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Bob Gibson, who cofounded the powerhouse music publicity firm Gibson & Stromberg in the late '60s and worked with some of the genre’s biggest acts, died Oct. 23 in Los Angeles at age 80. No cause was given. Gibson & Gary Stromberg founded their publicity firm in 1969 and represented the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd…

UPDATED with market close: Stocks fell sharply Monday, posting their biggest session of losses in more than two months. The DJIA fell 650 points or nearlly 2.3%. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were off, respectively, 1.86% and 1.84%. Previously: A broad market plunge dragged showbiz shares lower Monday from big media to…

UPDATED, 8:39 AM: Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and president Jay Wallace said in a memo to employees Monday that they will be further reducing their workforce in their buildings and operating virtually “wherever possible” throughout the week after confirming a “few positive cases” of coronavirus at the…

Rudy Giuliani apparently wasn’t the only Borat prank target in the current administration. According to President Donald Trump, he was also once visited by the Kazakhstan journalist. Speaking to reporters late on Friday, President Donald Trump was asked whether he had seen the footage involving his adviser Giuliani in…

Keith Raniere, the leader of the alleged sex cult NXIVM, has given an interview which aired on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt tonight and will also be featured on the network’s Dateline. In the interview, Raniere denies his convictions for sex trafficking, racketeering and possession of child pornography. Raniere…

Melissa Francis, a regular on the Fox News talk show Outnumbered and co-anchor of Fox Business’ After the Bell, has not been on the network since October 7 and her future is uncertain. The Los Angeles Times reported that Francis is in the middle of a gender-based pay discrimination claim against the company that is in…

Kids, cover your ears, Macy’s has some bad news: Santa Claus won’t be visiting any of the retailer’s stores in 2020, ending a 159-year holiday-season tradition. In a move stolen from the plot of every Santa Claus movie ever made, wherein Santa faces obstacles on Christmas plans, the jolly red and white bearer of gifts…

The NFL has moved Sunday’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Las Vegas Raiders game from NBC’s Sunday Night Football after at least one Raiders player tested positive for COVID-19. The league said the Seattle Seahawks and Arizona Cardinals game will fill the 8:20 p.m. ET slot for NBC. The Bucs-Raiders will now be at 4:05 p.m. ET…

NBC News on Thursday issued a strong statement of support for one of its reporters, Brandy Zadrozny, who was targeted in a segment on Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Tonight.  In the segment last night, Carlson and Darren Beattie, a former speechwriter to Donald Trump, talked of Zadrozny’s reporting, accusing her of trying…

Deadline parent Penske Media Corp and MRC, which recently formed the PMRC joint venture that includes Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Billboard and Vibe, have formed another joint venture. This one aims to combine their respective data businesses. Here’s the release: PENSKE MEDIA AND MRC FORM DATA JOINT VENTURE Company…

They’re not really lawyers, but they play ones on TV. Still, We The Action, an organization that connects volunteer lawyers with nonprofit organizations, hopes to use the television stars to recruit real attorneys who can work to ensure a fair election. A public service announcement was released Thursday for the We…

Tell us how you really feel, Eric. Former Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said today at a Wall Street Journal conference that “the context of social networks serving as amplifiers for idiots and crazy people is not what we intended,” reports Bloomberg News. Schmidt said social media’s “excesses” would…