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5/7/24

Craig Marks has made the career-ending decision to join HITS in the role of executive editor at large.


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Travis Scott
5/7/24

Travis Scott's summer UTOPIA - Circus Maximus Tour includes his biggest U.K. headline performance to date on 7/11 at London's 62,850-capacity Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.


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Taylor
5/7/24

Taylor Swift's latest album, THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, has now passed the 3m mark in U.S. ATD and will hold onto the #1 spot on...


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5/7/24

Dua Lipa is set to secure her second U.K. Official Albums #1 with Radical Optimism (Warner). Over on singles, Sabrina Carpenter (Island) is on track for another week at the top.


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5/7/24

We here present some highlights from Craig Marks' recent interview with UMPG's Jennifer Knoepfle, which you'll soon be able to read in its entirety in our print edition.


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Mick Jagger, Just Chillin 2024
5/7/24

Just another day at the office for Lucian’s Uni gang (TikTok deal, $2.8b), Rapino ($3.8b), Billie and Marshall (new albums), Sabrina (#1), Post and Shaboozey (gone country), millionaire Tommy Richman and a euphoric Kendrick. Ho hum.

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5/7/24

Republic megastar and force of nature Taylor Swift recently added another monumental achievement: the biggest chart debut of the streaming era—and second-biggest of the last decade—with THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, which bowed with a staggering 2.6m+.


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Lucian-Grainge
5/7/24

UMG’s newly announced deal with TikTok, following a fierce and protracted fight between the two giants, is a major win for Sir Lucian Grainge, who will undoubtedly survive the indignity of being featured on the contents page of our latest print issue.


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5/7/24

Karen Glauber is thrilled that her dream of getting Peter Frampton inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame came true, and that her all-time favorite band, The Blue Nile, is name-checked in Taylor Swift’s TTPD song “Guilty as Sin.” Join KG on a stroll down her musical memory lane in her latest Post Toasted column.

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5/7/24

"Just keep at it, men—we're nearly at our goal," proclaims Warner co-Chair/COO Tom Corson during this uproarious plaque-presentation photo op with chart-ruling star Benson Boone. "Eight more trade pics and that free cappuccino is ours." Seen pushing photography to the very limit are (l-r) Reynolds Management's Jeff Burns, Corson, Warner EVP A&R Jeff Sosnow, Boone and Warner co-Chairman/CEO Aaron Bay-Schuck.


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NEAR TRUTHS: INCOMPARABLE
Taylor world is an ecosystem. (5/7a)
JENNIFER KNOEPFLE: THE HITS INTERVIEW
A publishing all-star tells her story. (5/7a)
HITS LIST: HANGIN' OUT
With extra relish (5/7a)
LATEST SCORES: KENDRICK VS. DRAKE
Multiple lead changes in this playoff game. (5/6a)
LIVE NATION POSTS (ANOTHER) RECORD QUARTER
More butts in seats than ever before. (5/3a)
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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