Live Nation stock is recovering from a sudden 2.7 percent dip yesterday, presumably in association with the FTC announcing same day that it plans to look at “consumer protection and competition issues related to the online event-ticket marketplace” (LYV is currently trading at $53 with a 52-week high of $55.26) …
George Wein, father of the Newport Folk Festival and Newport Jazz Festival, turned 93 on Oct. 3.
Netflix, which is spending $8 billion this year alone to create 700 original shows and 80 movies, has leased a 13-story, under-construction Hollywood office building that will give the streaming service 327,913 square feet of additional office space in Los Angeles, according to Deadline Hollywood.
Nicki Minaj has launched a merchandise line inspired by the fight with Cardi B including a backpack with the phrase “Nicki Stopped My Bag” on it, inspired by an Instagram post Cardi B made after the incident at Harper’s Bazaar ICONS party.
Comedian Amy Schumer was arrested at an anti-Judge Brett Kavanaugh protest although video shows police gave her an option and she chose arrest.
