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Lady Gaga Replaces Touring Money with “Chromatica” Oreo Deal, Other Name Actors Pitching on TV Commercials
I love Lady Gaga, but does she need more money? She's now got a sponsorship deal with Oreo cookies, for a pink "Chromatica" cookie....
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K-Pop Games the Charts Again, Fans Push Big 1st Week Sales, Album Marked for Tuesday Release Already “Number 1”
K-Pop and iTunes have a lot more in common than funny names. They are complicit in the gaming of the pop charts.
A new album...
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Reports: Happy Ending as Trump Tower, Surrounding Streets Will Be Liberated from Police Protection, Re-opened
Of the many egregious things that happened the last four years, certainly the one that impacted New Yorkers most was the police presence around...
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Warner Bros. Comes to a “Wonder Woman 1984” Compromise: Theaters and HBO Max on Christmas Day
Warner Bros. has come to a Solomonic decision about Patty Jenkins' "Wonder Woman 1984." It will open on Christmas Day both in theaters and...
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iTunes Top 10 R&B 2020: Commercials Propel Oldies by Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, Bill Withers, Solomon Burke
Not one but two versions of an R^B classic written by Valerie Simpson and her late husband Nik Ashford are in the iTunes top...
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Exclusive: Disney Family Source Says They Have Nothing to Do with Taylor Swift Music Purchase, “They’re Fans”
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The Disney family are fans of Taylor Swift. I'm told that Susan Disney Lord, daughter of the late Roy Disney, and her daughters, love...
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Disney Family’s Shamrock Capital Made a Bigger Than Usual Investment in Taylor Swift’s Music as They Build Business
Back in July, there wasn't too much interest in the announcement that Shamrock Capital, aka Shamrock Holdings, had closed a round of financing to...
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UPDATE Taylor Swift Screwed Again: Scooter Braun Sells the Rights to Her Master Recordings to Disney Family’s Investment Fund, Not Her
How much more could Scooter Braun and Scott Borchetta antagonize Taylor Swift?
Variety is reporting that they've sold the rights to her master recordings to...