MediaLink Cancels Events at CES 2022 Because of COVID

NATPE Miami has become the latest major in-person entertainment industry event to be shelved due to concerns over the current Covid spike driven by the highly infectious Omicron variant.

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Ashanti and Ja Rule will join Journey as headliners for ABC’s Dick Clark’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest in Times Square. Karol G, who originally had been scheduled, has canceled her performance.

Waitress, the Broadway musical featuring music and lyrics by Sara Bareilles, has canceled its remaining performances at the Ethel Barrymore theatre, producers announced tonight. The decision was made after new cases of Covid were detected among the company and crew. The production was to have run through January 9.

Organizers of CES, which has annually kicked off the year as the largest U.S. trade show, are sticking with plans for an in-person component in early January despite inauspicious Covid trends.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe Variety CES Entertainment Summit will no longer take place next month in-person in Las Vegas, given the recent increase in COVID cases. The event is being adapted as an online-only series of keynote conversations and panel discussions with industry leaders set for Thursday, Jan.

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced today that the state had recorded nearly 11,000 new cases of Covid-19 over the past 24 hours. That marks a 100% increase from the daily number of 5,400 new cases recorded just one week ago.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe Consumer Technology Association is still proceeding with plans to host CES 2022 in Las Vegas next month. But a surge in COVID cases due to the Omicron variant of the virus has prompted several companies to drop out of the tech confab.T-Mobile, Amazon, iHeartRadio, Facebook parent Meta and Twitter are among the companies that have canceled their CES 2022 plans.

Nielsen has secured the participation of Disney and media agency Magna in the first offering to be part of its forthcoming cross-platform measurement system Nielsen One.

BAFTA Los Angeles on Monday canceled its annual BAFTA Tea Party, which had been set for an in-person event January 8 at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills, because of the rise of the latest Covid-19 variant.

Live from New York, it’s a much smaller Saturday Night Live. NBC confirms to Us Weekly that the cast will be downsized and live audience removed amid concerns about the rise in positive COVID-19 cases.

Moulin Rouge!, the Broadway musical, has canceled tonight’s performance due to the detective of positive Covid test results within the company that prompted the evacuation of the theater just before last night’s show.

Queen Elizabeth traditionally hosts a pre-Christmas lunch the week before the December 25 holiday to celebrate with the extended royal family.

Irvine’s Christmas lights switch-on event planned for this Sunday has been cancelled due to the latest Covid guidance.

Tyson Fury has teased boxing fans ahead of what could be a huge 2022 for the Gypsy King, as he's reiterated his desire to face numerous fighters.

Arcade Fire have performed their first gig since the COVID pandemic began.The band’s frontman Win Butler and multi-instrumentalist Régine Chassagne were on stage at Las Vegas’ Zarkana Theater on Saturday night (December 11) for Gala Games’ Galaverse crypto party.The band’s last in-person show was when they headlined New Orleans’ Mahalia Jackson Theater in February 2020, just as the pandemic was starting to take hold, according to Stereogum.Maroon 5, Billy Idol, Kings Of Leon, Snoop Dogg, Alice