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Historical Wikinews report from 2007-10-19. YouTube announced that Taiwan Traditional Chinese website has been released yesterday in Taipei City, Taiwan, and the unique
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-11-23. The online video sharing site YouTube has today hosted the first official "YouTube Live" event, which featured many popular m
Historical Wikinews report from 2015-03-26. Zayn Malik, one of the members of British pop boy-band One Direction, has left the group after five years. The band confirmed
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-01-08. Electronic Gaming Monthly is now dead. EGM was one issue away from its 20th anniversary in February 2009. An internal email l
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-01-30. The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission in Washington, D.C. has endorsed singer Greg Cherone's children's song "A Man Nam
Historical Wikinews report from 2019-05-16. US singer, actor, and animal rights advocate Doris Day died on Monday at her home in Carmel Valley, California. Day made many
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-05-17. Alexander Rybak's win for Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday evening was well-timed; it was on the eve of Norw
Historical Wikinews report from 2006-06-16. Former American Idol winner Ruben Studdard has won a lawsuit and $2 million against his ex-manager Ronald W. Edwards and Edwa
Historical Wikinews report from 2012-02-12. American pop star Whitney Houston was found dead Saturday at the Beverly Hilton Hotel according to the Beverly Hills Police D
Historical Wikinews report from 2013-04-14. The BBC has announced it will not play "Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead" in its entirety on today's Radio 1 Chart Show. The song
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-07-14. British conductor Sir Edward Downes and his wife Joan took their lives at a Swiss assisted suicide clinic on Friday, July 10,
Historical Wikinews report from 2017-06-05. Conductor Sir Jeffrey Tate died on Friday. He was born on April 28, 1943 in Salisbury, England with spina bfida and kyphosis.
Historical Wikinews report from 2014-08-22. Russian authorities have detained four people on Wednesday on suspicion of vandalism, following an incident where the spire o
Historical Wikinews report from 2024-10-26. On Friday, American musician and songwriter Phil Lesh died surrounded by loved ones. The former bassist and vocalist of rock
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-05-01. Internet radio broadcasters may find a savior in a recent proposition in the US Congress. The recently proposed Internet Radi
Historical Wikinews report from 2006-12-25. James Brown, often referred to as the Godfather of Soul, died in Atlanta due to congestive heart failure, combined with pneum
Historical Wikinews report from 2006-11-24. Anita O'Day, best known for her sassy rendition of "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Honeysuckle Rose" died in her sleep early Thank
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-09-27. Since breaking off from San Francisco local legends, mk Ultra, Vanderslice has produced six critically-acclaimed albums. His
Historical Wikinews report from 2025-04-29. On Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) released bodycam footage of an April 8 incident where Jillian Lauren ― wr
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-04-13. Pop music producer Phil Spector, who produced a large number of hit records in the 1960s and 1970s, has been convicted of sec
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-09-03. Google has reached an agreement with the United Kingdom's PRS, which represents songwriters and composers, over the use of th
Historical Wikinews report from 2018-02-09. On Wednesday morning, US poet, lyricist, and digital rights activist John Perry Barlow died in his sleep at his San Francisco
Historical Wikinews report from 2018-08-18. US soul singer Aretha Franklin died in her Detroit, Michigan home on Thursday morning, her publicist Gwendolyn Quinn stated o
Historical Wikinews report from 2019-09-25. On Monday, US singer and lyricist Robert Hunter died at his home in San Rafael, California. His family's announcement of his
Historical Wikinews report from 2005-10-13. On Wednesday, Apple introduced an iPod capable of displaying video, as well as a new video section to the iTunes music store.
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-06-11. The Blender Foundation, which maintains the open source 3D tool Blender, has announced two new projects, codenamed Peach and
Historical Wikinews report from 2011-03-11. Tera Myers, a former actress in pornographic films, has left her position as a science teacher at Parkway North High School i
Historical Wikinews report from 2019-01-22. Former United States Central Intelligence Agency agent Tony Mendez died Saturday, aged 78, at a Frederick, Maryland assisted
Historical Wikinews report from 2006-12-29. Several companies that designed the encryption system for DVDs with a high definition are currently analyzing the claim of a
Historical Wikinews report from 2005-10-20. The President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Supreme Cultural Revolutionary Council, which he heads, has banned movies f
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-05-08. The leader of a controversial religious group in New Mexico was arrested Tuesday and is being held by police on multiple char
Historical Wikinews report from 2006-01-21. A list of presenters at the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® were announced Thursday. The first roster of presenters w
Historical Wikinews report from 2018-03-04. On Thursday in a meeting at New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office, Maria Contreras-Sweet Group, billionaire Ro
Historical Wikinews report from 2008-09-23. Voters in swing states across the United States began receiving a one-hour DVD of Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the
Historical Wikinews report from 2017-02-16. Paranoria, TX, a modern radio drama hosted at internet-based AstroNet Radio, released its 100th episode. The episode is title
Historical Wikinews report from 2021-10-23. Actor Alec Baldwin was involved in an accident on the film set of Rust Thursday that left the film's cinematographer, Halyna
Historical Wikinews report from 2007-05-09. Due to a large amount of unauthorised movie recording in Canada, Warner Brothers Canada has decided to put a ban for movie pr
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-02-22. The call-in quiz show is a staple of cheap programming throughout Europe. The format is simple: a question is displayed on sc
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-09-10. Reading Rainbow, an American children's television series is to stop showing on television. It ceased to be shown on Friday a
Historical Wikinews report from 2009-06-28. American pitchman and advertiser Billy Mays has died at the age of 50. Mays was probably most known for his pitching of the m