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- Boutique Publisher Dynamite Secures Full U.S. Rights to Terry Kirkman’s 71-Com...
The acquisition of Terry Kirkman’s complete songwriting portfolio by specialist publisher Dynamite represents a significant consolidation of 1960s sunshine pop rights, offering radio programmers and rights holders a unified source for licensing 71 compositions by The Association. This transaction ensures that the [TheTopNews] Read More.46 mins ago - US Music Coalition Warns EU Proposal Could Cost American Artists $300M AnnuallyA powerful coalition of music industry organizations has formally urged the United States Trade Representative to block a new European Union legislative proposal that threatens to strip nearly $300 million in annual royalties from American artists and rightsholders. This move directly jeopardizes [TheTopNews] Read More.46 mins ago
- Warner Music India Expands Artist Services Arm to Dominate Brands, Live, and Syn...Warner Music India is fundamentally reshaping its business model by expanding its Artist Services & Expanded Rights (ASER) division, signaling a major shift for labels and rights holders who must now compete beyond traditional recorded music royalties. This strategic move positions the [TheTopNews] Read More.47 mins ago
- Democratic Pundit Stumbles as Scott Jennings Puts Her on the Spot About Gas Pric...
Democratic pundit Neera Tanden stumbled Wednesday night on CNN NewsNight when conservative co-panelist Scott Jennings put her on the spot about gas prices as she warned President Donald Trump’s renewed strikes against Iran were raising the cost at the pump for Americans. Trump launched attacks on targets in Iran after the regime itself struck several ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the strategic waterway through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil supply passes. Speaking on CNN, after host Abby Phillip asked how prolonging the conflict worked in the average Americans’ “favor,” Tanden argued that the conflict had made the Strait of Hormuz a “contested area” and that was a “problem for the global economy.” “I think the real problem here is that the president cannot get a face-saving deal out of the Iranians, and that is why he’s back to bombing,” she said. “But I just, as a reminder to everyone, when there are bombings of Iran, essentially, we all pay more for gas because prices of gas and prices of oil go up, as they did today. And I think this is the conundrum that the president is in,” she added. Jennings interjected: “What’s the price of gas today?” “It’s seven – the barrel went up to $78,” she countered. But the conservative pressed on: “What’s the price of a gallon of gas in the United States right now?” “It’s $4.30?” Tanden replied, unsure. “No, negative,” Jennings said. “And what was the highest price of gas under Joe Biden?” “Scott, that’s not actually the question,” Phillip cut in. “Gas is lower today than before [Trump],” Jennings insisted. “No, it’s not!” the host said. “Gas is not cheaper today than when Trump took office, and it’s not lower today than before Trump started the war. So look, you can dismiss the gas thing, but it’s a real thing that people are going to the gas pump filling up their tank, and it’s costing them 70 bucks.” “Brent crude was $80 on January 2025, just saying,” Republican co-panelist Peter Meijer added. “It’s less,” Jennings said. Following the latest round of strikes, Brent crude reportedly surged 6% to $74.50 a barrel. U.S. gas prices also inched up, with AAA putting the national average for regular gasoline at $3.80 per gallon on Wednesday, but the number is below both last week’s $3.85 average and $4.16 a month ago. Any… [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - MS NOW Host Mauls Graham Platner’s Dropout Video: ‘Lots of Finger-Pointing a...MS NOW’s Catherine Rampell savaged Graham Platner‘s hotly anticipated announcement that he was dropping out of the crucial Maine Senate contest, blasting the disgraced candidate for taking “zero responsibility” for the controversies that doomed his campaign. Platner’s tortured bid to oust longtime incumbent Susan Collins (R-ME) finally came to an end Wednesday night when he dropped a social media video announcing he was suspending his campaign — and again denying sexual assault allegations against him. Rampell, in for Chris Hayes on All In with Chris Hayes, was blunt in her assessment of Platner’s lengthy statement: Well, that was Graham Platner officially announcing that he is dropping off of the ballot for Maine Senate, or excuse me, for federal Senate from Maine, but taking zero responsibility for any of the scandals and more troubling things in his past that have destroyed that campaign, instead blaming, let’s see, corporate media, the political establishment, lots of hate for the political establishment, saying that we banded together, we did it the way we were told we were supposed to make change, and we won. And now they are not going to let us have it. So lots of finger pointing and blame and not taking any responsibility. Note that whoever he conceives of as the political establishment, you do have many of his once allies, including Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna, also calling for him to drop out. People who believe many of the same policy ideas believe in many of the same policy ideas that Graham Platner himself says that he was taken down for. He also said during that 10 minute video that all we were asking for was health care, was to end the genocide, to use our taxpayer dollars at home to uplift our communities instead of waging war overseas. We were asking for a fair system. We are asking for an end to the corruption. So lots of allegations that he was being taken out by nefarious forces that are forcing him to suspend his campaign, rather than the drip, drip, drip of scandal after scandal that has dogged his campaign and that have littered the last few months with red flags. Watch above via MS NOW.The post MS NOW Host Mauls Graham Platner’s Dropout Video: ‘Lots of Finger-Pointing and Blame’ and ‘Zero Responsibility’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Democrats Gain Powerful Republican Ally in Demand for Answers About Kash Patelâ€...
(AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has joined Democratic colleagues in requesting more information on FBI Director Kash Patel’s flights and his department’s purchase of BMW vehicles, according to a new report. MS NOW’s Ken Dilanian reported on Thursday that Grassley sent a letter to Patel demanding information as whistleblower accounts to Democrats on the House and Senate Judiciary committees have red-flagged Patel’s taxpayer-backed travel as the head of the FBI. “For each trip where you used an FBI aircraft for personal travel, have you reimbursed the FBI as required by law? If yes, please provide the records,” Grassley wrote in his letter. He called for an “independent and objective review” of Patel’s travel and asked for a reason why the FBI “decided to purchase BMW vehicles instead of Chevy Suburbans.” Patel “pressed the FBI” for the purchase of multiple BMW vehicles with special armor plating, MS NOW reported in December, citing sources familiar with the situation. “Government agencies, including the FBI, routinely evaluate, replace and update vehicle fleets based on usage, security needs or budgetary decisions,” FBI spokesperson Ben Williamson said at the time. The purchase raised some concerns as the FBI had a long-standing policy of purchasing Chevrolet Suburban SUVs. Patel’s personal jet travel as the head of the FBI has also raised concern with critics. Officials have said Patel reimburses travel that is personal, which equates to what he would fork over typically for commercial travel. Democratic lawmakers specifically noted a “VIP snorkel” trip Patel reportedly took. According to a report based on government emails purportedly obtained by the Associated Press, Patel took an “exclusive excursion” around the sunken USS Arizona battleship, a Pearl Harbor memorial during a trip to Hawaii. “Your VIP snorkeling experience in Hawaii was not an isolated incident,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) wrote in a letter. “You frequently demand special perks on ‘official’ trips around the globe, such as a taxpayer-funded helicopter tour during your multi-country jaunt across East Asia and other recreational activities like jet skiing.” The lawmakers cited a source who told them Patel told field office personnel in a meeting, “If you have golf, hockey, fishing, or hunting and beautiful sights, you’re going to see a lot of me.” “This is not the conduct of a committed and faithful public servant, especially one entrusted with ensuring the safety of almost 350… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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