It might be the dead of winter but festival organizers are warming things up as a few summer lineups have been released.
Coachella 2023 is shaping up to be a memorable one with Bad Bunny, BlackPink, and Frank Ocean all slated to headline the three-day festival. Benito will set the tone on Friday, April 14 with some pretty amazing acts that will hit the stage before him.
Some of those artists include Kaytranada, Wet Leg, and Burna Boy. Rosalía, Charli XCX, and Kid Laroi are all set to perform before BlackPink headlines on Saturday, April 15. Then, on Sunday, the final day of the festival, hitting the stage before Frank Ocean, who hasn't dropped an album since 2016, are Kali Uchis, A Boogie, and Latto among others.
Coachella will take place at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, California, on the weekends of April 14-16 and April 21-23.
Bonnaroo's lineup was also revealed. Headliners this year include Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, Foo Fighters, Zeds Dead, and Liquid Stranger.
The festival is slated for June 15 through June 18 in Manchester, Tennessee.
After years of spreading incendiary conspiracy theories, the right-wing gadfly Alex Jones was kicked off Facebook, YouTube, Apple, and Spotify because recent lawsuits highlight the "real-life harm" of his rhetoric, says Axios media reporter Sara Fischer, and the tech platforms have established a new standard for acceptable speech online.
Andy Swift, executive editor for TVLine, explains to Cheddar that 'peak TV' has evolved into 'panic TV.' And, Swift says, networks and streaming platforms are revisiting the old standbys to guarantee success in a market over-saturated with new content.
President Trump has proposed rolling back his predecessor's fuel efficiency standards. The move is effectively
an attack on states like California that set their own standards, says Dan Becker, director at Safe Climate Campaign.
Norwich University is offering students Income Share Agreements, the opportunity for reduced tuition in exchange for a share of their future paychecks. Daphne E. Larkin, Director of Media Relations & Community Affairs at Norwich University, describes the advantages of an ISA and tells Cheddar which students are eligible for this financing.
The tech giants' decisions to block content by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones may encourage other platforms to crackdown on his incendiary rhetoric, says Mashable's Heather Dockray. "The claims he's making have always been dangerous," Dockray says. "But they seem particularly paranoid as of late."
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Josh Ostrovsky, the Instagram influencer known as The Fat Jewish says social media entrepreneurs should stop posting photos of their açaí bowls and make real products instead. He and his Swish Beverage co-founder David Oliver Cohen say there are too many influencers peddling brands and creating nothing but noise.
Zest Labs CEO Peter Mehring says his company is suing Walmart for $2 billion for allegedly stealing its fresh-food technology. The Silicon Valley start-up worked for years with the retail behemoth to develop ways to keep produce fresh for shipping before Walmart unveiled its own eerily similar solution.
Ripa Rashid, co-president of the Center for Talent Innovation, says that CBS's decision to keep Les Moonves as CEO after six women alleged he sexual harassed them could hurt the network's internal culture as much as its public reputation.
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