It's Killer Mike and El-P's second new song in a matter of days
06.03.2020 - 21:17 / variety.com
Journalism vet Lydia Polgreen resigned as HuffPost’s editor-in-chief after three years to join Spotify as head of content for podcast studio Gimlet.
In her role at Gimlet, Polgreen will be responsible for overseeing the entire slate including strategic planning and setting a creative vision for the studio. She joined Verizon-owned HuffPost in December 2016 after more than a decade at the New York Times.
Polgreen announced her move to Spotify’s Gimlet in a tweet, saying in part, “Gimlet has built
It's Killer Mike and El-P's second new song in a matter of days
Following reportsThursday that comedy club Upright Citizens Brigade experienced mass layoffs at its Los Angeles and New York venues due to the coronavirus pandemic, an online fundraiseremerged on GoFundMe to help out staff in need. Organized by UCB performer Pete Byrnes, the fundraiser is titled "Help the UCB LA Staff" and asks for $50,000 to assist staff affected by the layoffs.
Publishing's annual national convention, BookExpo, has been pushed back from May to July. Organizers cited concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.
By Bruce Haring
NEW YORK -- Due to the new coronavirus, late-night comedians — Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Pete Buttigieg — are taking to the stage without the affirmation of adoring audiences.
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers have shut down production due to the coronavirus pandemic, Deadline reports.
By Nellie Andreeva
By Denise Petski
The next time James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel or David Spade deliver a few jokes, they won’t hear anyone in the audience clapping or laughing. And that will be by design.
The audiences of The Tonight Show, The Late Show, Late Night, and many more will be empty starting next Monday (March 16), THR reports.
Late night is going to be a little quieter very soon. In a coordinated move announced Wednesday, late-night shows produced out of New York City announced they would soon begin taping without live, in-studio audiences out of concerns over the spread of the coronavirus.
TV’s late-night laughs will continue. But they will have to do so without live audiences to make them.
At 12 years old, and 23 months after going public, Spotify is still acting more like a venture capital-funded startup than a company traded on the New York Stock Exchange. From one point of view, Spotify is presciently building for the future, embracing podcasts and shifting its identity from music to audio