• iHeartRadio Music Awards 2020 broadcast canceled due to coronavirus

    iHeartRadio Music Awards 2020 broadcast canceled due to coronavirus

    The iHeartRadio Music Awards telecast, which had originally been set to air on Fox March 29, has finally been officially canceled for this year, with the winners instead now slated to be unveiled on radio stations and social media over the four-day Labor Day weekend. The new plan was announced by iHeartMedia Monday morning. The …
  • Cineplex resorting to ‘poison pill’ plan for stockholders

    Cineplex resorting to ‘poison pill’ plan for stockholders

    Cineplex, the embattled Canadian movie theater chain, is playing defense. Closing its doors because of the pandemic months ago, Cineplex has adopted a ‘poison pill’ or a stockholder rights plan,’ which is a defensive action against hostile and low-priced takeover attempts that take advantage of weakened stock prices. The Toronto-based company said its three-year plan …
  • Dua Lipa co-hosting virtual prom on iHeartRadio stations

    Dua Lipa co-hosting virtual prom on iHeartRadio stations

    No prom, no problem. That’s the message Dua Lipa is helping to spread to many high-school seniors across the country who won’t be able to rent that tacky tux or wear that regrettable dress this year. The 24-year-old British singer — who won the Best New Artist Grammy last year and released her second album, …
  • iHeartMedia to slash $250M in costs under coronavirus crush

    iHeartMedia to slash $250M in costs under coronavirus crush

    Radio broadcasting giant iHeartMedia is aiming to cut $250 million in costs this year, including furloughs and pay cuts, as it looks to weather the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic iHeart Chairman and Chief Executive Bob Pittman said in a Tuesday statement that iHeart’s senior management team and some other employees “voluntarily agreed to …
  • Everything you need to know about iHeart ‘Living Room Concert for America’

    Everything you need to know about iHeart ‘Living Room Concert for America’

    You’ll be able to feel the love tonight — via a live-streamed benefit concert hosted by Elton John. The hour-long “iHeartRadio Living Room Concert for America” kicked off on Fox at 9 p.m. It will raise funds for two charities helping victims of the coronavirus and first responders working on the front lines of the …