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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSince Square, the payments-processing company led by CEO (and Twitter founder) Jack Dorsey, announced plans to buy a “significant” majority stake in Tidal, the music and entertainment streaming platform run by Jay-Z, many have wondered exactly what it plans to do with the service.
Tidal was announced amid great fanfare in 2015 as an artist-owned streaming service, after Jay-Z led a consortium of artists, including Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Madonna, Rihanna
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Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe best part of this year’s Allen & Co. moguls conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, was the speed dating.That’s how several attendees described the atmosphere at the annual gathering of business, tech, political and international movers and shakers.In a nod to COVID concerns, organizers erected a large outdoor pavilion space to allow groups to mingle in a meeting-friendly setting without being in close quarters.
EXCLUSIVE: WME has inked 2x Emmy nominated Saturday Night Live writer and stand-up comic Sam Jay in all areas.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOlivia Rodrigo and her main collaborator, songwriter-producer Daniel Nigro, have given Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff and St.
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorFormer U.S. president Donald Trump — evidently still furious about getting kicked off social media platforms over his role in the Jan.
The transfer window is expected to properly kick into life from next week when Euros 2020 finishes.
Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaUniversal will move its pay-one window for films from HBO to Peacock, the studio said Tuesday. The move is another sign of the importance that media conglomerates are placing on bolstering their in-house streaming services as they engage in a fierce battle for subscribers.
Sam Heughan had fans falling over themselves with a photo and announcement he made on Instagram. The Outlander actor looked like a male model in a beach selfie he shared on social media.MORE: Sam Heughan's fans express concerns over photo In the snapshot, Sam posed with glass in his hand as the sun set behind him. WATCH: Men in Kilts trailer He wore a leather jacket and a bandana around his neck and he explained all in the caption. "Looking forward to our @sassenachspirits 2021 release this
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMass Appeal has named two key executive hires —two “trailblazing women who will play a pivotal role in elevating and expanding the entertainment company’s presence,” according to the announcement.Jessica Rivera (pictured above, left) will serve as the General Manager of Music, overseeing the creative and day-to-day operations of Mass Appeal’s music division (label and publishing) and contributing across Mass Appeal’s other two divisions in content and creative
K.J. Yossman Global Series Network is set to launch its international drama VOD offering Walter Presents on DMD’s Latin American streaming service CiND!E.The steaming service, which offers a curated selection of the world’s best non-English language scripted content, was first launched on Channel 4 five years ago by co-founders Walter Iuzzolino, Jason Thorp and Jo McGrath.
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HBO Max will make the first two seasons of The Chris Rock Show available to subscribers beginning today.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTo celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jay-Z’s iconic debut album “Reasonable Doubt,” the rapper has commissioned multi-disciplinary artist Derrick Adams to create a one-of-one animated digital artwork that recontextualizes the album’s cover, which will be auctioned off by Sotheby’s as an NFT in a special single-lot auction.
Joy Behar, 78, is getting attention after making what she called an “inappropriate” joke when discussing Carl Nassib coming out as gay, on the June 22nd episode of The View. The co-host made most of her fellow co-hosts, including Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, and Sunny Hostin, cringe during the awkward moment while other co-host Meghan McCain just looked unimpressed.
Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLiterally minutes after the announcement that the Recording Academy has named Valeisha Butterfield Jones and Panos A. Panay to the new roles of co-presidents hit the wires, the pair and CEO Harvey Mason, jr.
Girl code! Anya Taylor-Joy wasn’t about to let Cara Delevingne step into the Dior fashion show with a twisted dress — oh, no.
“Univision is an iconic brand and the leading Spanish-language media company in United States,” Mazon added. “The previously announced merger between Televisa and Univision will create a company of unprecedented creative resources in the Spanish-speaking world.