After a series of interviews, Nicole Becker was ecstatic to receive a job offer from a sportswear brand. But like many Americans navigating a tough job market, she was soon confronted with a sobering reality — the recruiter was a scammer. From fake job listings to fraudsters posing as real recruiters, employment scams are exploding…
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s Weekly Round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s Round-up is exclusively supported by BMI, a global leader in performing rights management, dedicated to supporting songwriters, composers and publishers and championing the value of music. This…
Netflix‘s animated film KPop Demon Hunters has officially become the streaming platform’s most popular movie ever, accumulating 236 million views since its June 20 release and adding another 25.4 million views in the week ending August 24. Netflix’s previous record holder, Red Notice, accumulated 230 million views during its first 91 days on the platform…
A sing-along version of Netflix’s KPop Demon Hunters scored a box office victory in the US this weekend, earning about $18 million to $20 million in box office takings on Saturday (August 23) and Sunday (August 24). That’s according to Variety, which reported on Sunday (August 24) that the film outpaced Warner Bros.’ horror film…
Duane Chapman, Beth Chapman and family. Broadimage/Shutterstock Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman is the head of a booming brood that contains 13 children from six different relationships. Scroll down to meet his family: Christopher Michael Hecht Dog became a father for the first time as a teenager when his ex-girlfriend Debbie White gave birth…
Trailblazers is an MBW interview series that turns the spotlight on music entrepreneurs with the potential to become the global business power players of tomorrow. This time, we meet Justin Garza, founder of talent management company, the Dream Adopters. Trailblazers is supported by TuneCore. Justin Garza didn’t initially set out to become an artist manager,…
KANO – The Northern Youth Assembly and Inter-Tribe Community Support Forum on Tuesday in Kano has said there have been no recorded instances of reprisal attacks over 16 slain hunters in Uromi. At a joint press conference which held at the Kano NUJ press centre, Comrade Suleiman Idris, Chairman of the Northern Youth Assembly, and…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and some prominent Nigerians, including former presidential candidates – Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi – have condemned the lynching of 16 hunters in Uromi, Edo State, after they were allegedly mistaken for kidnappers by local vigilantes. NBA president Afam Osigwe stated in a statement on Saturday that “the gruesome murder…
Chief Adetunji Adeleye, the State Commander of Amotekun, disclosed that the suspects were caught after abducting four travellers on the highway. Adeleye said he led a team, working with local hunters, to the area where the victims were being held. The Amotekun chief noted that the kidnappers had been a persistent threat to residents and…
