NME — Collaboration with Jay Z and Kanye West was dropped by US network following footage released of player Ray Rice allegedly assaulting his fiancé more info

TMZ — Rihanna's defending herself after the NFL and CBS pulled her musical open from Thursday Night Football ... amid the Ray Rice domestic violence scandal. The heart of her message is pretty clear -- Queen RiRi is nobody's pawn. more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - R&B singer Rihanna's record label on Tuesday said it has refused to license a song to CBS for its "Thursday Night Football" program after the TV network chose not to use the song in its season opener because it was focused on ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Roc Nation was behind the recent decision to cut Rihanna’s “Thursday Night Football” opening segment for this week, and not CBS, according to the singer's label. more info

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The Daily Mail — CBS and Rihanna look to be going their separate ways after more fallout from the Ray Rice incident. The network said Tuesday it was permanently editing a song featuring Rihanna's voice out of its Thursday night NFL telecasts — after the singer issu... more info

TMZ — Rihanna is livid at the NFL and CBS  ...  claiming the league and the network had no right to make it look like she was part of the Ravens/Steelers Thursday night pre-game show ... and had no right to single her out when it was… more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A battle between television network CBS and singer Rihanna over the use of one of her songs for its "Thursday Night Football" program escalated on Tuesday when CBS said it would drop it from its marquee prime-time show. more info

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The Daily Mail — CBS and Rihanna look to be going their separate ways after more fallout from the Ray Rice incident. The network said Tuesday it was permanently editing a song featuring Rihanna's voice out of its Thursday night NFL telecasts — after the singer issu... more info