CBS Broadcast Center Closed Again; How CBS News Is Handling Ongoing Crisis

With clubs closed across the country and Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart (and Billboard Boxscore) on hiatus, we're asking reporting club DJs what they've been listening to lately -- while at home, of course. This week, we spoke with Tampa, Fla.-based Kidd Leow, New Yorker Lolo Mayhew and Michigan's Steve Swift. Kidd (Adam

6ix9ine just caught a huge break. As confirmed in court documents obtained by Billboard, the rapper, née Daniel Hernandez, will be a free man after a New York judge granted him a compassionate release in light of the coronavirus outbreak.

6ix9ine just caught a huge break. As confirmed in court documents obtained by Billboard, the rapper born Daniel Hernandez will be a free man after a New York judge granted him a compassionate release in light of the coronavirus outbreak. His discharge will be effective immediately.

The US president recently backtracked on his suggestion to impose a quarantine on New York after the state’s governor said doing so would be “preposterous”. He has also been mocked and condemned for bragging about the large number of people watching his coronavirus briefings and suggesting he is a “ratings hit”.

“CBS This Morning” has opted to keep its three anchors working from home in light of the expanding coronavirus crisis in New York.

CBS News is mourning the loss of Maria Mercader, a network veteran who covered breaking news for nearly three decades and, most recently, helped shape strategy for the network's correspondents and reporters. 

High on the list of things that nobody could have predicted just a few weeks ago is the emergence of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as a buzzy daytime TV draw.

As the novel coronavirus continues to spread throughout New York, Ty Warner, the owner of the Four Seasons hotel, will provide free rooms for medical personnel in order to curb the spread of COVID-19. Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals working on the frontlines of the pandemic are being offered complimentary stays at the luxe hotel on East 57th Street.

By Denise Petski

On Saturday, Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation announced today that it has donated $5 Million to COVD-19 rapid response efforts in the United States and across the globe.

On Saturday, Rihanna’s Clara Lionel Foundation announced today that it has donated $5 Million to COVD-19 rapid response efforts in the United States and across the globe.

Taylor Swift and Ariana Grande have been helping out fans struggling financially during the coronavirus pandemic.

By Denise Petski

By Greg Evans

SAG-AFTRA president Gabrielle Carteris didn’t use to spend a lot of time in the house. More often, she could be found at the union’s Los Angeles headquarters, or around town with friends and family, at meetings or visiting the organization’s offices in New York or across the country.

By Ted Johnson

Paradigm Talent Agency is closing all of its offices starting Friday, sources tell Variety. There is no timeframe of when they will be reopened.