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LA’s Staples Center Reopening: Behind the Pandemic Safety Precautions

The Staples Center in Los Angeles becomes the first California arena to reopen Thursday (April 15), ending a COVID-19 closure that dragged on far longer than Lee Zeidman expected when he closed the doors to the public 400 days ago. The LA Live and Staples Center president tells Billboard that the reopening is the result […]

José Luis Rodríguez ‘El Puma’ Honored With Legend Award at 2021 Latin AMAs

José Luis Rodríguez “El Puma” was honored with the Legend Award during the sixth edition of the Latin American Music Awards on Thursday (April 15). The Venezuelan star kicked off his performance singing “Dueño de Nada” with a small orchestra on set with him. Then, Carlos Rivera joined him before it was David Bisbal’s turn to […]

Marc Anthony to Executive-Produce New Comedy Series ‘Liked’

Multi-Grammy and Latin Grammy Award-winning musician Marc Anthony has another project set up with ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS), a comedy set in the world of social media. Liked is described as a comedy series about a millennial who does whatever it takes, including lying, to achieve fame as an online influencer. Anthony and VIS president JC […]

Reservoir Leading Music Publishing Funds Onto the US Stock Market

Reservoir Holdings, which owns Reservoir Media, is going public on the Nasdaq stock exchange through a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in an apparent move to gain liquidity and a lower cost of capital. This marks the first standalone publishing company to go public on a U.S. stock market. Reservoir will form […]

Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei’s 2020 Pay Rises to $47.1 Million

John Malone’s Liberty Media — which owns audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the Atlanta Braves baseball team and the Formula One racing circuit — disclosed that president and CEO Gregory Maffei’s 2020 compensation amounted to $47.1 million, up from $44 million in 2019 and $20.1 million in 2018. He had made $19.8 million in 2017 and […]