From doxxing to death threats: Are music critics misunderstood?
Culture • Nov 7, 2025, 2:50 PM
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This week, FRANCE 24's media show Scoop looks at the music critic. There are a number of challenges facing the job, including slashed entertainment reporting budgets and even hardcore pop fans threatening critics. Our guests are pop critic Minjae Jun and John Doran, co-founder of The Quietus, one of the leading independent voices in music and cultural criticism. They discuss the importance of music journalism – past, present and future.
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US artists launch nationwide ‘Fall of Freedom’ protest against rising censorship
Culture • 2:59 PM
1 min
In this episode of Arts 24, we look at "Fall of Freedom" – a nationwide wave of performances, readings and public art events as artists across the United States mobilise against mounting censorship and political pressure on cultural institutions. Hundred
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Trumpet player Takuya Kuroda on the New York jazz scene and his genre-blending style
Culture • 12:10 AM
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Currently touring Europe, jazz musician and trumpet player Takuya Kuroda sits down with FRANCE 24 to speak about his beginnings in the industry and his recording process. Originally from Kobe in Japan, Kuroda says the country's jazz scene, particularly v
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