More than 250 artists, including Billie Eilish, Green Day, Sia and Cyndi Lauper, signed a letter Thursday urging the Senate Commerce Committee to support a bill that would reform the ticketing system for live events.
The Fans First Act, which was initially introduced in December by Sens. John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, Marsha Blackburn, Peter Welch, Roger Wicker and Ben Ray Lujan, aims to address flaws in the current live event ticketing system. The bill hopes to increase transparency in ticket sales, protect consumers from fake or overpriced tickets, and hold those who engage in illegal ticket sale practices accountable.
“As artists and members of the music community, we rely on touring for our livelihood, and we value music fans above all else,” the letter said in part. “We are joining together to say that the current system is broken: predatory resellers and secondary platforms engage in deceptive ticketing practices to inflate...
The Fans First Act, which was initially introduced in December by Sens. John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar, Marsha Blackburn, Peter Welch, Roger Wicker and Ben Ray Lujan, aims to address flaws in the current live event ticketing system. The bill hopes to increase transparency in ticket sales, protect consumers from fake or overpriced tickets, and hold those who engage in illegal ticket sale practices accountable.
“As artists and members of the music community, we rely on touring for our livelihood, and we value music fans above all else,” the letter said in part. “We are joining together to say that the current system is broken: predatory resellers and secondary platforms engage in deceptive ticketing practices to inflate...
- 4/25/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
On Tuesday night, the United States Senate tabled a resolution that would have required the State Department to report to Congress on Israeli human rights violations committed in Gaza involving the use of U.S. arms and equipment.
Only 11 senators voted in favor of the resolution: nine Democrats [Sens. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Martin Heinrich (D-n.M.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ben Ray Luján (D-n.M.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.)], one Republican [Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)], and one Independent [Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.
Only 11 senators voted in favor of the resolution: nine Democrats [Sens. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.), Martin Heinrich (D-n.M.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Ben Ray Luján (D-n.M.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and Peter Welch (D-Vt.)], one Republican [Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)], and one Independent [Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.
- 1/17/2024
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
A group of Democratic senators are calling on the FCC to consider whether to extend broadcast and cable regulations to streaming outlets as a way of ensuring that local stations can get distribution on the new platforms.
The senators, all Democrats and independents, wrote a letter to the FCC’s five commissioners, “out of concern for the future of the media market and our constituents’ ability to access broadcasters’ unique locally-focused content on streaming platforms.” They were specifically referencing so-called “virtual MVPDs,” or YouTubeTV, Hulu and other services that offer a slate of linear channels via the internet.
The letter comes amid high profile standoffs over the carriage of broadcast and cable stations, leading to the recent blackout of Disney stations and channels from Spectrum’s systems, as well as increasing concerns over the future of linear TV in general.
Traditional media is bound by a set of regulations spelled...
The senators, all Democrats and independents, wrote a letter to the FCC’s five commissioners, “out of concern for the future of the media market and our constituents’ ability to access broadcasters’ unique locally-focused content on streaming platforms.” They were specifically referencing so-called “virtual MVPDs,” or YouTubeTV, Hulu and other services that offer a slate of linear channels via the internet.
The letter comes amid high profile standoffs over the carriage of broadcast and cable stations, leading to the recent blackout of Disney stations and channels from Spectrum’s systems, as well as increasing concerns over the future of linear TV in general.
Traditional media is bound by a set of regulations spelled...
- 10/19/2023
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Sen. John Fetterman checked into Walter Reed on Wednesday night for clinical depression, his office announced on Thursday.
The first-term senator from Pennsylvania’s trip to Walter Reed comes a week after he was discharged from George Washington Hospital after he began feeling ill on a Senate Democratic retreat. It also comes after countless other lawmakers have checked into and out of hospitals to receive treatment for a variety of medical conditions.
“While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,...
The first-term senator from Pennsylvania’s trip to Walter Reed comes a week after he was discharged from George Washington Hospital after he began feeling ill on a Senate Democratic retreat. It also comes after countless other lawmakers have checked into and out of hospitals to receive treatment for a variety of medical conditions.
“While John has experienced depression off and on throughout his life, it only became severe in recent weeks,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Actors Xóchitl Gómez and Xolo Maridueña will be honored on Tuesday evening in Washington, D.C. by the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts at its Noche De Gala.
The foundation also will honor novelist writer and producer George P. Pelecanos with the 2022 Raul Julia Award for Excellence.
Gomez, star of Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, and Maridueña, star of Cobra Kai, will receive the Horizon Award.
The gala raises money for the foundation’s scholarship fund for film and theater graduate students, as well as efforts to expand content and talent development opportunities for those early in their careers.
On the bill to speak at the event are Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-ca), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-co), along with foundation co-founders, Merel Julia and Felix Sanchez. There also will be performances by the 2022 National High School Musical Theatre Awards winners, Kendall Becerra and Nicholas Barrón, and the 2022 Palm Award winners,...
The foundation also will honor novelist writer and producer George P. Pelecanos with the 2022 Raul Julia Award for Excellence.
Gomez, star of Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, and Maridueña, star of Cobra Kai, will receive the Horizon Award.
The gala raises money for the foundation’s scholarship fund for film and theater graduate students, as well as efforts to expand content and talent development opportunities for those early in their careers.
On the bill to speak at the event are Rep. Tony Cardenas (D-ca), Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-co), along with foundation co-founders, Merel Julia and Felix Sanchez. There also will be performances by the 2022 National High School Musical Theatre Awards winners, Kendall Becerra and Nicholas Barrón, and the 2022 Palm Award winners,...
- 9/20/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
The Senate Commerce Committee moved the nominations of Gigi Sohn to the FCC and Alvaro Bedoya to the FTC, but it came in a tie vote that sets up a more complicated path to their ultimate confirmations.
The 14-14 vote along party lines for each nomination means that the committee will “report” the tie to the Senate floor.
That means more legislative maneuvering by Democrats to clear each nominee, as the Senate can move to “discharge” the nomination to get it to the floor for a vote. That’s still possible, as Vice President Kamala Harris holds the tie-breaking vote in the 50-50 Senate, and there is pressure on party leaders to get the nominations through so that Democrats will secure a majority at each agency.
The nominations were delayed last month after Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-nm) suffered a stroke, costing Democrats the votes they needed to keep the Sohn and Bedoya nominations alive.
The 14-14 vote along party lines for each nomination means that the committee will “report” the tie to the Senate floor.
That means more legislative maneuvering by Democrats to clear each nominee, as the Senate can move to “discharge” the nomination to get it to the floor for a vote. That’s still possible, as Vice President Kamala Harris holds the tie-breaking vote in the 50-50 Senate, and there is pressure on party leaders to get the nominations through so that Democrats will secure a majority at each agency.
The nominations were delayed last month after Sen. Ben Ray Lujan (D-nm) suffered a stroke, costing Democrats the votes they needed to keep the Sohn and Bedoya nominations alive.
- 3/3/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Gigi Sohn, Joe Biden’s choice to fill a fifth slot on the FCC, told a Senate committee on Wednesday that she has been subject to “unrelenting, unfair, and outright false criticism and scrutiny,” as she’s been a target of attacks from the right and industry lobbyists raise issues that have delayed her confirmation process.
Sohn’s nomination is significant because her confirmation would give Democrats a 3-2 majority on the FCC, allowing it to move forward on contentious issues like net neutrality and media consolidation. Since last year, the commission has been split between the parties 2-2.
Under questioning before the Senate Commerce Committee, Sohn said that some companies have been “opportunistic” in seizing on one issue: whether she should recuse herself from matters that she has previously weighed in on as a public interest advocate, including her tenure as co-founder of the group Public Knowledge.
Sohn said,...
Sohn’s nomination is significant because her confirmation would give Democrats a 3-2 majority on the FCC, allowing it to move forward on contentious issues like net neutrality and media consolidation. Since last year, the commission has been split between the parties 2-2.
Under questioning before the Senate Commerce Committee, Sohn said that some companies have been “opportunistic” in seizing on one issue: whether she should recuse herself from matters that she has previously weighed in on as a public interest advocate, including her tenure as co-founder of the group Public Knowledge.
Sohn said,...
- 2/9/2022
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday morning to tell Democratic congresswomen to go back to their countries of origin. Without naming anyone specifically, Trump called on “Progressive” congresswomen to leave America while bashing the countries where they “originally came from.”
So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019
….it is done.
So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019
….it is done.
- 7/14/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
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