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Blizzard Co-Lead Jen Oneal Stepping Down At End Of The Year
Activision Blizzard’s landscape is everchanging in the wake of the lawsuit from the state of California regarding toxic workplace culture, and another big shift happened during the company’s quarterly earnings call. Jen Oneal, who was appointed co-lead of Blizzard with Mike Ybarra a few months ago, will step down and leave the company at the...
Jesse Aratow, Madison House Partner and Booking Agent, Dies of Sudden Illness at 48
Friends, family members and long-time clients are paying tribute to music manager, booking agent and entrepreneur Jesse Aratow of Madison House Entertainment, who died Friday (Oct. 29) after a sudden, unexpected illness. Aratow, 48, was a partner and agent at Madison House in Boulder, Colorado, managed singer JJ Grey and represented the String Cheese Incident. He...
Overwatch 2 And Diablo 4 Are Being Delayed, Most Likely Out Of 2022
During its quarterly investor call today, Activision Blizzard has announced the releases of Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV are being pushed back further than expected, enough to change the company’s financial outlook for next year. It is important to keep in mind what is going on within Activision Blizzard at this time regarding ongoing allegations...
Bruce Springsteen In Talks to Sell Recorded Music Catalog to Sony Music
When music sales last boomed in the 1980s and 1990s, with many fans snapping up CD versions of the albums they already owned on cassette and vinyl, record companies quietly offered a rare concession to some of their top-selling ’70s and ’80s stars in order to re-sign them: they granted the artists ownership of their...
The Binding Of Isaac: Repentance Heads To Consoles This Week
We finally know when The Binding of Isaac’s gigantic Repentance expansion makes its way to consoles. Creator Edmund McMillen took to Twitter to announce the PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch versions launch this coming Thursday. That’s November 4 if you don’t have a calendar nearby. In terms of specific platforms, Repentance is coming to PlayStation 5...
Daddy Yankee on Co-Owning Cangrejeros de Santurce Baseball Team: ‘Now Is the Right Moment’ (Exclusive)
Daddy Yankee has become co-owner of Puerto Rican baseball team Los Cangrejeros de Santurce baseball team, Billboard has learned. The reggaeton superstar, born Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, is also an investor and will be joining Chairman Thomas Axon and President Justo Moreno as owners of the San Juan-based team, which hosts its home games at...
Lorde Shows What Happens When Humans Don’t Take Care of the Earth in ‘Fallen Fruit’ Video
Lorde reminds viewers that its humans’ duty to protect the planet for future generations in her new “Fallen Fruit” music video, which she released on Tuesday (Nov. 2). The video poignantly reminds us of the fragility of life on Earth, with the Garden of Eden metaphor referenced in the song’s title leading to Lorde’s main point...
Tell Us What's Happening In This Concerning Pokémon Scene
There’s a mystery afoot, and we need the assistance of our best detectives: The Game Informer community! Snorlax is known to slumber wherever it wants, usually blocking the paths up-and-coming trainers need to cross to continue their journey. Coaxing a Snorlax to wake up and get out of the way isn’t easy and usually requires the melody...
Marvel’s Avengers: Square Enix Removes Paid XP Boosts After One Month Following Player Backlash
Paid XP boosts will be removed from Marvel’s Avengers today following backlash from the player community, less than a month after they were first introduced. Before the launch of Marvel’s Avengers, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics released a blog post in August of 2020 that stated: “content purchasable with real money in Marvel’s Avengers will...
Jay-Z Launches an Instagram Account
Jay-Z, the billionaire hip-hop superstar, Hall of Famer, entrepreneur and father, is now the proud owner of an Instagram account. The Brooklyn-born businessman and rapper, born Shawn Carter, quietly launched a profile on Insta. Hov got his latest venture underway with a single post, the poster art for Jeymes Samuel’s 2021 Netflix film The Harder...
Jamie Spears Asks For ‘Unconditional’ End to Britney Conservatorship
After an overhaul of his legal team, Jamie Spears is now asking a California court for an immediate and “unconditional” end to Britney Spears’ conservatorship – “not tomorrow or next week, now.” In a filing on Monday (Nov. 2), Jamie asked the judge overseeing the case to end the conservatorship without “any caveat” and said...
Travis Scott’s ‘Astroworld: Live’ Is Coming to Apple Music
Travis Scott’s all-action Astroworld fest is coming to a small screen near you. Scott’s first performance at the 2021 edition of Astroworld Festival will stream worldwide this Friday from 10pm ET, through an exclusive with Apple Music. Astroworld: Live takes its name from the rapper’s third studio album, which logged multiple weeks at No. 1...
The Gap Band’s Ronnie Wilson Dies at 73
The older brother of Charlie Wilson behind multiple hit songs was a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer The Gap Band’s Ronnie Wilson circa 1980 (Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Ronnie Wilson, a founding member of the popular funk and R&B group the Gap Band alongside his brothers Charlie Wilson and Robert Wilson, has died. Ronnie’s wife Linda...
Pokemon Go Players are Sick and Tired of Seeing Vullaby
For Pokemon Go players, there are few things more frustrating than watching an egg hatch and having little to show for it. Right now, this is the source of frustration for a lot of players, particularly those hatching 12km eggs. Basically, a lot of players are sick and tired of putting in the effort to...
HBO Announces New Docs on Alanis Morissette, DMX, Juice WRLD, and More
The Morissette documentary Jagged debuts on HBOMAX later this month Alanis Morissette (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)/DMX (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)/Juice WRLD (Photo by Steve Jennings/FilmMagic) HBO has announced the new slate of films in their “Music Box” series, featuring documentaries on Alanis Morissette, DMX, Kenny G, Juice WRLD, and Robert Stigwood, the man...
Dan + Shay Cancel Two Arena Concerts Due to COVID-19
On Tuesday (Nov. 2), Dan + Shay shared some disappointing news — followed by some happier news — with fans. First, the duo revealed they have had to cancel two upcoming shows on their Dan + Shay The (Arena) Tour due to a positive COVID-19 test within their touring camp. “A member of our immediate...
Blizzard Co-Lead Jen Oneal Stepping Down At End Of The Year
Activision Blizzard’s landscape is everchanging in the wake of the lawsuit from the state of California regarding toxic workplace culture, and another big shift happened during the company’s quarterly earnings call. Jen Oneal, who was appointed co-lead of Blizzard with Mike Ybarra a few months ago, will step down and leave the company at the...
Jesse Aratow, Madison House Partner and Booking Agent, Dies of Sudden Illness at 48
Friends, family members and long-time clients are paying tribute to music manager, booking agent and entrepreneur Jesse Aratow of Madison House Entertainment, who died Friday (Oct. 29) after a sudden, unexpected illness. Aratow, 48, was a partner and agent at Madison House in Boulder, Colorado, managed singer JJ Grey and represented the String Cheese Incident. He...
Overwatch 2 And Diablo 4 Are Being Delayed, Most Likely Out Of 2022
During its quarterly investor call today, Activision Blizzard has announced the releases of Overwatch 2 and Diablo IV are being pushed back further than expected, enough to change the company’s financial outlook for next year. It is important to keep in mind what is going on within Activision Blizzard at this time regarding ongoing allegations...
Bruce Springsteen In Talks to Sell Recorded Music Catalog to Sony Music
When music sales last boomed in the 1980s and 1990s, with many fans snapping up CD versions of the albums they already owned on cassette and vinyl, record companies quietly offered a rare concession to some of their top-selling ’70s and ’80s stars in order to re-sign them: they granted the artists ownership of their...
The Binding Of Isaac: Repentance Heads To Consoles This Week
We finally know when The Binding of Isaac’s gigantic Repentance expansion makes its way to consoles. Creator Edmund McMillen took to Twitter to announce the PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch versions launch this coming Thursday. That’s November 4 if you don’t have a calendar nearby. In terms of specific platforms, Repentance is coming to PlayStation 5...
Daddy Yankee on Co-Owning Cangrejeros de Santurce Baseball Team: ‘Now Is the Right Moment’ (Exclusive)
Daddy Yankee has become co-owner of Puerto Rican baseball team Los Cangrejeros de Santurce baseball team, Billboard has learned. The reggaeton superstar, born Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez, is also an investor and will be joining Chairman Thomas Axon and President Justo Moreno as owners of the San Juan-based team, which hosts its home games at...
Lorde Shows What Happens When Humans Don’t Take Care of the Earth in ‘Fallen Fruit’ Video
Lorde reminds viewers that its humans’ duty to protect the planet for future generations in her new “Fallen Fruit” music video, which she released on Tuesday (Nov. 2). The video poignantly reminds us of the fragility of life on Earth, with the Garden of Eden metaphor referenced in the song’s title leading to Lorde’s main point...
Tell Us What's Happening In This Concerning Pokémon Scene
There’s a mystery afoot, and we need the assistance of our best detectives: The Game Informer community! Snorlax is known to slumber wherever it wants, usually blocking the paths up-and-coming trainers need to cross to continue their journey. Coaxing a Snorlax to wake up and get out of the way isn’t easy and usually requires the melody...
Marvel’s Avengers: Square Enix Removes Paid XP Boosts After One Month Following Player Backlash
Paid XP boosts will be removed from Marvel’s Avengers today following backlash from the player community, less than a month after they were first introduced. Before the launch of Marvel’s Avengers, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics released a blog post in August of 2020 that stated: “content purchasable with real money in Marvel’s Avengers will...



