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- Music Industry Moves: Jesse Jo Stark Signs With WME, Rebecca Allen Steps Down at Universal Music U.K.
- Ari Emanuel and Ben Persky’s Podcast ‘Rushmore’ Returns for Season 2 With Guests Including Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld
- Dropout Sets ‘MP3’ Starring Jeremy Culhane, Paul F. Tompkins as Its First Scripted Live-Action Series in Seven Years
- Olivia Rodrigo and Chappell Roan Team Up for ‘Expectations’ Remix and Music Video
- Lucian Piane, ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Music Producer, Dies at 46
- Music News Today — October 13, 2026
- Whistleblowing Portal Launches in U.K. for Entertainment Industry Workers to Report Abuse, Harassment and Discrimination
- DistroKid Removed Songs From Streaming Platforms in Response to UMG Copyright Suit
- Trump Says Kennedy Center Has Money Issues. It Just Hired a Pricey New Director
- ’30 Rock’ 20th Anniversary Reunion: Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan Try to Remember Their Lines, Alec Baldwin Riffs as Jack Donaghy and More Best Moments
- Universal Launches Fourth Film Composers Initiative
- ‘Always Lalisa’ Director Sue Kim Reveals Secrets Behind Lisa Doc, From YG Blocking Blackpink Music to Lots of Tequila Shots
- Garifuna’s New Guardians: The Rising Acts Preserving Their Roots
- Robyn and Zara Larsson Sound Off in Stockholm
- Music News Today — October 12, 2026
- Music News Today — October 11, 2026
- Brad Bird on Why He Took ‘Ray Gunn’ to Skydance Instead of Pixar: Making Animated Films for Teens and Adults ‘Shouldn’t Be a Controversial Decision’
- Carter Faith Wants to Make You a Little Uncomfortable
- Music News Today — October 10, 2026
- An AI-Generated Trailer Won the Inaugural $2.5 Million Future Vision XPRIZE — and Its Director Hopes It’ll Change Minds About AI
- Piero, Known as a Leader of Latin American Songwriting, Dead at 81
- VIFF Winner Marie Clements Unpacks Musical Doc ‘Reclaim My Skin,’ Made During a ‘Renaissance Time for Indigenous Filmmakers’
- Troye Sivan, Dawn Richard, Remi Wolf, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
- Power Trip Share First New Songs Since Riley Gale’s Death
- Classic Moments With Dolly Parton, Remembered by the Actors Portraying Her in the Broadway Musical, ‘A True Original’: ‘I’m Jezebel, and God Loves Me Anyway!’
- Gunna Launches SB the Label in Partnership With Atlantic Music Group
- Deafheaven Stand Against War on Their New EP
- Music News Today — October 9, 2026
- A Rare David Bowie Self-Portrait — Featuring His Handprints — Is Going on Auction at Sotheby’s
- Journey Drummer Deen Castronovo Suffers Medical Emergency During Tulsa Concert