25th Anniversary Picture
THE WAY BACK MACHINE: A pair of game-changers mark milestones today. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of MTV’s launch as well as the 25th of HITS birth, your #1 source for self-congratulation, Peter Baron has given us this classic shot from 1986, as the Arista brain trust visits the music channel to present gold records for Then & Now… The Best of the Monkees. Meanwhile, our very first issue boasted, “Monkees, Beatles Back!” Can you believe either of us are still here? And we don't mean the Monkees or Beatles, either. Pictured back when promo budgets were large and expense accounts even larger are (l-r): Arista’s suave Abbey Konowitch, MTV’s dapper Les Garland, future Playboy TV honcho Robert Friedman, soon-to-be media mogul Tom Freston, aging wunderkind Bob Pittman and Jim “Rocky” Del Balzo with then-Arista juvie Baron. (8/1p)
THE MUSIC OF CLIVE COMES ALIVE AT CARNEGIE HALL
That's what friends are for. (5/1a)
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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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JAMES KING: THE HITS INTERVIEW (PART ONE)
