A 2008 fire at Universal Studios Hollywood destroyed famous movie sets and a film and videotape archive. It was also the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew. The Universal Music Group — the largest music company in the world — lost its entire West Coast archive. Hundreds of thousands of original recordings were lost, from musicians including Louis Armstrong, pictured above, Joan Baez and Eminem . Separately, The Times announced that its correspondent in Tehran had been barred from working since February by the Iranian authorities.

Source: International New York Times June 11, 2019 09:22 UTC