Emily W. Coles

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Emily is a writer, editor, and digital strategist currently serving as the Social Media Manager at Indiefferential, where she translates the chaos of the independent music world into sharp, readable, and occasionally self-aware internet culture. If you’ve ever contacted Indiefferential, whether through a DM, an email, or a slightly unhinged contact form submission, there’s a very good chance Emily was the one who read it first and wrote back. Academically inclined but practically minded, Emily holds two master’s degrees in fields that sit somewhere between media, technology and cultural studies. Before drifting into the more volatile ecosystem of startups and media brands, Emily worked as a journalist for several local newspapers, covering everything from city council meetings to underfunded arts festivals held in car parks. It was there she developed two lifelong skills: the ability to explain complex systems in plain language, and the instinct to detect nonsense within the first three sentences of a press release.

California's Bid to Curb Live Event Ticket Resale Prices Dies in Session

California’s attempt to cap live event ticket resale prices at 10% above face value was put on hold for the current legislative session. The California Senate Appropriations Committee held AB 1720, known as the California Fans First Act, on its suspense file on August 13,…