Recording Academy fires ousted CEO, citing investigations

With 80 percent of Los Angeles Unified School District families living below the poverty line, CAA president Richard Lovett has teamed with the Anthony and Jeanne Pritzker Family Foundation and the Ballmer Group to launch a fund to help these students amid the growing coronavirus pandemic that forced the indefinite closure of L.A.'s public schools on Monday.

By Bruce Haring

Veteran film producer Effie Brown is leading the charge to level the playing field when it comes to owning and investing in content.

Hitmaka is being accused of brutally pistol-whipping his girlfriend who was hospitalized with a broken nose.

UMG’s California headquarters had already been closed since Friday (March 13)

Sir Lucian Grainge has been hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus, multiple sources have confirmed to Billboard following the initial report by Variety.The Universal Music Group chief executive officer and chairman -- who was ranked No. 1 on the 2019 Billboard Power 100 chart and was selected as the Billboard executive of the decade -- is currently undergoing treatment at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Universal Music chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge is in the hospital after testing positive for coronavirus.

By Pete Hammond

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) — Following a number of release dates moving and premieres being cancelled, Marvel and Disney have decided to temporarily shutter production on Shang-Chi.

CAA, Paradigm and ICM are joining the slew of companies in Los Angeles and New York that are offering their employees work-from-home options in light of the coronavirus outbreak.On Wednesday, Paradigm announced via an internal memo that it is allowing New York employees to work from home if they choose. Starting Thursday, CAA is allowing employees in all offices to voluntarily work from home as well, an internal memo sent Wednesday noted.

Dakota Johnson chats on the phone as she stops by Cha Cha Matcha for a healthy drink on Wednesday afternoon (March 11) in West Hollywood, Calif.

By Mike Fleming Jr

Snap canceled its second Snap Partner Summit next month in Los Angeles for Snapchat developers, content creators and advertisers, moving the event instead to an online-only streaming presentation amid the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19).

American roots and Americana music have a new home at BMG, which today (March 10) launched Renew Records, a new label that will focus on artists and special projects in the genre. Based in Los Angeles, the label will be led by BMG executive vp David Hirshland, who has “his fin

On Monday, the day that the Recording Academy officially terminated Deborah Dugan, interim boss Harvey Mason Jr. sat with the Los Angeles Times for his first interview since the organization’s former president/CEO was abruptly — and controversially — placed on administrative leave just 10 days before the Grammy Awards.

Flavor Flav has been fired from hip hop group Public Enemy following a spat over an appearance at a Bernie Sanders rally, according to Rolling Stone.

This Sunday's episode of NCIS: Los Angeles will include a new face: that of hip-hop star Offset, aka Kiari Kendrell Cephus, who is part of the group Migos. Offset will star as an undercover CIA Officer in the hit CBS procedural.

January can be a slow touring month for any venue, but the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas kicked off its 2020 with a bang, grossing nearly $18 million with seven engagements — $11 million more than the No.

YG and Epic Records have partnered in a joint venture for the rapper’s Los Angeles-based label 4HUNNID. Under the terms of the agreement, Epic will exclusively release, distribute and market projects from 4HUNNID, starting with forthcoming new music from female rapper Day Sulan.

Warner Records has promoted Norva Denton to senior vp of A&R, the recently-rebranded label announced today (Feb. 24). Denton will remain based at the label's Los Angeles headquarters, reporting to Warner Records co-chairman/CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck.