Paradigm's Coronavirus Layoffs Panned by Music Industry: 'This Is Really Just Greed'

BERLIN — Live music promoters across Germany, Australia and Switzerland are anticipating losses of €3.7 billion euros ($4.04 billion) in the first half of 2020 due to the coronavirus, according to a new joint paper from industry organizations.

Rihanna is speaking her mind. During an Instagram Live session this past Friday, a fan asked the 32-year-old singer when her upcoming album will be released, when she implied that she's working harder to flatten the coronavirus curve than President Trump "If one of y'all motherf--ers ask me about the album one more time when I'm trying to save the world, unlike y'all president," said Rihanna, per E! News.

Tech teachers have been banned from going to their schools during the coronavirus lockdown to make safety equipment for NHS staff.

After two weeks of streaming declines as Americans stayed glued to cable news, music consumers seem to be comfortably sheltered at home with streams growing 2% to 24.8 billion for the week ended April 2, up from 24.3 billion a week before.Yet while stability appears to be emerging, somewhat, for a U.S. music industry paralyzed by the coronavirus, last week's performance was still down 2.9% from 2020’s peak when total streams numbered 25.55 billion.

Even for someone like former KAABOO owner Bryan Gordon, who’s no stranger to a courtroom, 2020 was going to be rough. In February, the 58-year-old Wall Street executive-turned-festival promoter was found to have breached a deal with a former business partner and was ordered to pay a $7 million judgement.

Pink is opening up about her battle with coronavirus.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the music business, canceling or postponing hundreds of tours, pushing back major albums and forcing everyone from Miley Cyrus to Diplo to Dierks Bentley to Dua Lipa to pivot from playing live shows to livestreaming from their homes, practically overnight. But what if you're just starting out and you don't have the resources to hunker down

Streaming account for 82.3% of the albums charts last week

Pandemic-induced layoffs have begun at Endeavor, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The initial round impacts about 250 staffers employed in capacities in which they cannot work remotely, such as ground

We’re on day 15 of our coronavirus coverage, getting inspired by stories of celebrities doing their part to help get supplies to our hospitals and the needy, and saddened by the losses, like the death of fashion designer Jenny Polanco, we’re seeing as the pandemic takes hold. To find out what’s happening, check on yesterday’s top trending stories, or keep reading for the latest developments from the world of entertainment.

American-German model Heidi Klum has been unwell for some time with symptoms similar to that of the novel Coronavirus. Heidi Klum self-quarantined herself ever since she fell ill but had to wait to get herself tested owing to the lower availability of testing kits. The 46-year-old isolated herself from her husband too as both of them were feeling unwell. Heidi Klum got her tests done last week and has recently shared the results of the same.