Mary J. Blige’s Daily Affirmation and 12 More New Songs

Mary J. Blige is fighting and overcoming self-doubt once again. “I’m so tired of feeling empty,” she says in a bold tone on a slow-moving, vintage-style soul piece backed by a moody string arrangement. But there is a solution: to look in the mirror every morning with self-affirmation, saying, “Good morning, beautiful.” “I’m not talking …

The Daily News gets an editor ‘as needed’ until a replacement is found.

Robert York, editor-in-chief of The Daily News of New York, is being replaced on an interim and “as needed” position by his company brother, Andrew Julien, editor and publisher of The Hartford Courant. An executive at the newspaper’s publisher said the search for a permanent editor is ongoing. The change, which took effect immediately, was …

‘Faster, Harder, Higher’: Rolling Stone Hires Daily Beast Editor

The magazine announced on Thursday that it has named Rolling Stone news site The Daily Beast veteran Noah Shachtman as its next editor-in-chief, urging him to continue transforming the 54-year-old pop music bible into digital. -first broadcast. Mr. Shachtman, 50, said in an interview that he plans to bring The Daily Beast’s journalistic approach and …