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Disney Takes over Fox, Four Thousand Or More Expected Be Laid Off, Starting with Top Echelon: “LA Can’t Absorb That Many People” Says Industry Insider

by Roger Friedman - March 21, 2019 3:27 pm

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Lori Loughlin Gets Fired by Hallmark Hall of Fame in All Their Businesses, Actress Punished for Arrest in College Admissions Scandal

by Roger Friedman - March 14, 2019 5:02 pm

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HBO Chief Richard Plepler, 30 Year Veteran, Leaving Company, Met With Revlon’s Ronald Perelman Over Weekend

by Roger Friedman - February 28, 2019 6:01 pm

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Amazon Abandons Plans for Massive Headquarters in Long Island City After Residents Tell Them to Go Away

by Roger Friedman - February 14, 2019 12:26 pm

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A Media Era Comes to An End: Jann Wenner Totally Out of Rolling Stone as Penske Media Buys Up Rest of Company

by Roger Friedman - January 31, 2019 9:15 pm

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Jay Z Launches Tidal Streaming Hi Def Music Service Today

by Roger Friedman - March 26, 2015 5:01 pm

Jay Z is launching his streaming music service, called Tidal, on March 30th in the US. This is the service I told you...

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Hyatt Hotel Heir’s $100 Million Never Seen, Unfinished Jazz Movie Re-shooting Again This Spring

by Roger Friedman - March 26, 2015 10:44 am

You wouldn't think this is possible. But Dan Pritzker's $100 million jazz movie "Bolden!" is re-shooting again. Pritzker is from the Hyatt Hotels...

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Taylor Swift Dumped Spotify, But She’s Streaming Everywhere Else 20K Copies A Week

by Roger Friedman - February 26, 2015 9:17 am

UPDATE Hits Daily Double explains: "Taylor Swift is streaming due to the higher number on our Sales Plus Streaming chart. The difference between Taylor’s album...

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Sirius Radio Loses Key Motion in Pre- 1972 Cases; Judge Rules Against Them; The Turtles Continue to Make Serious Inroads for Digital Royalties

by Roger Friedman - February 19, 2015 6:56 pm

EXCLUSIVE Sirius XM has lost its motion for reconsideration in the case brought against them by the Turtles over pre-1972 recordings. The satellite radio...

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George Washington University Dean Proud That Scientology Founder Was a Grad

by Roger Friedman - February 1, 2015 11:50 pm

Did educator Peter Konwerski out himself tonight as a Scientologist? The dean of student affairs at George Washington University took to Twitter to announce...

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Super Bowl: NFL Orchestrates Annual Release of Roger Goodell’s $44 Mil Salary til After Game

by Roger Friedman - January 31, 2015 9:44 am

Sunday is the Super Bowl. But in the next couple of weeks will come bigger news from the NFL: whether or not Roger Goodell...

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Broadway: Without Nathan Lane, “It’s Only a Play” Box Office Is Off By a Million Bucks

by Roger Friedman - January 30, 2015 1:43 pm

Does Nathan Lane have drawing power on Broadway? Evidently, a lot. When he and Matthew Broderick were starring in "It's Only a Play" during...

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Music: Sound Exchange Digital Royalties Up 31% in 2014 from Sirius, Pandora, Etc.

by Roger Friedman - January 28, 2015 10:29 am

SoundExchange, the organization that collects digital royalties, says their total was up 31% in 2014 from 2013. We're not surprised. SE collected $773 million,...