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Amazon Music expands catalog to 100M songs for members

Nov 1, 2022 / Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon Music is gearing up for a massive content expansion: The streaming giant will offer a full catalog of music with mo...
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Perfect 10: Taylor Swift sets Billboard Hot 100 first

Nov 1, 2022 / Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — “Midnights” became a perfect 10 for Taylor Swift as she is the first artist to claim the top 10 slots of ...
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Powerball prize soars to $1.2B after no winners found Monday

Nov 1, 2022 / Associated Press

There were no big treats from the Halloween night Powerball drawing, as none of the tickets sold matched all six numbers. The lack of a winner mean...
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ESPN sells majority interest in iconic X Games brand

Oct 26, 2022 / Associated Press

ESPN has closed a deal to sell its majority stake in the X and Winter X Games. That marks the end of a nearly three-decade chapter during which the...
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Nielsen, Amazon Prime spar over who really watches football

Oct 26, 2022 / Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — If you ask the Nielsen company, 7.8 million people watched last Thursday's football game between New Orleans and Arizona, mos...
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Nantz to call last Final Four in '23, Eagle to take over

Oct 25, 2022 / Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Jim Nantz will step away from calling the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament after next year and will be succeeded by Ian...
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Barkley, 'Inside the NBA' crew agree to contract extensions

Oct 19, 2022 / Associated Press

Charles Barkley will not be leaving TNT or the “Inside the NBA” crew for the foreseeable future. Barkley has signed a 10-year extension...
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Prime Video will add Black Friday game to NFL package in '23

Oct 19, 2022 / Associated Press

The NFL has announced that Amazon Prime Video will stream a game on Black Friday beginning next season. The game will take place on Nov. 24, 2023, ...
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Sunday night NFL tilt leads in week's television ratings

Oct 19, 2022 / Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC had an attractive Sunday night football matchup between NFC East contenders Dallas and Philadelphia this week, and were r...
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Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy celebrates 20th anniversary

Oct 18, 2022 / Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton proudly accepted the Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy at Gotham Hall Thursday night, saying she was “proud a...
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Dolly Parton donation strategy: 'I just give from my heart'

Oct 18, 2022 / Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Dolly Parton laughs at the idea that she is some sort of secret philanthropist. “I don’t do it for attention,&rdq...
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Lainey Wilson, Carly Pearce celebrate at CMT Artists show

Oct 18, 2022 / Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — It's been a good year for country artists Lainey Wilson and Carly Pearce, who are being honored with their peers ...
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Football, dramas lead Nielsen's weekly top 20 list

Oct 12, 2022 / Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — As is traditional in the fall, NBC's Sunday night football telecast dominated the weekly television rankings, in this case a ...
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Hollywood sign gets makeover ahead of its centennial in 2023

Oct 5, 2022 / Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Hollywood sign is getting a makeover befitting its status as a Tinseltown icon. After a pressure-wash and some rust re...
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'Lindeville' is where Ashley McBryde's characters come alive

Oct 5, 2022 / Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Welcome to Lindeville, a fictional town for quirky small-town characters created by Ashley McBryde and her songwritin...
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Loretta Lynn, coal miner's daughter and country queen, dies

Oct 5, 2022 / Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, has died. Lynn's family ...
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Tour bus crash injures musician Hardy, 3 others

Oct 4, 2022 / Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A tour bus carrying country music singer and songwriter Hardy and three others was involved in a crash that injured e...
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Rihanna to headline the next Super Bowl halftime show

Sep 26, 2022 / Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Rihanna is set to star in February’s Super Bowl halftime show. The singer, who declined to perform in the 2019 Super Bo...
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Prime Video averages 15.3M viewers in its NFL season opener

Sep 23, 2022 / Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Amazon Prime Video’s first regular-season game as the exclusive home of “Thursday Night Football” averag...
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Sunday, Monday football games fight for ratings supremacy

Sep 21, 2022 / Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — As often happens, NBC's ‘Sunday Night Football’ game won the week's rating competition, but the Chicago-Green Bay...
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CMT announces five stars as their 2022 Artists of the Year

Sep 21, 2022 / Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — CMT will honor Carly Pearce, Cody Johnson, Kane Brown, Luke Combs and Walker Hayes as their 2022 Artists of the Year ...