Former Live Nation New York President Launches Brooklyn Made Concert Promotions

Amid a shortage of soundstages, New York is getting a new production hub. Steiner Studios, a well-known Brooklyn-based soundstage operatorthat's been home to productions like Joker and The Marevlous Mrs.

Also Read: Noah Hawley's 'Star Trek' Put on Hold at Paramount“We are thoroughly disappointed that we can’t gather together, in-person for the New York Comic Con we love to build and our fans love to revel in. We look forward to this weekend all year long, just like you, and with this being our 15th edition, we were particularly excited.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorNew York Comic Con said Tuesday it is canceling its annual in-person convention this year at the Javits Center and instead will host an all-digital confab set for October 8-11.Organizer ReedPop said it is partnering with YouTube on the event, with exclusive live streams of panels set for NYCC’s YouTube channel.

Eli Countryman Continuing the trend of live fan events going virtual amid the coronavirus pandemic, New York Comic Con’s producer ReedPop announced on Tuesday that the annual fan convention is canceling its in-person event and partnering with YouTube to stream live panels from Oct. 8-11.NYCC was originally scheduled to take place at Javits Center, but will now be hosted primarily on New York Comic Con‘s YouTube channel.

A massive fire has engulfed cooking show star Rachael Ray’s New York home.

Rachael Ray luckily was not harmed after a fire erupted at her home in upstate New York.

Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez could be one step closer to buying the New York Mets.The lovebirds were spotted out and about in Queens, New York, on Wednesday, taking a VIP tour of Citi Field, which is the home field of the baseball team.Lopez, 51, sported a white floral summer dress with her hair pulled back in a tight bun for the outing, while Rodriguez, 45, opted for a powder blue dress shirt and khakis.

Jay-Z is set to launch a New York university, marking his first foray into higher education.The rap icon has joined forces with Brooklyn’s Long Island University to launch the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment. It will provide students with the chance to study undergraduate degrees in music, music technology, entrepreneurship and production and even sports management.LIU’s President, Dr.

Pete Hamill, the New York newspaperman who went to bat for the disenfranchised and became a larger-than-life personality during the city's last great era of print journalism, has died. He was 85.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorThe New York Times said digital revenue exceeded print for the first time ever for the second quarter ended in June when it added 669,000 net new digital subscriptions.That included 493,000 net new subscriptions to its core news product and 176,000 to other digital products, like Cooking, Crossword and audio.

baseball, politics, murders, boxing and riots to wars in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Lebanon and Ireland. But he would always look back to the New York he grew up in, a pre-digital age best remembered through the dreamscape of black and white photography — a New York of egg creams and five-cent subway rides, stickball games and wide-brimmed hats, when the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn and there were more daily papers than you could count on one hand.

Ever since its announcement as part of this year’s Cannes Film Festival Official Selections, Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” anthology series from Amazon has been positioned as one of the 2020 fall festival darlings. And it appears that is playing out at this year’s New York Film Festival, which will not only debut a feature-length episode of the anthology as its Opening Night film but will also showcase two additional episodes as part of the main slate.

Nyck Caution has shared new song ‘Margot Robbie’ as an ode to his home city of New York – listen to it below.The Joey Bada$$-signed rapper’s new track appears on his recently released ‘Open Flame’ EP, which also includes ‘Famiglia’ featuring Meechy Darko of Flatbush Zombies.“From the beat to the lyrics just feel like a New York vibe from the second I heard it,” Caution said of the track.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorNew York Governor Andrew Cuomo invited Major League baseball teams to play in New York stadium as the sport suffers some COVID-19 related setbacks.“New York State could host any major league baseball game that any team wants to play,” he said at his daily briefing Tuesday. “New York state has one of the lowest infection rates in the U.S.

NEW YORK -- A new literary award with a $50,000 cash prize will honor those best at telling a New York story. The Gotham Literary Prize, announced Thursday, came out of a conversation between businessman-philathropist Bradley Tusk and political strategist Howard Wolfson, who told The Associated Press that they first thought of the award last year and saw a renewed urgency for it after the spread of the coronavirus.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterThe New York Times has acquired Serial Productions, the company behind the hit podcast Serial.As part of the deal, the media company will enter into a creative and strategic alliance with longtime radio show This American Life, which developed the original Serial pod, about the murder conviction of Adnan Syed.

said on Wednesday.Levien, who is currently the news organization’s chief operating officer, will succeed Mark Thompson on Sept. 8 and serve on the company’s board after it unanimously voted on Tuesday to elevate her to the role.“It’s the honor of a lifetime to lead The New York Times.