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HITS HIGH FIVE: GOBBLING THE NEWS

Next week, President Trump will undoubtedly uphold presidential tradition and pardon a turkey prior to Thanksgiving. Will that turkey be:

  1. Wilbur Ross
  2. Mike Flynn
  3. Jared Kushner
  4. The interruption from civility in public discourse

Feel free to debate dry vs. wet brining, stuffing vs. dressing and Lions blue vs. Cowboys blue, but don’t skip this week’s HITS High Five.

What can we tell you about Taylor Swift? Well, reputation is her fourth consecutive one-week million-seller; the album debuted at #1 in the U.K.; conventional wisdom says reputation will not be available to stream in its second week; Target.com offered a magazine-CD bundle; next summer, she’ll tour stadiums; and she and Scott Borchetta played nice with the Sirius XM folks.

We saw several shakeups at radio: AMP (WBMP-FM) New York and Dallas (KVIL-FM) flipped to Alternative in tandem with the closing of the CBS/Entercom merger. iHeartMedia SVP of Programming Initiatives Sharon Dastur is joining Republic Records. And KROQ APD/MD Lisa Worden is joining iHeartMedia as Alternative Brand Manager after 22 years at the L.A. Alternative flagship. What will KROQ do?

We gently grilled the men behind the Grammy AwardsNeil Portnow, Ken Ehrlich and Jack Sussman—and then wondered how they’ll deal with the “in memoriam” segment this year. We have ideas.

Syco co-founder Sonny Takhar has partnered with Live Nation to form Kyn Entertainment, an entertainment rights and management company.

UMPG chief Jody Gerson is repping UMG at USC's Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, an effort to bring more diversity both onscreen and behind the camera—and to the music business as well via its Music Coalition.

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YTD MARKET SHARE
Zeroing in on the elite teams (3/28a)
TRUST IN THE TOP 20
Hip-hop is no longer hibernating. (3/28a)
SONG REVENUE:
A STYLISTIC STEW
MC, divas and singer-songwriters rub elbows. (3/28a)
THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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