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Seit dem 14. April 2025 ist dieser BBC Documentary Podcast über Stephen Michael Reich, * 3. Oktober 1936, zu hören.
For 60 years, New York composer Steve Reich has been one of classical music’s most celebrated revolutionaries. Pioneering minimalism in the 1960s, a musical style based on repetition and shifting rhythms, his strange experiments with cassette tape led to orchestral masterpieces – now performed around the world. His career has not only helped define the latest era of (…)

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In a series of interviews with participants, after a first round presented on July 11th 2025, a second question was about the potential challenges a f t e r digitalisation. Here are the answers:
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The BBC Documentary Podcast: Defeated: How ordinary Germans experienced the end of World War Two.
On 8 May 1945 Britain, the US and many other countries were rejoicing. Germany had surrendered, and World War Two was over, at least in Europe. Yet it was not a day of celebration for everyone - for the vanquished Germans, it marked the end of bombings and of Nazi rule. But it was also a time of deprivation and chaos, fear and soul-searching. Millions of ethnic Germans had fled their homes to (…)

Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day 2025
Out of the Depths: The Anguish of Liberation and Rebirth: Marking 80 Years since the Defeat of Nazi Germany
"If we wish to live and to bequeath life to our offspring, if we believe that we are to pave the way to the future, then we must first of all not forget."
Prof. Ben Zion Dinur, Yad Vashem, 1956
Wie gut, wenn Menschen - wie Institutionen und Medien - weiterhin und immer wieder erneut den Willen, die Mittel und die Kraft (…)

This is a follow-up to our note from November 24th 2024 Dr. Siegert’s eBook HANDBOOK OF MEDIA ECONOMICS quoting an e-Mail received today, 13:22 h., by Consultant Sindhu Ramachandran @ springernature.com, and our letter to the editor:
Thank You for Your Contribution to the Handbook of Media and Communication Economics
Dear Wolf Siegert, We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your valuable contribution to the English edition of the *Handbook of Media and Communication (…)

Use of your data for targeted advertising Last updated: 3 weeks ago
LinkedIn is updating the legal basis by which we process certain personal data of our members in the Designated Countries for personalized ads purposes, including ad measurement and improvement. In the weeks prior to January 22, 2025, these members will be asked to consent (or opt-in) to the use of certain data where the legal basis used to be legitimate interest (and members could opt-out). This article summarises these (…)