hamburg's elbert philharmonic hall. and artists like billy eilish the rolling stones and green days but in joe armstrong live stream performances from their own homes for the one world together at home charity event to on a health care work has. in addition to their live streaming they published a music video made from 60 fan videos filmed at home the clip has around 50000 hits on you tube. i think a military only way to stay in touch with fans these days is by live streaming concert live. after thought making footage of past gigs available online you know come. to will now take place in autumn this year provided not don't measure is over if

not they'll just keep performing on 9. or so digital platforms are great for musicians to connect with fans and for fans to stream as much music as they want whenever they want but past. that companies are collecting vast quantities of personal data professor nick cauldron of the london school of economics explains more. the way we sat or jumped in front of a record player was unknown to the record companies they were blind to that now they're not the vision the market is today is a relation which is continuous as long as you are using the product the product will be tracking. companies constantly analyzed music listening behavior to keep us on platforms for as long as possible platforms like french streaming site do you need user hits play they should in theory only hear music that they want to hear for the 1st we need to establish an ongoing relationship with them we have to learn

what music enjoy in a monday morning for example but not on a friday evening. some artists have launched exclusive online events like us soul singer erykah badu one of my favorite artists who created an interactive concert series the idea is that fans pay a fee to watch and then have a say what happens like which song will be played next streaming has made it extremely easy for us to consume music but also harder for artists to make a living so it's on us to support musicians we care about for example by seeing their shows online or one day in real life. what do you think those now on you tube facebook and d w dot com that's it from us this week see you saw. me

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