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Clive Davis was a chart enthusiast even before he became a music industry legend. In his 1974 biography Clive: Inside the Record Business (which he co-wrote with James Willwerth), he explained his fascination with charts, which, he said, grew out of an earlier obsession with baseball statistics and Variety’s lists of top box-office hits. Related “It was an extension of the star syndrome,” he wrote, “measuring how singers did against each other, watching their songs climb the Hit Parade. I was a reader of charts and statistics, and I found an excitement in them which is hard to explain, as if they represented a form of energy.” (Emphasis in the original.) Since Davis was a chart fan to begin with, imagine what a kick it must have been for him to see his companies’ records ascend to the top spot on Billboard Hot 100, especially in the nearly four decades that he directly oversaw day-to-day operations at a succession of labels: CBS (Columbia and Epic), Arista and J Records. According to Davis’ official bio, the exec was appointed vp and general manager of Columbia Records in 1966. In 1967, he was named president of the company. He oversaw Columbia and

Vimeo Owner Bending Spoons Launches Plans For $1.6B IPO By Jade Martinez-Pogue ( June 23, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT) -- Italian mobile app developer Bending Spoons has unveiled terms for an estimated $1.6 billion initial public offering steered by Latham & Watkins LLP and Milbank LLP.... Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence. Over 200 articles are published daily across more than 60 topics, industries, practice areas and jurisdictions. A Law360 subscription includes features such as Daily newsletters Expert analysis Mobile app Advanced search Judge information Real-time alerts 450K+ searchable archived articles And more! Experience Law360 today with a free 7-day trial.

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Vimeo has detailed how it checks users’ ages, using identity-verification vendor Persona and, in some cases, selfie-based facial age estimation, as it complies with new rules in the United Kingdom, European Union, and Brazil. The video platform stresses that the facial analysis is used only to estimate age, not to identify anyone, and says no biometric templates are created or stored. The checks are tied to where a user is and what they are trying to do. In the UK, EU, and Brazil, viewers may be prompted to verify their age when accessing mature content, when using features that could pose risks to younger audiences, and, in the UK, at login or when viewing unrated content. Videos embedded on third-party websites are not currently affected, with Vimeo placing that responsibility on the site owner. Vimeo routes the verification through Persona, with the available methods varying by region. In the UK, users can verify through selfie-based age estimation, a government-issued ID, or credit-card verification, while in the EU and Brazil the options are selfie age estimation or a government ID. Vimeo acts as the data controller and Persona processes the data as its processor. The platform’s handling of facial data is

Vimeo has detailed how it verifies users’ ages on mobile and the web, routing the checks through identity-verification vendor Persona and, in many cases, estimating age from a selfie. The video platform is careful about the biometrics: it says the facial analysis is used only to estimate age, not to identify anyone, and that no biometric templates are created or stored. The checks track both where a user is and what they are doing. In the United Kingdom, European Union, and Brazil, viewers may be prompted to confirm their age when reaching mature content, when using features that could pose risks to younger audiences, and, in the UK, at login or when viewing unrated content. Videos embedded on third-party sites are not currently covered, with Vimeo placing that responsibility on the host site. The available methods shift by region. In the UK, a user can clear the check through selfie-based age estimation, a government-issued ID, or credit-card verification, while in the EU and Brazil the options are selfie age estimation or a government ID. Vimeo acts as the data controller and Persona processes the data as its processor. How the facial data is handled is the part worth noting. “If

City of Coon Rapids Posted on June 23, 2026 | Last Updated on June 23, 2026 Due to forecasted storms this afternoon and evening, the Tuesday, June 23 Summer in the City meeting at Riverview Park has been canceled. We hope you can join us for the next scheduled meeting on Tuesday, July 14 at Alder Park, 50 104th Lane.     Related News

Bending Spoons SpA, the Italian software acquisition firm that owns Vimeo, Evernote and WeTransfer, is seeking to raise as much as $1.62 billion through an initial public offering, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Milan-based company plans to offer 58 million shares priced between $26 and $28 each. Bending Spoons will sell approximately 34.4 million shares, while existing shareholders, including Galileo Quattordici and Baillie Gifford, will offer 23.6 million shares. At the top end of the proposed range, the IPO would value the company at approximately $17.8 billion. The valuation represents a significant increase from the roughly $14.5 billion valuation achieved during a 2025 financing round that included $270 million in primary capital, $440 million in secondary capital and a $2.8 billion debt package, according to PitchBook data. Founded in 2013, Bending Spoons has built a reputation for acquiring established software and digital media businesses and applying a private-equity-style operating model focused on efficiency and profitability. Its portfolio includes the video platform Vimeo, acquired in 2025, as well as the file-sharing service WeTransfer, the note-taking platform Evernote, and the AI-powered photo application Remini. The company reported net income of $27.5 million on revenue of $601 million for the first quarter

by Laurie Sullivan , 4 hours ago Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity is about storytelling, and this year at the festival the "creator era" continues to gain strength. YouTube is offering additional data and services supported by artificial intelligence (AI), and Forbes is launching a way to help brands connect through a "Creator Network." As AI enables new types of creativity, YouTube has introduced insight tools and features to offer a better understanding of performance and trends, especially when it comes to influence for products and services led by YouTube creators. The tools and features, built with Gemini, aim to help brands and agencies gain the most from what the company calls the “creator marketing” era. The new features for the tools were made available Tuesday at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. The update for creator-led campaigns includes new trending insights in the U.S. within “Google Ads Insights Finder,” which initially launched in 2021. Today it offers a more granular look at what is popular on YouTube right now.  advertisement advertisement Brand pulse report metrics now appear in Insights Finder, giving brands a clearer view of their paid and organic presence on YouTube. The new “Content & Creator Insights API” provides much

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. | Everybody as ASU (Alabama State University) knows — how do we say this in a gentle way? — that Osiregbeme Egbakhumeh is a little . . . different. Consider his get-to-know-me info sheet on the ASU golf team's website. When asked for his favorite class, the dude listed . . . Pre-Calculus! "Yes, they made fun of me," Osime, said Tuesday afternoon in a phone interview, speaking of his fellow Hornets. He is 20, a native Nigerian, a rising junior at Alabama State and an intern in an ongoing 10-day USGA internship program called Pathways Discover, which gives college students from all walks of life, and sometimes unexpected ones, a crash course in this-is-how-we-do-it USGA fun. (This training comes in the wake of the initiation of Pathways Launch, which kicked off at the U.S. Women's Open at Riviera earlier this month with 24 students starting a three-month internship program.) But Osime is likely to have the last laugh here, at the Alabama State campus in Montgomery and way beyond it.  » Read More