Fox, real-life record distributor in dueling suits over "Empire"

[Bob Jersey]

The studio and network of the smash music-biz soaper tried to cut SF-based Empire Distribution to the quick, much as the "Blurred Lines" writers/artists tried to do with Marvin Gaye's kids; both the series and the real 'jobber'* handle hip-hop... the pre-emptive attempt, and the distributor's counter-action (TheWrap links)

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*short for rack-jobber, syn. wholesaler... I first encountered the term reading Billboard in the 70s...