Blog: Idolator

What's stronger and more impregnable than the news judgment of network television, the fiscal wisdom of Los Angeles City Hall, or a celebrity's last will and testament? Answer: Billboard 's chart rules. Even as the early summer of 2009 has seen TV newscasters ignore global unrest in favor of Michael Jackson death coverage; L.A. spend millions amid a state budget crisis to police a Jackson memorial; and Jackson's heirs treat his final documented wishes as mere suggestions, Billboard has not budged. Since [...]