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HITS HIGH FIVE: BANG ON THE CAN

Just when you were overwhelmed by the impeachment and the fallout from the Astros stealing signs by banging on a trash can, this happened…

The Recording Academy placed new chief Deborah Dugan on administrative leave just five months after she was hired and appointed Board Chairman Harvey Mason Jr. as Interim President and CEO. Why didn’t the Academy wait until after Music’s Biggest Night to protect the show?

Eminem is always full of surprises, this time with the album Music to Be Murdered By released Friday at midnight. Here’s his powerful new video for “Darkness.”

As we prepare for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, take a look back at his address to the National Association of TV and Radio Announcers that underscored the power of broadcasting—primarily music—to overcome the barriers erected and enforced by racism. Also, how James Brown saved Boston the night after King’s assassination.

What’s trending at TikTok and receiving an uptick in streams on the DSPs.

iHeartMedia is touting a “technology transformation” that includes a new organizational structure for its Markets Group and an enhanced role for artificial intelligence.

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