‘It Was A Porn Movie’: Atlantic’s First Female A&R Exec Reveals the Worst of the Music Industry
New memoir ‘Anything for a Hit’ details Dorothy Carvello’s experience of toxic work culture during her career as a record executive
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What it Was Like Inside a Nike Call Center After the Colin Kaepernick Ad Dropped
People got emotional over Nike’s new ad featuring Colin Kaepernick — and weren’t afraid to tell a young black man at the company’s call center just how they felt
Inside the Kanye-Helmed Pornhub Awards
Nothing seemed to go according to plan at the porn giant’s small, unorganized awards ceremony — but at least Kanye West showed up?
Les Moonves Reportedly Tried to Sabotage Janet Jackson’s Career After Super Bowl ‘Nip Slip’
CBS head Les Moonves allegedly banned her from presenting at the Grammy’s and discouraged CBS affiliates from promoting her new album in any manner, because he didn’t think she was apologetic enough
Jimmy Bennett’s Team Calls Latest Asia Argento Claims ‘Ludicrous’
“We read this statement as a self-serving and slanderous,” Bennett’s lawyer tells ‘Rolling Stone,’ adding that they intend to collect the balance of financial agreement and donate it to the #MeToo movement
Twitter Permanently Suspends Alex Jones, Infowars
Twitter is the latest media company to ban Jones, following Apple, Facebook, YouTube and Spotify
Charlottesville Jury Fines Man $1 for Punching White Nationalist
The Virginia jury might have just settled an age-old question
Who Gets to Write an Anonymous Op-Ed?
They’re usually reserved for victims of gang violence or dissidents of authoritarian regimes, but yesterday the ‘New York Times’ extended the honor to a senior member of the Trump Administration
Kim Kardashian, Activist, Visits White House to Call for Prisoner Freedom
She also appeared on Jason Flom’s podcast ‘Wrongful Conviction’ to discuss Chris Young, a 30-year-old in jail for life because of mandatory minimum laws
Blood and Oil
Mexico’s drug cartels are moving into the gasoline industry — infiltrating the national oil company, selling stolen fuel on the black market and engaging in open war with the military. Can the country’s new populist…