In case you missed this sad story from this past weekend (NET NEWS 11/05), numerous sources confirmed that AARON CARTER, younger brother to BACKSTREET BOYS star NICK CARTER, passed away this weekend (11/05) at his home in LANCASTER, CA. He was found dead in his bathtub.CNN reported brother NICK commented on AARON’s passing: “I have always held onto the hope that he would somehow, someday, want to walk a healthy path and eventually find the help that he so desperately .
TROY HANSON has a new three-year deal with CUMULUS as VP/Programming-Rock Formats, VP/Operations and PD of Alternative WKQX (Q1O1)/CHICAGO.CUMULUS/CHICAGO VP/Market Manager MARV NYREN said, "TROY brings an incredible amount of experience, work ethic and passion to CUMULUS and specifically to our CHICAGO cluster. I can’t imagine anyone better suited to take us into 2023 and look forward to our continued brand growth with TROY.""Delighted to continue the work we started .
Although TMZ earlier today reported that legendary rocker JERRY LEE LEWIS had passed away in his MEMPHIS home at the age of 87, the story proved erroneous, and the site soon retracted the statement. His publicist, ZACH FARNUM, confirmed that the iconic ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME inductee is still alive.His sister, LINDA GAIL LEWIS posted to FACEBOOK YESTERDAY (10/26), “Please pray for my dear brother, he’s going thru a hard time and needs our prayers and positive thoughts right .
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES is reporting that KANYE WEST has been dropped by CREATIVE ARTISTS AGENCY (CAA) after 10 years due to his recent antisemantic comments in interviews and on social media (NET NEWS 10/10). A CAA rep confirmed the news. CAA isn’t the first company to cut ties with WEST in the wake of his antisemitic comments. Last week, fashion house BALENCIAGA confirmed it had ended its relationship with the rapper, while on MONDAY, (10/24), MRC (BILLBOARD‘s former .
In case you missed it, late FRIDAY (NET NEWS 10/21) ALL ACCESS alerted the radio and music communities to the untimely passing on of very popular, longtime iHEARTMEDIA Top 40 KXXM (96.1 NOW)/SAN ANTONIO PD/afternoon personality RUSSELL RUSH after more than 15 years at the station. RUSH passed on at age 44 of a rare form of LYMPHOMA that he’d battled with a smile and a brave heart for many years, rarely missing much of his time at KXXM due to his illness.In a FACEBOOK post on WEDNESDAY, .