Conservative Broadcaster Sinclair to Buy Tribune Media On Monday morning the company agreed to buy Tribune Media for $43.50 per share, valuing the deal at $3.9 billion. Sinclair will also assume about $2.7 billion in net debt, according to the joint announcement. ... Read More...
Nicki Minaj Offers to Pay Fans’ College Expenses Nicki Minaj made some struggling college students very happy over the weekend. At around midnight on Saturday (May 6), the rapper began tweeting offers to pay fans’ college tuition, loans, and other bills. I... Read More...
ABC will resurrect American Idol ABC is reportedly the big winner in the network race to resuscitate American Idol. According to Variety and other sources, ABC-TV has locked up a deal with FremantleMedia and Core Media Group to reboot the once... Read More...
GAB Radio Talent Institute at University of Georgia The 4th annual GAB Radio Talent Institute returns to the campus of the University of Georgia. John Dimick VP of Programming for Cumulus begins the ten day institute with the opening session and will be follo... Read More...
Ebony Mag, downsizing and moving editorial operations to LA Ebony magazine is cutting nearly a third of its staff and consolidating editorial operations with sister publication Jet in Los Angeles — a major shake-up for the venerable Chicago-based chronicler of the Afric... Read More...
Interscope Geffen A&M Ups Joie Manda to EVP INTERSCOPE GEFFEN A&M has promoted INTERSCOPE Pres./Urban Music JOIE MANDA to EVP, effective immediately, reporting to Chairman/CEO JOHN JANICK. Since joining the company in 2013, he has signed or overseen... Read More...
Essence and Twitter Livestream Weekly Talk Show Essence Communications, a division of Time Inc., announced today it is partnering with Twitter to livestream "Essence Now," a weekly talk show covering all things entertainment, fashion, news and love and relat... Read More...
Former BET Executive Cites ‘Reckless and Inhumane’ Treatment in Wrongful Termination Lawsuit According to Variety.com, the former BET programming executive who was fired while on medical leave for breast cancer has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the Viacom cabler, accusing managers of fos... Read More...
Charles Barkley Joins The Mo’Kelly Show to Preview ‘American Race’ Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer and TNT Sports commentator Charles Barkley will be the special guest of The Mo’Kelly Show on Saturday, May 6th to preview his new docu-series “American Race.” In this hour... Read More...
Dennis Edwards of The Temptations is Seriously Ill Dennis Edwards, a legendary member of the Temptations, is reportedly in a St. Louis hospital "seriously ill". Ken Bedford has said: "Prayers are needed for singer Dennis Edwards of the Temptations. He was a... Read More...
