TikTok Ban Officially Announced for House Lawmakers and Staff

TikTok Ban Officially Announced for House Lawmakers and Staff

TikTok is officially banned in the House of Representatives, the chief administrative officer has revealed in a formal notice sent to lawmakers and their staff. TikTok has now been banned in another legislative chamber. This newest setback for ByteDance-owned TikTok, which has faced considerable data-related scrutiny from states since November’s beginning, came to light in […]

LiveOne Doubles Down On PodcastOne Spin-Out Plans

LiveOne Doubles Down On PodcastOne Spin-Out Plans

Photo Credit: LiveOne LiveOne (NASDAQ: LVO) has officially confirmed that it “remains committed” to spinning off its PodcastOne subsidiary “as a separate public company to be listed on a national exchange.” Los Angeles-headquartered LiveOne, which in November highlighted its plans for PodcastOne, just recently confirmed the spin-off via a formal release. In this announcement message, […]

Beef Over Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ Continues

Beef Over Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' Continues

Photo Credit: The United States Army Band / CC by 2.0 Beef over Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” continues as the singer responds to co-writer Walter Afanasieff’s claims. Mariah Carey’s former co-producer and co-writer, Walter Afanasieff, told the “Hot Takes & Deep Dives” podcast that stories of the singer writing her […]

‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Sets Spotify Daily Streams Record

'All I Want for Christmas Is You' Sets Spotify Daily Streams Record

Photo Credit: WBLS / CC by 3.0 Mariah Carey’s perennial holiday favorite “All I Want for Christmas Is You” has broken Spotify’s single-day global streaming record. This latest commercial feat for the nearly 29-year-old track, around which Mariah Carey scheduled several performances in 2022, just recently came to light in a social-media post from Chart […]