Bar/None Records’ Glenn Morrow is passing the torch to employee Emmy Black, who will become the label’s new owner. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, Morrow will stay on as a consultant and retain a financial interest in Bar/None.

Black, who began her music industry career as an intern for Bar/None in 2008, has signed artists including The Front Bottoms to the label.

“Bar/None has always been a special place,” Black said in a statement. “It’s been a home for artists who have unique visions and want to make one-of-a-kind music. It’s a label that bucked trends and found so many great songs along the way. As a teenager I listened to many Bar/None artists. I’m excited to have the opportunity to shape the label that shaped me.”

While Black began her career at Bar/None, she also worked at The Orchard and royalty accounting platform eddy.app. She also ran her own imprint, Rhyme & Reason, before returning to Bar/None in 2024, where she did everything from back-office work to frontline A&R in the three-person operation, according to the announcement. Going forward, Bar/None label manager Mike Sansevere will help her oversee its operation.

Last year, Bar/None lost a key member of the team when CEO Mark Lipsitz passed away.

“After 40 years in this business, it feels good to hand things off to someone who really gets it,” Morrow said in a statement. “Emmy’s got the ears, the instincts, and most importantly, the heart for this work. Her enthusiasm was always infectious and inspiring and I’m so happy she wants to take this on.”

Under Morrow’s leadership, Bar/None has issued hundreds of albums from artists including They Might Be Giants, Freedy Johnston, Alex Chilton, the Feelies, Ivy and Yo La Tengo, as well as solo outings from Evan Dando and Juliana Hatfield. The label also brought Esquivel to the attention of modern music fans when it issued a compilation album of his music from the 1950s and 1960s under the name Space Age Bachelor Pad Music in 1994. It also issued the Langley Schools Music Project album Innocence and Despair, which some say inspired the 2003 film School of Rock.

Along with record store Pier Platters and the sorely missed rock club Maxwell’s, Bar/None helped turn Hoboken, N.J., into a rock music mecca — or, as the announcement of the label’s ownership transfer puts it, “Hoboken had a sound all its own — jangly guitars, clever lyrics, and more heart than hype.”

Looking ahead, upcoming releases from Bar/None include albums from Emperor X, former Sonic Youth band member Bob Bert and the first solo album from The Front Bottoms’ Brian Sella.

While Bar/None Records was initially founded by Tom Prendergast, co-owner of Pier Platters, in 1986, the first album it put out was by Morrow’s then-band Rage to Live. Morrow subsequently became Pendergast’s partner, and then the label’s sole owner. In keeping with tradition, one of the new regime’s first releases will be the third album from Morrow’s current band, Cry For Help, titled Our Final Album Vol. 1.

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Disney+ has just announced a new streaming deal ahead of Presidents’ Day, offering first-time subscribers and eligible returning subscribers access to the Disney+ and Hulu bundle for just $9.99 total.

The limited-time offer provides users with access to titles from Disney+ and Hulu (with ads) for a full month for just $9.99/month. That’s a total savings of 58% for the first month, adding an extra $3 in your pocket. After your first month, pricing is up, you can cancel your subscription or continue your service with the regular price of $12.99 a month.

To put that in perspective, a standalone Disney+ subscription will run users $12 a month with ads, while a standalone subscription to Hulu also runs users $12 a month with ads. If you choose not to bundle, that’s a whopping $24 with those pesky ads. You’ll want to act fast. This deal ends Feb. 17. 2026, the day after Presidents’ Day.

This limited-time promotion offers a great excuse for those looking to tap into new shows and films like Ryan Murphy’s The Beauty and the Jared Leto-led film Tron Ares, along with returning hits like The Pitt, Tell Me Lies, The Bear, Shōgun, Only Murders in the Building and The Handmaid’s Tale.

Both Disney+ and Hulu offer a slew of music-oriented content, like the Taylor Swift Eras Tour movie, Olivia Rodrigo’s Driving Home 2 U and Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles, American Idol, The Masked Singer, The Beatles: Get Back, Elton John: Never Too Late and so much more.

Looking for more Disney+ and Hulu deals? Both streaming services offer student discounts, with prices starting at just $1.99/month. See more details here.

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We’re at about the halfway point of the 2026 Winter Olympics with Team USA among the best countries in the world with the most medals. However, there’s still a lot of sports action in Italy, as men’s and women’s ice hockey continues throughout The Games.

Ice Hockey takes place at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena in PalaItalia and Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena in Milan, Italy. Check out a complete schedule of the event here.

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When Does Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey Events Start?

Women’s ice hockey continues until the gold medal game on Thursday, Feb 19 at 1:10 p.m. ET/10:10 a.m. PT on USA Network and Peacock, while the men’s ice hockey continues until the gold medal game on Sunday, Feb. 22 starting at 7:45 a.m. ET/4:45 a.m. PT on NBC and Peacock.

Meanwhile, NBC’s Primetime in Milan coverage, highlights and replays daily during the Winter Olympics has a start time of 8 p.m. ET/PT.

Men’s and women’s ice hockey are available to watch live and stream on demand. The events broadcast across NBC, USA Network and CNBC, as well as streaming on Peacock.

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Can you stream ice hockey on Peacock? Yes, Peacock goes for $10.99 per month for the Premium plan and $16.99 per month for the Premium Plus plan, both plans include coverage of all Olympic sports.

There is no free trial for new subscribers, but the streaming platform does come with various plans starting at $10.99 per month. However, you can sign up for a 30-day free trial for Walmart+, which comes with access to Peacock as part of the service. Learn more about Walmart+ here.

Outside of the Winter Olympics, Peacock comes with its own collection of original TV shows and movies, as well as programs from NBC, CNBC, USA Network, Bravo and others. TV Shows you can look forward to watching includes Poker Face, The Traitors, Couple to Throuple, The Best Man: The Final Chapters, Bel-Air, Love Island, Love Island Games, One of Us Is Lying, Dr. Death, Yellowstone, Suits, The Office, Modern Family and Parks & Recreation.

The streaming service is also the home to exclusive music programming, such as Girl You Know It’s True, Toby Keith: American Icon, When Metal Ruled the World, America’s Got Talent and others.

Where to Watch the Winter Olympic: Ice Hockey Online for Free

If you’re a cord-cutter, then there are a number of ways to watch ice hockey without cable — especially if you want to watch for free. DirecTV has a five-day free trial, while Hulu + Live TV offers a free trial too. This is a good way to watch NBC, USA Network and CNBC without spending money up front.

Keep reading for more details on how to watch Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey on NBC, USA Network and CNBC with DirecTV and Hulu + Live TV and others.

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You can watch NBC, USA Network and CNBC on DirecTV. New users are eligible for a five-day free trial through DirecTV when you sign up for one of its packages. The streamer’s “MySports” streaming package goes for %59.99 for the first two months ($69.99 per month afterwards).

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Sling TV offers the Blue + News Extra package, which goes for $60.99 per month and comes with NBC, USA Network, CNBC, MS NOW, Bravo and others. Blue is one of the most affordable options and comes with more than 40 channels and can be streamed on up to three devices at a time. Please note: Pricing and channel availability varies from market-to-market.

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The networks NBC, USA Network and CNBC are available to watch with Hulu + Live TV too. Prices for the cable alternative start at $89.99 per month, while each plan comes with Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN Unlimited at no additional cost.

Hulu + Live TV might be best for those who want all of these streaming services together in one package. It features many other networks, like CBS, ABC, FOX, BET, CMT, Disney Channel, ESPN, Hallmark Channel and more.

More Ways to Watch

Viewers who want to stream the Winter Olympics internationally can use ExpressVPN, NordVPN and PureVPN to access several streaming platforms.

Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey broadcasts on NBC, USA Network and CNBC. Peacock and DirecTV are the best ways to watch events.

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Public Enemy frontman Chuck D is used to the triennial grumbling from KISS bassist/singer Gene Simmons about how hip-hop does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But after the 2014 Rock Hall inductee once again took aim at rap being included in the HOF earlier this week, the Hard Rhymer provided the God of Thunder with a little history lesson on what rocks, and what rolls.

“Gene Simmons seems to say this every three years,” said D, whose group was inducted into the Rock Hall in 2013 — one year earlier than KISS — in a video posted by TMZ on Thursday (Feb. 12). “I guess when the latest group of hip-hop artists and rap music artists come in he’s gonna issue his point. He’s the rock god, you know? But what he fails to realize is that it’s the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And everything else, other than rock, when rock n’ roll splintered in the ’60s, is the roll.”

Last year’s inductees included Outkast and Salt N Pepa, with A Tribe Called Quest getting the call in 2024.

Ticking off soul music, reggae and rap, D said the vocal on top of the music is what he deemed “the roll, that’s the flow, that’s the soul in it. Yeah, KISS are rock gods, but they don’t have a lot of roll to them.” Born in 1960 and raised as a child in the peak of the civil rights movement, D, 65, said he’s not even phased by being told he doesn’t belong somewhere. “I really relish the opportunity that I’m able to even be in the music business at all,” said D. “Thank God for hip-hop and rap music making it possible.”

Well aware that Simmons, 76, “is never gonna get off of that point,” D expects the greasepaint rocker to keep banging on about rap’s place in the RRHOF, casually plugging his new book, In the House of Chaos: Art & Activism With Public Enemy’s Chuck D, as well as the fact that he taught a UCLA class on hip-hop culture and its deep historical roots.

D’s response came after Simmons opined on the place of rap in the Rock Hall on the LegendsNLeaders podcast, lamenting that Iron Maiden is not in the Hall, but that hip-hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash [class of 2007] is. “Ice Cube and I had a back and forth — he’s a bright guy, and I respect what he’s done,” Simmons continued. “It’s not my music. I don’t come from the ghetto. It doesn’t speak my language. I said in print many times: Hip-hop does not belong in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, nor does opera, symphony orchestras … it’s called the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.”

In his retort, D also noted that he’s not trying to change Simmons’ seemingly sclerotic beliefs, but rather keep the dialogue open. “Ghetto don’t mean Black… ghettos came out of [a] European term, a cluster of people who were kind of like the same tribe in the same area,” he said. “You just gotta have education so you won’t be rattled by things that just come out of left field.”

Speaking of an open dialogue, back in 2014, D was magnanimous when KISS finally got their turn after 15 years of Rock Hall eligibility. “I always felt KISS deserved to be inducted,” Chuck said at the time. Simmons, naturally, did not reciprocate, saying in an interview around the time that hip-hop acts such as PE don’t belong in the Hall. Back then, though, D stuck a similar note, saying he thought the rock elder statesman was taking an, “old-fashioned, limited position that rock ’n’ roll is for guitars and some other primitive s–t like that. I guess his point was that he wants to be judged against the artists he thinks are his peers, like maybe Aerosmith.”

Simmons defended his comments from earlier this week in an interview with People, in which he doubled-down on his “ghetto” rhetoric, while paying homage to rock’s Black roots. “Let’s cut to the chase. The word ‘ghetto,’ it originated with Jews. It was borrowed by African Americans in particular and respectfully, not in a bad way,” said Simmons, who insisted that he was not using the word in a racist or bigoted way to refer to rappers.

“Ghetto is a Jewish term … How could you be, when rock is Black music? It’s just a different Black music than hip-hop, which is also Black music,” Simmons said. “Rock ‘n’ roll owes everything to Black music, statement of fact, period. All the major forms of American music owe their roots to Black music.”

As we covered Thursday (Feb. 12) on Billboard, Bad Bunny’s headlining performance at halftime of Super Bowl LX the previous Sunday (Feb. 8) is sure to have a massive impact on his chart fortunes next week. The global superstar is in contention for double-digit entries on the Billboard Hot 100, with multiple titles threatening the top 10, and his “DtMF” even challenging for the No. 1 spot — which would mark his first time visiting pole position as an unaccompanied solo artist. 

Obviously, most of those likely charting entries next week come from songs he performed at the halftime show, enjoying greater exposure as a result of his performance. But what about the halftime show itself? Could the full version of that actually chart as well? 

“Super Bowl LX Halftime Show (Live)” was released to DSPs and digital retailers on Sunday, shortly after the game, as a 13:41-long track, co-credited to Bad Bunny (artist) and NFL (label) — and will be eligible for the charts next week (dated Feb. 21) as a standalone title. The audio includes not only the entirety of Bad Bunny’s halftime performance, but also the spoken intro from Apple Music’s Ebro Darden and closing voiceover thanks that aired along with it on NBC. 

(It’s not the first time such audio was released to streamers and retailers; “Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show [Live]” was released on Feb. 9, 2025, from Kendrick Lamar and NFL, and racked up 16.7 official on-demand U.S. streams and minimal sales in the 2025 calendar year.) 

“Super Bowl LX” is off to a fairly notable start in both streaming and sales. As of Wednesday (Feb. 11), it had racked up 2.4 official on-demand U.S. streams, as well as nearly 1,800 in digital song sales, according to early data provided by Luminate. (The “song” performed well enough on streaming to even crack Spotify’s Daily Top Songs USA chart, reaching No. 189 on Tuesday.)

That likely won’t be enough for “Super Bowl LX” to join the Bad Bunny onslaught on the Hot 100. But the track will likely make a high bow on Latin Digital Song Sales, and could make an appearance on the all-genre Digital Song Sales with a strong sales close to the week. (On the multi-metric Billboard charts, it’s also in play to make the Hot Latin Songs and Hot Latin Rhythm Songs charts.) 

The full nearly-14-minute audio of Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl LX halftime show making such a pronounced commercial impression is just the latest evidence of what will certainly go down as one of the most impactful Super Bowl halftime performances in recent memory.