Liberty Media CEO Talks Coronavirus Impact on Live Concerts: "People Are Still Buying Tickets"

It’s been almost six years since Jennifer Aniston‘s mom Nancy Dow passed away in May 2016. While the Friends star had a notably difficult relationship with her mom, Nancy was a very successful and famous woman in her own rite. Like Jennifer’s dad, Nancy was also in the entertainment industry and had two very famous husbands throughout her life. Find out everything you need to know about Nancy and her relationship with her daughter here.

When you think of the Mount Rushmore directors of horror, names like Wes Craven, John Carpenter, and George A. Romero all come to mind immediately.

the report examined 275 documentary programmes between April 26 and May 21 last year, after numerous broadcasters like the BBC and Sky made pledges to increase their diversity on-and-off screen following the death of George Floyd.The report found that race and racism were the leading topics when a documentary featured a Black person, followed by crime in second and music in third.“The representation of Black people is not varied or nuanced enough,” the report reads.Black professionals working on the documentaries also expressed concern that the commissioning of “Black programming” is still mostly seen through the interests of white commissioners. They believe the issue is compounded by a lack of career progression among Black media workers to positions of editorial control and commissioning power.The report also states Black documentary filmmakers often have to push back against stereotypical representations of Black people on projects, and that Black voices are often pigeon-holed into talking about race.Black production company owners were also not given the same opportunities as non-Black production company owners, the research found.Maxine Watson, executive producer and former BBC commissioner, who contributed her thoughts on Black representation in the industry, said: “When TV talks about a ‘broad audience’ they are really talking about the broad white audience.

Every Time I Die’s break up at a solo show in London.The band underwent a messy split in January, following a public spat between frontman Buckley and the band’s other four members.During the show on Monday (February 7), Buckley addressed the split saying “it is not the end of anything: I can’t even say what the state of the band is right now.”He continued (via Metal Hammer): “I don’t know what the future holds, but I know that, right now, this is exactly where I fucking want to be, and I’m very thankful to be here.”“I think that it’s an objective fact that Every Time I Die existed for longer than most bands, so there was something in that formula that was alchemic, that was completely singular to us. And I think it was the rivalry… I think it was just those two forces constantly battling which kept pushing the band along.

The music icons of our day love to push boundaries and challenge the public – with their sound, their style, and of course, their controversial music videos.

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After winning over Bachelor Nation with her roasting skills on the Monday, February 7, episode of The Bachelor, Marlena Wesh took to TikTok to continue the fun — but did she go too far?

Being an advocate. Angelina Jolie gave a poignant speech while discussing domestic violence, urging the U.S. Senate to vote in favor of renewing the Violence Against Women Act.

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reports that the company could purchase 50% of the radio giant.The Justice Department imposed no conditions on the purchase -- unlike, say, the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger of 10 years ago, which disallowed the new company from retaliating against venues who work with a ticketing competitor. Liberty, a cable conglomerate run by Colorado billionaire John Malone, also owns most of SiriusXM and Pandora and a third of Live Nation."The Department of Justice stands ready to fully enforce the antitrust laws should there be evidence of any conduct that would harm competition, including for music artists," says a Justice Department spokesperson.

Liberty Media, the company controlled by billionaire mogul John Malone that houses assets like audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the Atlanta Braves baseball club and the Formula One racing circuit, on Thursday (May 7) reported stable first-quarter overall revenues, but a steep 84% revenue loss from its Formula One race car division. Liberty Media posted earnings of $293 million, up from a year-earlier profit of $162 million, on overall revenues at $2.013 billion, vi

Liberty Media, the company controlled by billionaire mogul John Malone that houses assets like audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the Atlanta Braves baseball club and the Formula One racing circuit, on Thursday reported stable first-quarter overall revenues, but a steep 84 percent revenue loss from its Formula One race car division. Liberty Media posted earnings of $293 million, up from a year-earlier profit of $162 million, on overall revenues at $2.013 billion, virtually unchanged from a year-earlier $2.012 billion.

John Malone’s Liberty Global has agreed to merge its U.K. cable operator Virgin Media with Telefonica’s British mobile unit O2.

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Department of Justice officials are talking to music companies about Liberty Media's request to expand its 5% stake in iHeartMedia, according to several sources -- and many are pushing back."Having too much power in one industry is very dangerous," says Dina LaPolt, a music-business attorney who is president of the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation board. "I would not want to see it go through.

Cable operator Charter Communications, in which John Malone's Liberty Broadband owns a big stake, would love to see financial relief for its subscribers for sports events that have been canceled amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Charter chairman and CEO Tom Rutledge on the company's Friday first-quarter earnings conference call said that he and his team have talked "for years about the reality of programming costs and how sports drives" most of them.

Cable operator Charter Communications, in which John Malone's Liberty Broadband owns a big stake, on Friday reported that it lost 70,000 pay TV subscribers in the first quarter, fewer than in the year-ago quarter. It also added more broadband users than in the year-ago period during what was the first quarter to be affected by the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM is planning more formal talks with Howard Stern over the coming months about a potential contract renewal for his The Howard Stern Showas the current five-year deal for it expires at the end of 2020. SiriusXM, controlled by John Malone's Liberty Media, previously said the current pact was part of a broader "12-year agreement, under which legendary broadcaster Stern" has continued to produce and host The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM.

Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the home of Howard Stern, on Tuesday said it added self-pay subscribers in its satellite radio and Pandora businesses for the first quarter, the first one affected by the coronavirus pandemic. But the company, controlled by John Malone's Liberty Media, withdrew its 2020 guidance amid the pandemic and said its satellite radio subscribers fell when including promotional subs.

Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM is planning more formal talks with Howard Stern over the coming months about a potential contract renewal for his The Howard Stern Show as the current five-year deal for it expires at the end of this year.SiriusXM, controlled by John Malone's Liberty Media, previously said that the current pact was part of a broader "12-year agreement, under which legendary broadcaster Stern" has continued to produce and host The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM.Under the current deal, financial details of which weren't disclosed, SiriusXM also launched its first venture into video programming with Stern.Asked on the firm's first-quarter earnings conference call on Tuesday (April 28) about a mention Stern made in the past 24

Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the home of Howard Stern, on Tuesday said it added self-pay subscribers in its satellite radio and Pandora businesses for the first quarter, the first one affected by the coronavirus pandemic. But the company, controlled by John Malone's Liberty Media, withdrew its 2020 guidance amid the pandemic and said its satellite radio subscribers fell when includi

John Malone's Liberty Media said Thursday it was re-attributing its 33 percent stake in Live Nation Entertainment, along with other assets, from its Formula One Group to its SiriusXM tracking stock. The changes bring the live event and music company stake under the umbrella of audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, while strengthening the liquidity of racing circuit Formula One.

Radio and audio giant iHeartMedia has cut senior management pay and furloughed "non-essential" staff as it eyes around $250 million in cost savings this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. The news comes as entertainment companies have been looking to preserve cash and reduce expenses, in some cases via layoffs, to manage the uncertain fallout from the virus crisis.

Radio and audio giant iHeartMedia has begun to cut senior management pay and lay off "non-essential" staff as it eyes around $250 million in cost savings this year amid the coronavirus pandemic.

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John Malone's Liberty Media, which owns audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the Atlanta Braves baseball team and the Formula One racing circuit, disclosed that president and CEO Gregory Maffei's 2019 compensation amounted to $44 million, compared with $20.2 million in 2018.That was an increase of 118 percent.He made $19.8 million in 2017 and $16.9 million in 2016.His compensation for last year jumped thanks to a new employment contract that boosted his option awards from $8.8 million to $27.8 million. "In December 2019, we entered into the 2019 Maffei Employment Agreement pursuant to which Mr.

SiriusXM and Howard Stern on Tuesday said North American listeners will get free access to The Howard Stern Showand other premium SiriusXM content through May 15. The free access to premium content from the auto entertainment giant controlled by John Malone comes as consumers increasingly shelter in their homes as the coronavirus outbreak spreads.

SiriusXM and Howard Stern on Tuesday said North American listeners will get free access to The Howard Stern Show and other premium SiriusXM content through May 15.The free access to premium content from the auto entertainment giant controlled by John Malone comes as consumers increasingly shelter in their homes as the coronavirus outbreak spreads."With so many people asked to stay at home, we are making our full streaming lineup of music, entertainment, news and information easily accessible to everyone," Jim Meyer, SiriusXM CEO, said in a statement.Stern kicked off the free streaming access today while hosting The Howard Stern Show from his home.

Charter Communications chairman and CEO Thomas Rutledge received compensation worth $8.74 million in 2019, up slightly from $8.15 million in 2018 and $7.8 million in 2017. His latest annual pay package was down, however, from his $98.5 million take for 2016 when Charter acquired Time Warner Cable and Bright House, according to a regulatory filing.

Lionsgate chairman Mark Rachesky has taken advantage of a weak company stock price to continue adding to his ownership stake in the Hollywood studio led by CEO Jon Feltheimer. An SEC filing on Tuesday disclosed Rachesky — the biggest Lionsgate shareholder — and his investment vehicle MHR Fund Management acquired in all 789,320 class A voting shares at between $4.18 and $5.25 each from March 13-17.

Liberty Global CEO Greg Maffei on Wednesday told an investors conference about the impact from the rapidly-growing coronavirus outbreak on his varied global businesses, including Live Nation Entertainment and the Formula One race car series. "You know, I'm not sure how you manage it in a way. I believe you take the risk of going through a cycle and I believe it will be shorter rather than longer, and you try