Friday, July 24, 2026

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...