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Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music.This week, Spotify expanded its publishing licensing strategy with a new multi-territory deal with amra, following its recent direct licensing agreement with Kobalt in the US.Meanwhile, BMI secured its largest rate increase ever for radio royalties, with terrestrial US radio stations now paying nearly 24% more for…
The Biggest Loser helped many of its trainers — including Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels — find fame — but where is everyone now following the show’s past controversy? NBC’s The Biggest Loser, which premiered in 2004, followed a group of people deemed overweight who would compete in a 30-week competition. The goal was to lose as many pounds as possible to be crowned “the biggest loser.” The competition series quickly became a cultural phenomenon as viewers tuned in weekly to see Michaels, Harper and later other trainers. The Biggest Loser later received criticism for allegedly pushing contestants to lose…
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Nigeria’s military has killed 35 jihadists in a series of air strikes near its north-eastern border with Cameroon, it said in a statement. The strikes were carried out in four areas to thwart an attempt by the jihadists to attack ground troops, the military added. Nigeria has been battling jihadist groups for more than a decade, as well as violent criminal gangs, sectarian conflict and widespread kidnappings for ransom. On Saturday, a group of prominent Nigerians, including ex-government ministers, business persons and civil society activists, issued a statement, raising concern that parts of Nigeria were enduring “war-time levels of slaughter”,…
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Once a heartthrob on Friday Night Lights, actor Taylor Kitsch has found solace living far from the bustling lights of Hollywood. “I’d rather be in the wild chasing animals with my camera than going to clubs or bars or Hollywood parties,” Kitsch, 44, told The Guardian in a profile published on Friday, August 22, detailing his passion for wildlife photography. Kitsch also recently filmed Terminal List: Dark Wolf opposite Chris Pratt, where they bonded over their respective down-to-earth demeanors. “We get along really well,” Kitsch told the outlet. “I think there’s a mutual respect. [Having that level of fame,] you…
Matthew Tkachuk To Miss The Start of the 2025-26 Season The Florida Panthers will be without forward Matthew Tkachuk for the start of the 2025-26 season. He will begin the season on LTIR after off-season surgery on the injuries he suffered “most likely” at the Four Nations Faceoff representing Team USA. Dave Pagnotta of The Fourth Period: “Can confirm Matthew Tkachuk underwent surgery a few weeks ago and will miss the start of the season. Timeline is unclear, but he could be out of action as long as sometime in January.” Breaking News Another confirmation. As discussed with many before…
Huda Abu Naja lies weak and emaciated on a thin mattress in her family’s tent in a displacement camp in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah.The 12-year-old Palestinian girl’s arms are painfully thin, and the bones on her torso are protruding from under her skin, a telltale sign of her acute malnutrition.“My daughter has been suffering from acute malnutrition since March when Israel closed Gaza’s borders,” Huda’s mother, Somia Abu Naja, tells Al Jazeera, stroking her daughter’s face.“She spent three months in hospitals, but her condition did not improve,” said Somia, explaining that she decided to bring Huda back to the family’s…
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Matthew Cowles was more than just Christine Baranski‘s late husband. Cowles was an actor who met Baranski in 1982 while starring in a Henrik Ibsen play in Garden City, New York. Baranski was swept off her feet, and the couple tied the knot the following year. In 1984, Baranski and Cowles became first-time parents when they welcomed daughter Isabel. The pair completed their family with the arrival of daughter Lily in 1987. Baranski and Cowles remained together until his unexpected death in 2014. The actor died of congestive heart failure at age 69. “For the first month or so, you’re…