Business
Taylor Swift Sets Records: Sells 2.6 Mil Copies of “Poets,” Takes Top 14 Streaming Spots (31 All Together)
It's a day for setting records for Taylor Swift.
Her album, "The Tortured Poets Department," sold 2.6 million copies. Of those, 1.9 million were CDs, LPs, and paid downloads.
She lodged...
Business
Report: Google’s March Core Update to Algo Finished After 52 Days, More Destruction Coming to Website Owners
I never write about this stuff, but it's time to drag it into the open.
All of the traffic on the internet is run by...
Business
New Taylor Swift “Poets” Album on Track to Have 3rd Highest Debut Ever in First Week Sales with 2.8 Million Copies
The poets are not so tortured.
Hitsdailydouble.com reports that Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" will finish its first week with record sales.
"Poets" is on...
Business
KISS Front Man Gene Simmons Adds 1 Million Viewers to Sunday “American Idol” as Mentor
Stunt casting works!
Ratings deprived "American Idol" jumped by 1 million viewers in the Sunday night ratings.
The reason was the appearance of KISS front man...
Business
National Enquirer Hobbled Post-Trump: Website Rarely Updated, Carries Old News, Product Plugs Instead of Celebrity Scandals
I'm sure you haven't been to the National Enquirer website lately.
But while owner and editor David Pecker testifies about his fealty to Donald Trump,...
Business
Box Office: “Ghostbusters Frozen Empire” Finally Hits $100 Mil, “Civil War” Chips Away, “Ministry” Misses
The weekend box office wasn't very exciting unless getting slimed was your preference.
After five weeks, "Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire" finally hit $100 million. It's been...
Business
Friday Box Office: Horror Film “Abigail” Sort of Beats “Civil War” to Number 1, Not Really
The really weird part of reporting the box office is the whole Thursday preview thing.
Hollywood pretends Thursday previews are just part of Friday openings,...
Books
Graydon Carter Goes Retro Cool, Opens a Newsstand in NYC’s West Village
Graydon Carter, former chief of Vanity Fair, has gone back to the future.
Carter has today opened a newsstand in NYC's West Village. It's named...
Business
Taylor Swift Scores a RECORD 48 of 100 iTunes Top 100, 9 of top 10, 4 of Top 5 Albums
The ENTIRE record business belongs to Taylor Swift.
Like it or not, Swift's new release "The Tortured Poets Department" is setting and breaking records right...
Business
Get Ready for Taylor Swift “Poets” Tsunami to Hit at Midnight, Beyonce Album Ending Run at 700,000
Cowboy Carter is about to get rounded up.
Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" will at midnight like the hurricane in "The Wizard of Oz."...
Business
Billionaire Jeff Skoll Shutting Down Participant Media, Film Company Won 21 Oscars Including for “Spotlight” and “Green Book”
Ebay billionaire Jeff Skoll is shutting down Participant Media.
The film company has earned 21 Oscars including Best Picture awards for "Spotlight" and "Green...