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Scooter Braun has said that Taylor Swift fans “made the horrible miscalculation that I care”  about their anger over him purchasing the singer’s masters and selling them for a profit. Braun’s company Ithaca Holdings acquired Swift’s back catalogue in 2019 when it purchased her old record label, Big Machine Label Group. Braun sold Swift’s masters to Shamrock Capital for $300 million the following year, prompting huge backlash from her fanbase. Swift herself wrote in a Tumblr post that this was “the worst-case scenario” for her, calling him out for his “incessant, manipulative bullying” Swift subsequently began a project to re-record songs from her first six albums so she could own her music again. Between 2021 and 2023, Swift released ‘Taylor’s Version’s of her albums ‘Fearless‘ (originally released in 2008), ‘Red‘ (2012), ‘Speak Now‘ (2010) and ‘1989‘ (2014), with the re-recordings cumulating in billions of streams that broke Spotify records. In May, Swift bought back her masters, giving her control over her entire catalogue for the first time. “I almost stopped thinking it could ever happen, after 20 years of having the carrot dangled and then yanked away,” she wrote. “But that’s all in the past now. All of the music I’ve ever

Halloween is coming a tad early this year, and it’s bringing some found footage terror with it! Shudder is set to unleash the next chapter in its popular anthology series, V/H/S/Halloween , which has a 2025 premiere date! Get ready to kick off the spooky season with a fresh dose of chills and thrills, just in time for the scariest holiday of the year. A Frightful Lineup of Directors This eighth installment in the V/H/S  saga promises a terrifying new collection of found footage segments from a fantastic lineup of directors, including: Bryan M. Ferguson (Pumpkin Guts) Casper Kelly (Too Many Cooks, Adult Swim Yule Log) Micheline Pitt-Norman & R.H. Norman (Cosmetic) Alex Ross Perry (Her Smell, Queen of Earth) Paco Plaza (, Verónica) Anna Zlokovic (Appendage) This diverse group of filmmakers is renowned for their distinctive horror visions, ensuring a varied and unsettling collection of scares. The Evolution of Found Footage Terror The V/H/S franchise first emerged in 2012, quickly establishing a name for itself by showcasing short, found-footage horror films from a mix of established and emerging directors, including Adam Wingard and Ti West. Over the years, the series has consistently tweaked its format, from viral-video-centered installments like

Author By Ashleigh Feger July 24, 2025 Dr. Michael Hendricks recently published his manuscript, “Connecting Classrooms to Communities: A Practical and Effective Guide for Involving Community Development Practitioners in Graduate Seminars,” in the Journal of Political Science Education. The article examines the pedagogical impact of a strategically structured guest speaker series in POL 470, a graduate-level community development seminar affiliated with the Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development. The article is open-access and free to download.

The rapper, who famously flipped on his former gangmates in return for leniency, has again breached the terms of his probation and will soon face new punishment. Tekashi 6ix9ine performs during the MiamiBash 2021 at FTX Arena on December 17, 2021 in Miami, Florida. John Parra/GI Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine has pleaded guilty to violating his supervised release by possessing cocaine and MDMA, his second such breach of a plea deal he struck with prosecutors in 2018 to testify against his former Brooklyn gangmates. The new charges stem from a raid on the rapper’s Miami home in March. In public statements at the time, the rapper (real name Daniel Hernandez) said that officers had seized firearms and drugs during the incident, but he denied any wrongdoing. According to court records, the 29-year-old rapper appeared Wednesday in Paul A. Engelmayer’s federal courtroom, where he admitted to two counts of drug possession in violation of his supervised release. Those charges are linked to cocaine and MDMA — the party drug known as Molly or ecstasy — found during the raid. Trending on Billboard In return for the guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop two additional counts Tekashi was facing. He’ll be sentenced in

Lauren Ciborski has joined ABA as the new Chief Financial Officer!  To help our members get to know her, Ciborski sat down with Bookselling This Week for a brief interview. Bookselling This Week : Why don't you tell us a little bit about your background. What sort of work did you do before you joined ABA? Lauren Ciborski: I’ve had a really nonlinear career trajectory and I’ve worn a lot of different hats — sometimes simultaneously — in different higher education, arts and culture, and nonprofit positions. I started out working in libraries, and I went to library school. After that I moved into fundraising. I learned to be a grant writer and I did prospect research, identifying potentially wealthy donors who might make large gifts in a university office.  About 12 years ago, I got a job at a nonprofit theater, initially doing development work — grant writing, writing annual appeals — and some communications. And I did a lot of other things: operations, helping with productions, bookkeeping. It was a great opportunity for me to learn new things, and I discovered that I really like working with numbers. The theater needed someone to write budgets, and create reports

Leiweke was allowed to turn himself in rather than face arrest. He was released on a $1 million bond. Tim Leiweke speaks at the ceremonial ribbon cutting prior to tomorrow's opening night for the NHL's newest hockey franchise the Seattle Kraken at the Climate Pledge Arena on October 22, 2021 in Seattle, Washington. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Tim Leiweke, the live entertainment mogul and former CEO of Oak View Group (OVG), has pled not guilty to rigging bids for the construction of Austin’s Moody Center Arena after self-surrendering in the criminal antitrust case. Prosecutors allowed Leiweke to turn himself in on Monday (July 21) rather than face arrest for this month’s indictment, which accuses him of conspiring with the former chief executive of Legends Hospitality to rig the bidding for OVG’s construction and management of the $338 million, 19,000-seat Moody Center in 2017. Related After surrendering, Leiweke appeared in federal court in Austin and pled not guilty to the single charge of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. Judge Susan Hightower released Leiweke on a $1 million bond, with orders that he stay in the continental U.S. and hand over his passport. Trending on Billboard Leiweke was until recently the CEO of

The EC said its preliminary review raised concerns that the deal would give UMG access to Downtown's "commercially sensitive data of third-party record labels." Universal Music Group corporate offices on December 22, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. AaronP/Getty Images The European Union’s antitrust regulator said on Monday (July 21) that it opened an “in-depth,” second phase of its investigation into whether Universal Music Group’s plan to acquire Downtown Music Holdings would hurt competition for music distribution and artist and label services there. The commission’s preliminary review of UMG’s $775 million deal with Downtown concluded that the merger could give UMG commercially sensitive data about its rival record labels and “remove Downtown as an important competitive force in the market for services.” The regulator, which has the authority to review the transaction because UMG is headquartered in the Netherlands, now has until Nov. 26 to issue a decision. “By acquiring Downtown, UMG would purchase a large provider of services for labels that compete with UMG and for artists. Opening an in-depth investigation will allow us to assess more carefully whether this acquisition would have a negative impact on artists, labels and, ultimately, European consumers,” Valdis Dombrovskis, the group’s

Founded by Kevin Jonas, Sr., Jonas Entertainment Group bought select publishing and master rights to hits like "Sucker," "Waffle House" and the Olympics song "Remember This." The Jonas Brothers Anthony Mandler When musicians decide to sell their catalogs, they often find themselves forced to choose between the highest bidder and the best custodian of their works. In the case of Nick, Joe and Kevin Jonas, who reunited as the Jonas Brothers in 2018, they chose family. The brothers have sold their publishing and recording rights from their two most recent albums — 2019’s Happiness Begins, which includes Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Sucker”; 2023’s The Album; and Nick Jonas’ 2021 album Spaceman — as well as rights to the holiday hit “Like It’s Christmas” and the Tokyo Olympic Games anthem “Remember This,” to the investment arm of dad Kevin Jonas, Sr.‘s Jonas Group Entertainment Holdings, Kevin Sr. tells Billboard. Financial details were not disclosed. A former indie singer-songwriter who put his career in Christian music on hold around the time his sons began performing on Broadway and in commercials, Kevin Sr. co-managed the Jonas Brothers with Phil McIntyre in their early days. He tells Billboard he won the bidding war for

Kelli Marchman McNeely is the owner of HorrorFuel.com. She is an Executive Producer of "13 Slays Till Christmas" which is out on Digital and DVD and now streaming on Tubi. She has several other films in the works. Kelli is an animal lover and a true horror addict since the age of 9 when she saw Friday the 13th. Email: horrorfuelinfo@gmail.com The official trailer has just dropped for Static Codes: Director’s Cut, the updated and expanded version of the chilling sci-fi horror thriller from director David M. Parks! A Decade of Obsession and Alien Abduction The film stars Taryn Manning ( Orange Is the New Black, Hustle & Flow ) and Mike Ferguson ( The Colonials, Amityville Uprising ), with standout performances by Augie Duke, Sadie Katz, Shane Woodson, and James DiGiacomo . The logline promises a deep dive into obsession and cosmic terror. “A man’s wife was abducted by aliens ten years ago during a car accident, which left him paralyzed from the waist down. Given up on life, he has become consumed with only one mission: finding his wife.” The newly released trailer offers a chilling first look at this high-stakes journey. It blends suspense, mystery, and cosmic

Game Industry News Search Search for: Cartoon July 20, 2025 Michael Bechetti Related Post navigation Previous PostGame Over Forever: The Industry’s Troubling New Game Killing Norm Your Free Daily News Source Of The Video Game Industry