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How This Vinyl Pressing Plant Made It To a Major Milestone

While biking across Iowa this summer, Mark Michaels enjoyed a rare moment of reflection. “You’re riding about 80 miles a day among cornfields, and it gives you a lot of time to think,” the United Record Pressing chairman/CEO says. “I spent a lot of time while I was peddling thinking about United,” he adds of […]

How to Watch the 2024 Paralympic Games: All the Ways to Stream the Games Online Free

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Although it’s been nearly a month since the Summer Olympics 2024 concluded with its Closing Ceremony, the 2024 Paralympic Games is […]

Country Artist Kassi Ashton Signed Her Record Deal a Near-Decade Ago — Here’s Why Her Debut Is Just Coming Out

Nearly a decade ago, as a college senior, rising country singer Kassi Ashton signed a record deal with Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN)/Interscope Records. Now 30 — and following the success of her highest-charting single to date — the California, Mo. native will finally release her anticipated debut album, Made From the Dirt, on Sept. […]

Shawn Mendes, Anitta & More Set to Perform at 2024 MTV VMAs

Shawn Mendes, Anitta, Karol G and LL Cool J are joining the roster of stars slated to perform at the 2024 MTV VMAs live on Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. ET/PT from New York’s UBS Arena. Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Camila Cabello, GloRilla and Rauw Alejandro were the first artists slated to perform at the awards; they were announced on […]

Former Warner Music Chief Edgar Bronfman Jr. Drops $6 Billion Bid for Paramount

The merger between entertainment giant Paramount and media company Skydance is set to go ahead after Edgar Bronfman Jr. withdrew a competing offer. Bronfman, executive chairman of streaming service Fubo, told Paramount’s special committee of directors Monday night that he would not proceed with his bid. “While there may have been differences, we believe that everyone involved […]

SPIN Magazine Returning to Print With Editor-in-Chief Bob Guccione Jr.

After more than a decade out of circulation, SPIN is returning to print as a quarterly magazine, the media brand announced Tuesday (Aug. 27) — the same day its first new issue featuring cover star Lainey Wilson hits newsstands. The revived magazine will again be run by SPIN founder and editor-in-chief Bob Guccione Jr., who […]