Two former female employees of the Los Angeles-based indie Latin label Nacional Records filed a lawsuit yesterday (July 22) against its founder Tomas Cookman. The complaint contained 15 charges against Cookman that included sexual harassment, wrongful termination and failure to pay all wages earned. Cookman denied the charges. The complaint, filed at the Los Angeles…

In the past week, there’s been quite a bit of chatter about Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke‘s decision to pull his music from Spotify, a popular streaming service. In a comment that had many in the industry discussing the economics of digital music, Yorke’s longtime producer Nigel Godrich complained that “new artists get paid f— all…

Rolling Stone‘s August 1 issue is covered by Boston Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, which has obviously sparked outrage from many corners. But according to Hollywood Reporter and Gawker, Kanye West was supposed to grace the cover of the magazine. Sources say that Rolling Stone earmarked the cover for Ye, who pulled out of the scheduled interview…