Florida Sentinel Bulletin

CEO Peter Edge and COO Tom Corson told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview that they were shutting down Jive and Arista immediately, and focusing on the RCA brand. Well as they cleverly put it, “the artists are the brand.”

Which is a good way of saying they’re going to downsize and they have no clue how to continue to thrive in the business so they’d much rather keep the heavy hitters and get rid of the excess.

“The concept is that there is value in branding RCA and not having it confused or diluted by other labels,” Corson said.

Jive, which was the home to Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and A Tribe Called Quest was run by Barry Weiss for years, who is now over at Def Jam. Arista gave birth to Usher, Whitney Houston and the Bad Boy label at one point. Even the J Records roster is falling under RCA.

There was no full list of who is staying and who’s going, but they were a bunch of employee cuts and of course some acts were let go. American Idol season 9 winner Lee DeWyze was one of those artists that got the axe.

Edge said, “The big initiative here is to spend more money on artist development, making more records and making better records and less on all of the other stuff.”

A bidding war has reportedly erupted now that a rumored Tupac sex tape has come to light.

Two potential buyers have expressed interest in the tape that was reportedly filmed in 1991 and shows the rapper being orally serviced by a woman.

One of the potential buyers is said to be an adult website called YouPorn whose owner Corey Price confirmed that the site has made an official offer to pay $150k for the tape.

LOS ANGELES — An emergency room physician told jurors Monday that Michael Jackson’s doctor never mentioned that he had given the singer the powerful anesthetic propofol.

Dr. Richelle Cooper recounted her conversations with Dr. Conrad Murray on the day Jackson died, telling jurors that he told her that he had only given the singer the sedative lorazepam.

Cooper resumed testifying Monday as Murray’s involuntary manslaughter trial began its second week.

Murray, 58, has pleaded not guilty and his defense lawyers claim Jackson gave himself a fatal dose of sedatives and propofol, which is normally administered in hospital settings.

Authorities say he administered the fatal dose and acted recklessly by providing Jackson the drug as a sleep aid. Cooper testified she never asked Murray to sign a death certificate because, by the time he was brought to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Jackson became her patient.

Diddy has apologized for a rant he gave during the BET Hip-Hop Awards weekend in Atlanta.

The mogul was spotted alongside T.I. and Jeezy at Atlanta’s Club Compound when he suddenly lashed out at clubgoers for not drinking his Ciroc vodka. “Put that sh** down! It’s Ciroc Boys in The buildin’. What you gonna do b*tch?!”

Now that video of the incident has circulated across the net, Diddy is stepping up to apologize for his actions and released a series of tweets asking his followers for forgiveness.

According to reports, Fox has decided to pull the plug on comedy Affion Crockett’s sketch comedy show In The Flow.

Although the Fox network hasn’t given an official word, the Jamie Foxx produced show, which premiered on August 14th, 2011 and has aired just six episodes, more than likely the show won’t be seen on Fox again.

KINGSTON, JAMAICA — One of Jamaica’s most popular deejays has been charged with murder.

A police statement issued Monday evening says dancehall star Vybz Kartel was charged with murder, conspiracy to murder and illegal possession of a firearm.

Police accuse the rapper, whose real name is Adijah Palmer, of conspiring with others to kill a 27-year-old promoter who was slain on a street corner earlier this year.

Kartel’s defense attorney, Tom Tavares-Finson, could not be reached about the allegations. The 35-year-old Kartel was initially arrested Friday for marijuana possession.

Known for sexually explicit and violent lyrics, Kartel has previously been arrested on charges including assault and illegal gun possession. Those charges were later dropped.

According to UK website Daily Mail, Kanye West has been in London spending major euros.

Reports state that the rapper dropped £14,000 (which equals about $22,000 U.S. dollars) in a fabric shop in East London on materials for his upcoming women’s clothing line, which he premiered during Fashion Week last week.

Owner of London Trimmings, Ashraf Loonat, was shocked when the star walked in but said he was very down to earth.

“He turned up unexpectedly at first,” said Loonat. “He was very polite, interested in what we had to say.”

LOS ANGELES — An executive for the maker of a medical device used by Michael Jackson’s doctor to monitor the singer told jurors on Friday that the equipment was not adequate for the continuous monitoring of patients.

The $275 fingertip device that monitors the pulse and blood oxygen levels was recovered after Jackson’s death and was being used by Dr. Conrad Murray while he was giving the singer doses of the surgical anesthetic propofol.

Prosecutors called Nonin Medical executive Bob Johnson to try to show that Murray lacked enough equipment to care for the singer during the treatments. Propofol is normally administered in hospital settings.

Johnson said the model that Murray used had no audible alarm and was not intended to be used for the continuous monitoring of patients.

NEW YORK — On Thursday night, Jay-Z hosted a carnival at the Hudson River Park pier for his Shawn Carter Foundation. But it wasn’t all Ferris wheels and funnel cakes. The event was called Making the Ordinary Extraordinary, and it sought to raise funds for college scholarships.

MTV News caught up with Mr. Carter at the event, where he said the evening was about having fun while raising money for a good cause. Jay said two of the worst things in life are a waste of talent and a person who applies him- or herself but is unable to advance due to financial hardship. He hoped this foundation would help ease such burdens and assist people in recognizing their potential.