Republic Records Promotes Kevin Lipson to Executive VP of Global Commerce and Digital Strategy

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMike Chester has been upped to the newly created position of Executive Vice President, Promotion & Commerce for Warner Records. According ot eh announcement, in his expanded role, Chester will continue to lead the label’s promotion department while also overseeing its strategy across streaming, digital, and commercial platforms and accounts.

Any Britney Spears fan would know that the pop star shares two sons with her ex Kevin Federline. However the, former backup dancer isn’t only a dad to Sean, 15, and Jayden, 14 — Kevin actually has six children.

Ethan Hawke To Receive KV Award

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorCraig D’Souza (pictured) has joined WME as a partner, music co-heads Lucy Dickins, Kirk Sommer and Scott Clayton announced today.

Team USA has finally gotten their mojo back.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Kevin Can F*** Himself,” which is concluding its first season on AMC this weekend and already streaming the finale on its streaming service, is a television show about television.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorReservoir Media, the fast growing music rights company that recently acquired the catalogs of members of Migos and Tommy Boy Records, has become a public company listing on NASDAQ. The company, which announced plans to go public back in April with a $788 million valuation, confirmed the closing of its previously announced business combination with Roth CH Acquisition II Co.

Maria Zuckerman has been promoted to president of Topic Studios, First Look Media announced Wednesday. Zuckerman joined Topic in May 2019 as EVP and head of Topic Studios and will now continue to report to the company’s CEO, Michael Bloom.

EXCLUSIVE: HartBeat Productions, Kevin Hart’s production company, has made a round of promotions and new hires across its film and TV divisions as it scales and produces content for a mass global audience.

Resting up. Kevin Connolly shared that both he and his newborn daughter, Kennedy Cruz, were recently diagnosed with COVID-19.

Kevin Connelly is opening up about a recent health scare.The former actor revealed during the latest episode of with hosts Doug Ellin and Kevin Dillon that he and his six-week old daughter, Kennedy, tested positive for COVID-19. «My daughter, she's got COVID,» he said of his newborn, whom he shares with girlfriend Zulay Henao.

Kevin Connolly and Zulay Henao’s newborn daughter has contracted COVID-19.

Kevin Hart might just be the winner of the prank war that's going on between him and Nick Cannon. Hart took to Instagram Thursday to share the digital billboard he put up in Los Angeles with Cannon's phone number on it.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has acquired worldwide rights to Kevin Smith’s Clerks III, which is currently in pre-production in New Jersey and will begin production next month.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAtlantic has struck a joint-venture with the new label Vnclm_, a label formed last year by artist managers Jorge Hernendez of IAT Artist Management (Will Jay), Mike Kosak of NBD Management (Royal & the Serpent), and Tim Jones of Pipe & Hat (Faouzia). The Los Angeles-based label’s first release through the arrangement is singer-songwriter Arden Jones; other artists on the roster include Flyana Boss, Efflo, Viisi, and Flawed Mangoes.

Kailyn Lowry and her sons are in the Caribbean for a summer vacation! The Teen Mom 2 star, 29, and her boys Isaac, 11, Lincoln, 7, Lux, 3, and Creed, 11 months, departed for Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic from Philadelphia for a tropical getaway this week. Kailyn shared a snapshot of her boys from the airport on July 11, captioning the post, “Kail & the chaos heads to Punta Cana.”

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRichard Foster has been pro­moted to vice president, marketing at Epic Records, it was announced by Dave Bell, executive VP and head of marketing, to whom Foster reports.The New York-based Foster, who joined the Sony Music label in July 2019, is tasked with all digital marketing initiatives including podcasts, website design and data analysis, in addition to managing marketing budgets and liaising with the creative team.Said Bell: “Rich’s limitless creativity and