Rebroadcast: How Taylor Swift changed the music industry forever

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  Hey there, it's Shamita here.

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  It's been a long time coming, but Taylor Swift finally owns all her masters.

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  She announced last week on her website that

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  she had bought back the master recordings of her first six albums,

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  ending an ownership battle that began in 2019

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  when record executive Scooter Braun acquired her back catalog.

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  Since then,

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  Swift has re-recorded several of those old albums and released them as Taylor's version.

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  In light of this latest news,

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  I wanted to bring you my episode from last year with Rolling Stone journalist Rob Sheffield.

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  He wrote a book about Swift's songwriting,

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  her fandom, and her enormous impact on the music industry.

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  I hope you enjoy it.

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  This is In Conversation from Apple News.

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  I'm Shamita Basu.

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  Today, how Taylor Swift changed the music industry forever.

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  In 2007,

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  music journalist Rob Sheffield was in his kitchen

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  making himself a grilled cheese when all of a sudden...

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  This country song comes on and it catches my ear right away.

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