Las Vegas is back in business, but new safety rules could call in the chips for Sin City's party reputation. With a string of new safety rules and regulations set up in response to the Covid-19 crisis, could Sin City be about to lose its devil-may-care image?

A glimpse of the future can be found in a new safety plan unveiled by one of Las Vegas’s biggest players, MGM Resorts International, which operates a number of casinos and hotels on the famous Strip, including the MGM Grand, the Bellagio, Mandalay Bay and The Mirage.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/las-vegas-casinos-reopen-coronavirus-lockdown/

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Pitchfork reports Tekashi 6ix9ine recently accused Billboard of manipulating their Hot 100 chart when “GOOBA” was beat out by Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber’s “Stuck With U”. KOP breaks down the latest case of chart manipulation. 

Billboard Responds to Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Corruption Claim After New Song Debuts at No. 3

https://pitchfork.com/news/billboard-responds-to-tekashi-6ix9ines-corruption-claim-after-new-song-debuts-at-no-3/

Billboard’s charts used to be our barometer for music success. Are they meaningless in the streaming age?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/07/05/billboards-charts-used-to-be-our-barometer-for-music-success-are-they-meaningless-in-the-streaming-age/

Billboard Wants Artists to Stop Gaming the Charts With Album-Merch Bundles

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/7x5nyz/billboard-wants-artists-to-stop-gaming-the-charts-with-album-merch-bundles

“Spoofing” And Fake Plays:The Effect of Fans Faking Interactive Streaming Numbers to Boost Chart Metrics

https://www.haldanes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IAEL-2019-%E2%80%9CSpoofing%E2%80%9D-and-Fake-Plays.pdf

Out Of Touch Celebrities Crash In On TikTok Party With Cringe as Keith Urban, Sylvester Stallone, Howie Mandel and others are trying to trend on the ever-popular TikTok app. We look at those who are very creative and who are just cringe. 

TikTok Boom! How the Exploding Social Media App Is Going Hollywood https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/tiktok-boom-how-exploding-social-media-app-is-going-hollywood-1293505 

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According to an updated EDO moviegoer study titled “Movie Theaters and Social Distancing,” 75% of respondents said they were more likely to return to cinemas upon their reopening when Tenet, Mulan and Russell Crowe’s Unhinged hit — if movie theaters implement certain safety measures.

Majority Of Moviegoers Will Return To Cinemas If COVID-19 Safety Guidelines Are In Place, EDO Survey Finds

https://deadline.com/2020/05/movie-theaters-reopening-survey-majority-will-return-coronavirus-study-1202936120/

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Newspaper, magazine and digital media purge their staff in hopes of post-pandemic survival. 

Here are the newsroom layoffs, furloughs and closures caused by the coronavirus

https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2020/here-are-the-newsroom-layoffs-furloughs-and-closures-caused-by-the-coronavirus/

“Prior assumptions about our business no longer apply”: Cuts pile up at Vice, Quartz, The Economist, BuzzFeed, and Condé Nast

https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/05/prior-assumptions-about-our-business-no-longer-apply-cuts-pile-up-at-vice-quartz-the-economist-buzzfeed-and-conde-nast/

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After 3 shows, KOP had to tap out on Hollywood on Netflix. He explains why he pans the show after a lot of expectations from a producer that has given us some great shows in Nip/Tuck, American Horror Story, American Crime Story, Scream Queens, Pose and others. 

No Love For Hollywood With Cancellations, Exhib Fights And Ryan Murphy Send-Up  

https://deadline.com/2020/05/hollywood-hard-times-coronavirus-movies-ryan-murphy-netflix-1202933851/

When, Exactly, Does Hollywood Go Off the Rails?

https://www.vulture.com/2020/05/when-does-netflix-hollywood-go-off-the-rails.html

Critic's Notebook: Why Ryan Murphy's 'Hollywood' Revisionism Rankles https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-ryan-murphys-hollywood-revisionism-rankles-1294548

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Dine In Restaurants see some rough days reopening ahead. We look to the likes of McDonalds to show us the way. Inc.com reports how the Coronavirus has swiftly and decisively altered any thought of what used to be called normal.

For the restaurant business, this is especially disturbing. Tables will have to be further apart. Servers will wear masks and gloves. What, though, of fast-food restaurants? How will they cope with the new rules?

Well, McDonald's isn't merely thinking about it. It's already testing a prototype for dining-in post-pandemic. McDonald's Just Revealed What Its Restaurants May Soon Look Like

https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/mcdonalds-just-revealed-what-its-restaurants-may-soon-look-like.html

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Lyft, Uber and Airbnb depend on travel, vacations and gatherings, but not so much when most of the world is staying home.. New studies by users are not promising. Studies by CarGurus and the IBM Institute for Business Value that together surveyed roughly 26,000 American adults found that around half have developed a distrust for ride-sharing services like Uber and Lyft. Thirty-nine percent of the former's 722 respondents said they plan to use less or no ride-shares whatsoever from here on out, and more than half of the latter's 25,000-plus respondents said similar. The IBM survey also found that 24 percent will cease using ride share-adjacent services like taxis, even though taxis may be less than a hundredth as germy your average Uber according to a 2019 study.

The Results Are In for the Sharing Economy. They Are Ugly.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/07/technology/the-results-are-in-for-the-sharing-economy-they-are-ugly.html

Survey Suggests We're Pretty Done With Ridesharing After All This

https://www.thedrive.com/news/33346/survey-suggests-were-pretty-done-with-ridesharing-after-all-this

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OnlyFans content creator says she can’t pay rent after losing subscribers—and now trolls are attacking her

https://www.dailydot.com/irl/onlyfans-billie-beever-subscribers/

Coronavirus: Influencers' glossy lifestyles lose their shine

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52362462