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Emimem's return to hip-hop is now official. After months of rumors, the Oscar-winning MC announced the title of his sixth album, "Relapse," Thursday night (October 15) during an on-air radio launch party for his book "The Way I Am." Eminem also introduced a new track, "I'm Having a Relapse." "There's a lot of album titles floating around that are fake albums titles," Eminem told Shade 45 hosts DJ Kayslay and Angela Yee on Sirius Satellite Radio. No release date has been confirmed, but the album is rumored to hit shelves before year's end. Eminem's last release, 2005's "Curtain Call: The Hits," has sold 2.9 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. His last studio album was the previous year's "Encore," with sales of 5.1 million copies. Representatives for Eminem's label, Interscope, were unavailable for comment.

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The advent on instant online content has literally taken commercial media by storm. Now viewers can get news online in an instant without the usual filters, racist profiling or slants in just about any format...CNN must be concerned as they are the latest entrant into the TV comedy business is ... CNN?The news network announced Wednesday that it's starting a show with comedian D.L. Hughley. Tentatively titled "D.L. Hughley Breaks the News," it will air live at 10 p.m. Saturdays and replay 24 hours later.The show will debut Oct. 25.Hughley describes it as a news-oriented talk show — more like David Letterman's and Jay Leno's program than Jon Stewart's. It will air before a live audience from CNN's New York studio.Jon Klein, CNN U.S. president, said he took note of Hughley when the comic made an appearance on Glenn Beck's CNN Headline News show last year. Hughley, one of the four "Original Kings of Comedy," had a four-year run as the star of his own ABC sitcom and his own late-night show for Comedy Central.Hughley was shopping his prospective one-hour show to two other networks when Klein called his agent to express interest."My agent called to say, `What do you think about CNN?' and I said I'm not a newscaster," Hughley said.But the more he thought about it, the more it seemed to make sense.Comedy on news networks — planned comedy, that is — is unusual but not unprecedented. Fox News Channel aired the "Half Hour News Hour," but production stopped in 2007. CNN International, seen outside of the United States, airs reruns of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show.""The audience that gets so much of its news from comedians these days clearly has no problem with that," Klein said.Klein said CNN drew a record high audience for cable television among the youthful 18-to-49-year-old audience during the second presidential debate, so the network wants to keep those young viewers engaged. News viewership tends to skew old, an audience less valuable to advertisers.As for setting limits on Hughley, Klein said, "Anything goes.""It's as if we're shutting off the lights at the end of the day and letting him run amok," he said.TV veteran Mitch Semel is the executive producer. Semel was the first head of programming at Comedy Central, started "Politically Incorrect" with Bill Maher and was a CBS late-night programming executive.Hughley already has a road trip planned, to interview participants at a Sarah Palin rally in North Carolina."It's a black guy and a Jewish producer, so we will stand out like `Mississippi Burning,'" he said.

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BET'S AMERICAN GANGSTER SERIES "CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP" - Director Billy Wright ("Dead Homiez") acts as consulting producer for a special segment of BET's "American Gangster" series, dedicated to the legend of "Monster" Kody Scott ( aka Sanyika Shakur ) when the series returns for a third season run this October 23. Wright is currently in post production and preparing to release his independent film, "Can't Stop, Won't Stop" (www.cantstopwontstopthemovie.com/) a movie, narrated by the now incarcerated Monster Kody and based on the best selling book, Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member. "This has been a landmark year for my friend and homie. In addition to our film, Grove/Atlantic, Inc. is re-releasing his first book, Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member and they also just recently released his new novel, "Thug Life" reveals Wright. Pictured from left to right: Billy Wright, consulting producer, Monster Kody episode of "American Gangster"; Mark Rowland, supervising producer, "American Gangster" ; Mio Kim, associate producer, "American Gangster" ; seated, P. Frank Williams, producer, "American Gangster."

Station distributes ‘101.9 RXP Rockconomy Stimulus Packages' in Financial District New York rock station 101.9 RXP “The New York Rock Experience” is doing their part to help out on Wall Street and stimulate the Rockconomy by distributing 101.9 RXP Rockconomy Stimulus Packages in the financial district. All week 101.9 RXP gave 101.9 RXP Rockconomy Stimulus Packages to Wall Street executives as they exited the market floor. Each package was filled with relief items including a pair of local rock concert tickets, free massages, stress balls, Tylenol and station merchandise. The relief effort was part of 101.9 RXP’s on air “Rockconomy” stimulus effort providing financially strapped rock fans in the tri-state a month of free tickets every hour including “1000 Rock concert tickets in 31 days”. For more info on how 101.9 RXP is helping to stimulate the Rockconomy visit www.1019RXP.com.

EU scientists sounded the alarm yesterday about the dangers of using digital music players, warning that listening to them too long and at too high a volume can cause permanent hearing loss. They found that 5-10% of those who listen to MP3 players for more than an hour a day weekly at a high volumes risk permanent hearing loss. They study says that 184 tp 246 million portable audio devices had been sold over the last years, including 124-165 million MP3 players. That means that between 2.5 million and 10 million people are at risk. The panel found that people who listen for only 5 hours a week with a volume above 89 decibels... would exceed the current limits in place for noise allowed in the workplace. Users listening for longer periods risk permanent hearing loss after five years, according to their findings. EU rules already restrict noise levels from such MP3s to 100 decibels, but the European Commission said that there was growing concern about excessive exposure to such devices, especially among youths.

Howard Stern, the self-proclaimed King of All Media, has lost his crown.The shock jock's syndicated morning radio show once drew a national audience of 12 million, but since jumping to satellite radio three years ago, his listeners have dwindled to a fraction of that. Where once Stern routinely commanded a parade of Hollywood's hottest stars -- George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Julia Roberts -- today publicists are left to tout studio appearances by the likes of Chevy Chase, Joan Rivers or Hulk Hogan. [read the whole story here]

So far this year Stanford’s Fair Use Project has taken on an author and the estate of a beloved musician. Now they’re going after a talk show host. With the copyright battle between Premise Media, Yoko Ono and EMI just recently extinguished, the Fair Use Project is back at it. On Friday, with the help of Bingham McCutchen, the Fair Use Project’s Tony Falzone, representing Brave New Films, filed a suit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against talk radio host Michael Savage and Talk Radio Network. [read the whole story here]

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It's obvious the African-American male posing as Bristol Palin's baby's father on multiple Internet videos were fake. The real dad, Levi Johnston, who's having a baby with Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter, speaks out in an exclusive interview with the Associated Press, and can't believe all the things he's hearing. No, he wasn't held against his will on the campaign trail. No, he's not being forced into a shotgun wedding with 17-year-old Bristol Palin. "None of that's true," Johnston, 18, said in a rare interview with The Associated Press. "We both love each other. We both want to marry each other. And that's what we are going to do." Standing in the driveway of his family home in this small Alaska town, Johnston spoke about the rumors swirling around him. The soft-spoken teenager discussed his relationship with Palin and how life has changed with fatherhood fast approaching. He agreed to talk despite the presidential campaign's advice in the days following Gov. Sarah Palin's nomination to avoid the media. "They're not telling me anything right now," Johnston said as he checked his Blackberry. "It's pretty chill." Not surprisingly, Johnston was a little shocked when he learned about Bristol's pregnancy, but he says he quickly embraced the prospects of fatherhood. Johnston hinted he's expecting a boy, but he declined to discuss baby names. The baby is due Dec. 18. Johnston has dropped out of high school to take a job on the North Slope oil fields as an apprentice electrician. "I'm looking forward to having him," he said. "I'm going to take him hunting and fishing. He'll be everywhere with me." Johnston, a Wasilla heartthrob, said he wanted to set the record straight. For starters, he said his much-maligned MySpace page was a joke - the one that claimed he said: "I'm a ... redneck," and "I don't want kids." Johnston said his friends created the page a few years ago and he had nothing to do with it. Johnston said he has dated Palin since his freshman year in high school. "We were planning on getting married a long time ago with or without the kid," he said. "That was the plan from the start." While Johnston provided few details about next summer's wedding, the planning has started: A cousin will likely be his best man, and he has asked two hockey buddies, Ben Barber and Dane Wilson, to be groomsmen. Johnston said he wasn't forced to campaign with Palin's mother. Bristol Palin invited him and Johnston jumped at the chance. It was a whirlwind experience for Johnston, who was seated with the Palins at the Republican National Convention. "At first, I was nervous," he said. "Then I was like, 'Whatever.'" While his friends say he is a celebrity now, Johnston said it hasn't changed him. "I'm still the same old boy," said Johnston. "I'm just a workin' man." And now he's also about to become a family man. "We're up for it. I'm excited to have my first kid. It's going to be a lot of hard work but we can handle it." Wasilla hockey coach Bill Sturdevant, who was invited to the wedding, said he was sorry to hear Johnston wasn't going to return for his senior year of high school. But he said he believes Johnston, a talented hockey player, will find his way. "He's a tough kid," Sturdevant said. "He's taking everything in stride." Johnston spoke on politics, stating, he wasn't an expert on politics by any stretch. Asked about Barack Obama, he replied: "I don't know anything about him. He seems like a good guy. I like him." But Johnston is still rooting for John McCain and Sarah Palin. "I just hope she wins," he said. "She's my future mother-in-law. She better win.

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