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Def Leppard Expands Partnership With Primary Wave

Def Leppard and Primary Wave have expanded their partnership to include additional stakes of the band’s publishing and master royalty income. Although the deal expansion does not include the band’s entire share of their catalog, it does encompass every song in the Def Leppard discography, ceding shares of master royalty income and publishing of their […]

‘Encanto’ Spends Third Week at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart

The Encanto soundtrack collects a third nonconsecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart (dated Feb. 5). The set earned a new weekly-best 115,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending Jan. 27 — up 11%, according to MRC Data. In the last 10 years, only four soundtracks have […]

Cheslie Kryst, ‘Extra’ Correspondent and Former Miss USA, Dies at 30

Cheslie Kryst, an Extra correspondent and former Miss USA, has died. She was 30. Her family confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter on Sunday. A cause of death was not provided by them, but the New York Police Department confirmed to THR that it was a death by suicide. Kryst’s body was found at 7:05 a.m. Sunday, on the sidewalk […]

Spotify to Add Content Advisory to Podcast Episodes That Include COVID-19 Discussions

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek on Sunday (Jan. 30) revealed updated platform rules and a new approach to dealing with COVID-19 information, including adding a dedicated content advisory to podcast episodes that contain discussions about the virus. A statement, posted to Spotify’s website, began by noting that the audio service was created “to enable the work of creators […]

Box Office: Peter Jackson’s ‘The Beatles: Get Back’ Concert Doc Plays to Near-Sellout Crowds

On Jan. 30, 1969, The Beatles staged their final live performance on the rooftop of their Apple Corps headquarters in London’s Savile Row. In commemoration of the iconic event, Disney and Imax on Sunday (Jan. 3o) unveiled a special theatrical version of Peter Jackson’s documentary The Beatles: Get Back that played to near-sellout crowds in nearly 70 Imax theaters […]