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LEGO and UMG Partner to Bring Minifigs to Life in Music Video App

LEGO and Universal Music, the world’s top toy and music companies, have announced their first collaboration since partnering up in April 2020. Unveiled Tuesday (Jan. 26) is a new app and toy experience called LEGO VIDIYO, which combines technology, licensed music and physical toys to encourage kids to create their own music videos in a […]

RCA Ups Sam Selolwane & Keith Rothschild Amid Shifting Promo Strategy

In a bid to shift away from “focusing so heavily on radio alone,” as chairman and CEO Peter Edge told Billboard earlier this month, RCA Records has replaced recently departed co-president Joe Riccitelli, a radio-promotions veteran, with two newly-promoted executives. The label’s new heads of promotion are hip-hop and R&B specialist Sam Selolwane, who has […]

Clubhouse App to Test Direct Payments, Introduce Creator Grant Program

Since launching last March, the invite-only audio-chat app Clubhouse has seen a surge in interest and new users as the pandemic has rendered in-person gatherings unsafe. Less than a year later, its founders are looking to grow the platform beyond its exclusive origins. On Sunday, Clubhouse founders Paul Davison and Rohan Seth announced a new […]

Demi Lovato to Star in NBC Comedy

Demi Lovato will star in a comedy project in the works at NBC. The actress and recording artist has signed on to Hungry, a single-camera comedy from Universal Studio Group’s Universal TV and sitcom veteran Suzanne Martin (Will & Grace, Hot in Cleveland, Frasier). The project, which also counts Hazy Mills and SB Projects as producers, […]