Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee members wonder why the price of cable TV has risen 50% since deregulation: Key members of a Senate Committee lashed out at the cable television industry yesterday for repeatedly raising rates on service that effectively forces consumers to subscribe to dozens of channels they …

When all is said and done, Bob Marley’s musical bones will have been as picked over as Jimi Hendrix’s and John Lennon’s: The family of Bob Marley has discovered a batch of unheard recordings by the reggae icon that may be used as the basis for an album partially produced …

I guess he, um, won: That registration was part of a formal police caution Townshend received for accessing a Web site containing images of child abuse. Townshend was arrested in January on suspicion of making and possessing indecent images of children. The arrest was part of Operation Ore, an FBI-led …

Justin Timberlake has been signed as a special correspondent by Turner Sports: singer will report from several sports events for TNT, including the NBA playoffs, NASCAR races and the PGA championship. For TBS, he’ll appear at major league baseball games and Big 12 and Pac-10 college football games. “We are …

If you’re like I am, you often feel that life is passing by in a blur, rushing from the past to the future, rarely stopping for the present. One of the great things about blogging is that it slows, or at least documents, this rush. Here is a project taking …

Brian, check it out: First Scene Film & Music Expo provides a premier platform for emerging filmmakers, and other artists to debut their projects while giving influential members of the New York film/Arts community a first look at exceptional new work. First Scene will commence on May 21st at Pressure, …

Manhattan civil court jury awards indie label TVT $132 million in damages against the Island Def Jam Music Group and Lyor Cohen, its chairman and chief executive: [The award] followed a federal trial that ended in March, when Mr. Cohen and his company, a large and profitable record label, were …

CNN interview with one of the four college students sued by the RIAA for contributory copyright infringement: BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: A story we talked about yesterday want to pick up again today. The recording industry opening up a new front in its fight against file sharing over the Internet. …

Coincidence? Wal-Mart just dumped the three “lad mags” for being a little too much like Playboy. Playboy announces its “lad mag” makeover: Playboy’s new editor James Kaminsky says he’s got a magazine for you. After months of nips and tucks to stop the signs of aging at the 50-year-old publication, …

With their concert tour off to a rousing start a few days ago, it appeared the Dixie Chicks’ nightmare was about over. But no, the controversy just won’t go gently into that goodnight: two DJ’s were suspended from country station KKCS in Colorado Springs for playing the Chicks: “We pulled …