Jennifer Lopez has a lot of titles on her business card these days. At this point in a career stretching back more than two decades, she’s less a musician or actress than a walking lifestyle brand, and a hyper-productive one at that. Consider Lopez’s current portfolio: She’s a businesswoman, entrepreneur, fashion designer, producer, cable-network programmer,…

  So far, the flood of litigation over unpaid internship programs hasn’t hit the inner sanctum of Hollywood talent agencies, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t efforts underway to recruit potential plaintiffs. Now ICM Partners is looking to stay ahead of the curve by bringing one of its ex-interns to arbitration. A demand for arbitration…

After a lengthy illness, legendary radio countdown show host Casey Kasem has passed away, and another piece of the classic American experience has passed with him. Casey was the longtime host of a number of the most widely syndicated radio shows ever, including the American Top 40 franchise as well as Casey’s Top 40 and…

Deadmau5 is one of the most successful EDM artists (and brands) on the planet, but the beloved DJ-producer is losing respect for the scene he dominates. He makes that stance apparent in an expletive-laced new interview with London Evening Standard, likening the genre to a sinking ship. “As they say, the rat is the first one to…

Last week, I sexted Logic. I obviously didn’t mean to send a dirty message to the 24-year-old rapper; I was texting him to clarify a quote from my recent interview with him but got my conversations mixed up. Sitting at my desk at work, reading his understandable responses of “Lol” and “What the fuck,” I…

Watch the exclusive premiere of the video for “Jungle,” co-directed by Emile Rafael & Alex Da Kid. If “Jungle” seems familiar, you’re not wrong. Right now, the song is going strong via a string of crafty placements. X Ambassadors and Jamie N Commons’ thumping track has featured in Beats’ “The Game Before The Game” World…

Sean Bryan, who worked for four years as an assistant at William Morris Endeavor, has filed a lawsuit against the talent agency for alleged harassment and discrimination. He says he was denied an opportunity to enter WME’s “agent trainee” program on account of his age. In the complaint, filed June 5 in Los Angeles Superior…

Dr. Dre’s mysterious Tweet at Jay Z yesterday which said only “Welcome to the jungle @S_C_” has been explained while at the same time offering a clue to Beats Music’s possible future business strategy: exclusives.   Welcome to the jungle @S_C_…

Metering is becoming more important than ever in just about every recording and mixing environment, but not every DAW has the metering necessary for every application. Now that deficiency can be easily and inexpensively rectified with Audiofile’s latest Spectre metering package. Spectre is filled with 20 different multichannel meters, including level, VU, spectragraph, spectrogram, oscilloscope,…

In honor of the 5th anniversary of his mixtape The Warm Up, J. Cole debuts the never-before-seen video for “Lights Please,” which aired during Sunday’s MTV special “The Warm Up: 5 Years Later.” It was Cole’s first time seeing the video, which was shot in August 2008. The BB Gun-directed clip was originally planned as…