As Variety puts it, "The iconic Los Angeles station is on life support — and it has nothing to do with coronavirus."

Then go on to write: "KROQ was changing and leading the charge was new brand manager Mike Kaplan — who not-so-coincidentally had been nicknamed “Mike the Show Killer” by jocks at his former station, the aforementioned Alt 98.7. According to sources, Kaplan ordered “Circles” be added to the playlist immediately and mandated that all talent no longer refer to the station as “K-Rock” but rather use its call letters — K-R-O-Q — almost exclusively. The very sound of the word “rock” purportedly offended Kaplan, who not only felt it antiquated, but borderline toxic. “Rock equals death,” says a station insider of management’s view."

It’s the End of the World Famous KROQ as We Know It

https://variety.com/2020/music/news/kroq-kevin-bean-music-ratings-post-malone-1234609654/

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'More fun, less shun!' Elon Musk calls for the end of 'cancel culture' after Grimes' mother slams him for tweeting 'right wing bulls**t'. Fans Look To Cancel Doja Cat Once Again After Discovering Her Past. Twitter Lash Out At Lana Del Rey after talking about comments where some female pop stars "glamorize abuse". 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8337539/Elon-Musk-tweets-cancel-cancel-culture-amid-Twitter-feud-Grimes-mom.html

Fans Look To Cancel Doja Cat Once Again After Discovering Her Past Insensitive Videos

https://uproxx.com/music/fans-cancel-doja-cat-insensitive-tweets/

Beyonce, Doja Cat, And Nicki Minaj Fans Lash Out At Lana Del Rey For Criticizing Them

https://uproxx.com/music/lana-del-rey-backlash-beyonce-nicki-minaj/

Cancel Culture Cannot Be The Knee Jerk Reaction To Mildy Controversial Gaffes

https://theswaddle.com/cancel-culture-cannot-be-the-knee-jerk-reaction-to-mildy-controversial-gaffes/

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TikTok looks set to be the biggest disrupter to the music cycle in years, with radio programmers across the country sitting up and taking notice.

The platform has seen incredible growth over the past year and now boasts over 800 million active users worldwide.

Its impact on popular music can’t be overstated, and now we’re seeing TikTok have a similar impact that the advent of streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music had on how radio discovered new music in the 2010s. KOP explains why American Radio is failing to get the lesson. 

How TikTok became the new music tipsheet for radio programmers

https://themusicnetwork.com/tiktok-music-2020-tipsheet/

TikTok Is Rewriting How Hits Get Made

https://www.musicstartshere.org/news-events/musicnews/artist-news/80635-tiktok-is-rewriting-how-hits-get-made

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Last October, Rogan said: “They’re scrambling for control. They want to control the way people communicate. And they also want to make a profit. See part of this is they’re incentivizing people to do shows that they can profit off of. So if you have a show that has no bad language, if you have a show that has no controversial topics, those shows are more appealing to advertisers. So for them, as a business, they’ll look at someone like me and say, ‘Well this is a limited advertisers option’.” 

Stop censoring us, Big Tech! Joe Rogan’s $100 million move to Spotify sends stark message to YouTube https://www.rt.com/op-ed/489388-joe-rogan-spotify-youtube/

Joe Rogan helped create a podcast culture on YouTube, and now he’s leaving it

https://www.theverge.com/21264838/joe-rogan-youtube-podcast-spotify-video-future-creators

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Are Sex Workers Getting Pushed Off OnlyFans? As OnlyFans goes mainstream, sex workers worry they're getting forced off of the platform they built.

What Is OnlyFans? Inside The Rise Of Subscription-Based Social Media

https://www.bustle.com/p/what-is-onlyfans-inside-the-rise-of-subscription-based-social-media-22903405

The Bachelor's Laura Byrne reveals the surprising reason why so many people prefer watching Z-listers on OnlyFans over standard pornography

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8347257/Laura-Byrne-says-OnlyFans-gives-companionship-porn.html

Sex workers claim they’re getting booted from OnlyFans amid coronavirus boom

https://nypost.com/2020/05/19/sex-workers-claim-theyre-getting-booted-from-onlyfans/

Sex Workers Built OnlyFans. Now They Say They’re Getting Kicked Off

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/onlyfans-sex-workers-porn-creators-999881/

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Live Music, Festivals, and Large Events. Industry Ponders When They Will Be Back Post Pandemic. It's going to be a long road for everybody to start seeing recovery in the live music industry.

One agent says,"You do worry, especially when there’s less money going around, that there will be another wave of casualties in the live music industry because you’re going to get to a stage where there is a lot happening but not enough people to go around to support it all. 

It’s going to be a long road for everybody to start seeing recovery in the live music industry.

https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/its-going-to-be-a-long-road-for-everybody-to-start-seeing-recovery-in-the-live-music-industry/

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Universal Music Group has joined the other two major record label conglomerates in refuting reports that pay-to-play is rampant in radio. UMG says it has had promotional guidelines in place since 2006 that incorporate federal anti-payola laws and has “devoted significant resources” to implementing and enforcing that policy. “We believe that those statutes help ensure that our music is judged on its own merits,” Senior VP Saheli Datta said in a letter to the Federal Communications Commission.

The letter, made public Wednesday, is part of an investigation by FCC Commissioner Michael O’Rielly into allegations of potential violations of pay-to-play rules. His review began last fall after a story was published in Rolling Stone last August, which quoted some broadcasters alleging record promoters were using cash apps and directing money to corporate accounts in exchange for spins.

Big Three Record Labels Don’t See Any Signs Of A Payola Problem In Radio.

http://www.insideradio.com/free/big-three-record-labels-don-t-see-any-signs-of-a-payola-problem-in-radio/article_84ebf6be-95ad-11ea-bddf-cfc443dcea82.html

Payola At Radio Never Went Away, says New Report

https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2019/08/payola-at-radio-never-went-away-says-new-report.html

FCC Demands Demands Payola Answers From UMG, Sony, BMG

https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2020/01/fcc-demands-demands-payola-answers-from-umg-sony-bmg.html

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Secures "The Joe Rogan Experience" for $100 Million. The company has signed The Joe Rogan Experience to an exclusive multi-year licensing deal. The show will hit Spotify September 1, and become exclusive to the platform later in the year. Rogan is arguably the biggest and most influential voice in the medium.

The podcast has dominated Apple’s podcasting charts and YouTube views. Rogan currently has 8.41 million subscribers on YouTube, where his videos regularly rack up more than a million views. A recent interview with Elon Musk has already generated more than 13 million views. As of this writing, the show is currently No. 2 on Apple’s charts and comprises three of the service’s top 10 episodes. “The talk series has long been the most-searched-for podcast on Spotify,” according to the service.

Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive multi-year deal

https://techcrunch.com/2020/05/19/spotify-signs-the-joe-rogan-experience-to-an-exclusive-multi-year-deal/

Joe Rogan’s Podcast Lands Exclusive Spotify Deal

https://deadline.com/2020/05/joe-rogan-experience-spotify-podcast-deal-1202939007/

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Mainstream media tells us "the virus should force us to rethink an industry that was hurting local communities, wildlife and our world heritage — as well as disappointing tourists."  

Fodors writes as an alternative "So while you’re all riled up, here are a few ways to have vacation-quality sex (even though you may not physically be on a yacht in the Mediterranean)." 

 How to Have a Vacation-Style Love Life Without Leaving Your Home https://www.fodors.com/news/photos/how-to-have-a-vacation-style-love-life-without-leaving-your-home 

The coronavirus will change how we travel. That will probably be good for us. https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/coronavirus-will-change-how-we-travel-will-probably-be-good-ncna1186681 

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"Famed shock jock and animal lover Howard Stern went small-game hunting Tuesday, ratcheting up his attacks on the Trump clan by mocking the president’s first-born son as a “genius.”

Stern ⁠— who last week characterized the president as a wannabe celebrity who secretly hates his own followers ⁠— sarcastically responded Tuesday to criticism from the president’s namesake.

“I can’t argue with him, that kid is such a success,” Stern joked. “He is such a wit, he is such a genius. He would have made a fortune if he wasn’t under his father’s thumb. Game over. You can’t argue with a genius like that.”

Trump Jr. compared Stern to Hillary Clinton during a Thursday visit to SiriusXM’s “Jim and Sam Show," where he recalled the president’s 2016 Democratic rival calling the Republican nominee’s followers “deplorables.”

Howard Stern mocks the ‘wisdom’ of Donald Trump Jr.: 'You can’t argue with a genius like that’

https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-howard-stern-donald-trump-jr-genius-20200519-l4ovbi2ehjgl5e72uqmf6nfqku-story.html

15 Ways The Howard Stern Show Jumped The Radio Shark

https://www.unpublishedarticles.com/howard-stern-show-jumps-radio-shark/

When did Howard Stern jump the shark?

https://www.cnet.com/news/when-did-howard-stern-jump-the-shark/

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