Yuval Raphael knows she has her work cut out for her. Israel’s entry into the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is slated to take the stage on for Thursday’s (May 15) second semi-final round amid tensions around the country’s participation in the global singing competition in the midst of its ongoing war in Gaza. The 24-year-old […]

In a year filled with economic uncertainty and instability, iHeartMedia is seeing “generally stable ad spend,” CEO Bob Pittman said during the company’s first quarter earnings call on Monday (May 12). The radio and podcasting giant had first-quarter revenue of $807 million, up 1.0% from the prior-year period. Excluding political advertising, which was boosted by

Over the past four years, when Morgan Wallen releases an album, it has camped out at the top of the Billboard 200 for quite some time. Related The 100 Best Country Songs of All Time (Full List): Staff Picks 05/08/2025 Starting with the 10-week No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album in 2021 and continuing with 19-week

Chinese streaming platform Tencent Music Entertainment grew its stake in the world’s largest music company, Universal Music Group (UMG), by picking up a direct 2% equity holding worth $327 million in March, the company said on Tuesday (May 13). While it did not identify the seller — described in Tuesday’s filings only as “one of

One hip-hop legend saluted another at the 29th annual Webby Awards, when Ice-T presented Snoop Dogg with the Webby Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The awards, hosted by comedian, actor, advocate, and creator Ilana Glazer, were held on Monday (May 12) at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Related Snoop Dogg to Return to

Taylor Swift’s longtime lawyers are asking a court to throw out a subpoena they were served by Justin Baldoni in his feud with Blake Lively over the movie It Ends With Us, just a few days after Swift’s own reps slammed Baldoni for targeting the pop star with a similar subpoena.    The Washington, D.C.-based

Sean “Diddy” Combs’ ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura took the witness stand Tuesday (May 13) at the rap mogul’s sex trafficking trial, telling jurors that Combs “controlled a lot of my life” and subjected her to repeated “physical abuse.” Ventura, an R&B singer who dated Combs for 11 years, is at the very center of the case

Facility management company Marathon Live is opening the music venue FIVE, located at Jacksonville, Fla.’s, historic Five Points, on Tuesday night (May 13) with Korean-American singer, musician and internet personality BoyWithUke performing. FIVE is located in a historic 1927 theater that was recently renovated. The work began in August with crews working to preserve the