We've put our radio news updates in their respective "silos," but here's your pocket guide to some key Mediabase formats. At Top 40, RCA keeps the Ronson/Mars "Uptown Funk" bumping at #1 for a sixth week, while Big Machine's Taylor Swift makes big gains and Kemosabe/ Columbia's Lunchmoney Lewis debuts on the chart. Ronson rules at Rhythm too, with labelmate Pitbull at #2 as Roc Nation's Rihanna, Kanye & Paul hit the Top 10. And RCA's Walk the Moon spends another week atop the Alternative chart, while Epic's Modest Mouse should take over next week. Meanwhile, RCA currently has the #1 record at six formats and is gunning for a seventh; stay tuned.

A song has the unique ability to make you feel a moment in a way that a speech or a photo cannot. Paramount Pictures President of Motion Picture Music Randy Spendlove tells the backstory of the song that won the Oscar.

In his latest column, I.B. Bad find a precedent for Republic’s business model in a company that existed shortly before the end of the last century. 

Jeff Jampol wants you to watch more TV. But don’t fast-forward through the commercials—they’re the most important part. The biz’s premier manager of the formerly living has landed two of his artists, Janis Joplin and Tupac Shakur, in major campaigns.