Jim Meyer to Retire as SiriusXM CEO, Jennifer Witz to Take Role

Jim Carrey is making his debut as Joe Biden on Saturday Night Live!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMariah Carey has always been about control: over her career, sure, but also over her extraordinary voice, which is her greatest asset as a performer. And that voice is in full bloom on “The Rarities,” her new compilation of previously unreleased and low-profile B-sides.Although releasing an album of rarities and outtakes can be like sharing baby pictures with the world, based on the evidence presented here, Mariah never really had much of an awkward stage.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticJerry Seinfeld has no hard feelings for the “putz” Manhattan comedy club co-owner who declared a coronavirus-ravaged New York City “dead forever.”“I have nothing against that guy,” Seinfeld tells CBS’ 60 Minutes this week about Stand Up N.Y. comedy club co-owner James Altucher, who wrote the R.I.P New York article on LinkedIn two months ago.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOn a week like this, with a crushing onslaught of strong contenders for the coveted Fri 5, your faithful reviewer feels like an “American Idol” judge, with a whole load of self-imposed rules about what constitutes a great single (as opposed to a great song), trying to disregard considerations like how popular an artist is or isn’t, which record label it’s on, etc. Like…“The new Lil Wayne song ‘Life of Mr.

My Chemical Romance‘s Gerard Way has spoken to Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins on a new podcast episode – you can watch the interview below.On the Pass-Through Frequencies podcast, the pair talk about quarantine, the creative process and songwriting.

© Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo  With a transmission time pushed back 15 minutes because of the Prime Minister’s Covid address to the nation, the Great British Bake Off cooked up some piping hot revenge.Judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood, alongside new host Matt Lucas, began the 11th series with a spoof health warning press conference.Under a blond wig, Lucas looked almost more like Boris than Boris, and succinctly parsed the confusing messages that emanate from Downing Street.‘If

Lady A, Kelsea Ballerini and Kane Brown will perform at the seventh annual festival next month.Dierks Bentley, Sam Hunt, Dustin Lynch, Jon Pardi, Riley Green, Morgan Evans and Gabby Barrett will also perform. Additionally, there will be a guest appearance by Bobby Bones.Originally scheduled to take place on May 2 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, the festival has now moved virtual in light of COVID-19.

is Ryan Murphy’s latest, ambitious series, exploring the origins of one of film’s most iconic villains, Nurse Ratched of  Led by Sarah Paulson, the series fills out her backstory with a cast of eclectic characters played by the likes Cynthia Nixon, Sharon Stone, Sophie Okonedo and Jon Jon Briones, who opens up to ET about playing Dr.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLike everyone else, BTS and NPR have been forced to pivot during the pandemic — and for their first performance on NPR’s “Tiny Desk” concert series, the K-pop superstars performed from the record store VINYL & PLASTIC in BTS’s hometown of Seoul.The group drew more than half a million viewers for the premiere of the concert, which saw them tearing through three songs accompanied by a live band, including their current hit single “Dynamite.” The group also performed

Dominic Patten Senior Editor, Legal & TV Critic“That is very sad news,” said Bill Maher tonight as the nation and the world learned of the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.In front of a coronavirus socially distanced live audience on Friday, the Real Time host and his panel were informed of the passing of the 87-year old trailblazer as they were in the middle of filming tonight’s show.

Jim Carrey is in talks to portray Donald Trump’s U.S.

Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM is disciplined in its content spending, but willing to pay for attractive programming, CEO Jim Meyer said during a virtual investor conference on Tuesday. Appearing at the virtual Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference, he was asked about the firm's roughly $460 million content spend in 2019, or 6 percent of revenue, in addition to $1.7 billion in music royalties.

Satellite radio giant SiriusXM said Tuesday that CEO James Meyer will step down as CEO on Dec. 31 and become vice chairman.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorIn a lively morning of executive shuffles, AMC Networks said Sean Sullivan, chief financial officer, will be jumping to SirusXM in mid-October, as the satellite broadcaster announced that its CEO Jim Meyer and its CFO David Frear are both stepping down. AMC Networks said it will appoint an interim CFO or successor prior to Sullivan’s departure.SiriusXM said Meyer will retire on December 31 and Jennifer Witz, president, Sales, Marketing and Operations, will take

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSiriusXM today announced that Chief Executive Officer Jim Meyer intends to retire on December 31, 2020.Upon his retirement, Jennifer C. Witz, President of Sales, Marketing and Operations, will become the Company’s new CEO.Gregory B.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDigital music distribution and publishing admin company TuneCore has named Maria Ho-Burge global communications director.