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Elliot Goldman, a founding executive at Clive Davis’ Arista Records who also worked for CBS Records, BMG Music and Warner Communications during his long career in the music business, has died. He was 88.

Goldman died Wednesday at his Los Angeles home after struggling with health problems the past few months, his family said.

Goldman was executive vp and G.M. of Arista when Clive Davis launched the storied label in 1974, and he “played a substantial role in the history of Arista Records and strongly contributed to its success,” Davis said in a statement.

After leaving Arista, Goldman served as a senior vp at Warner Communications from 1982-85 and as president and CEO of BMG Music — which oversaw Arista and several RCA Records labels — from 1985-87, then was a consultant to record companies through the ’90s.

Goldman, who graduated from Cornell University in 1957 and Columbia University School of Law in 1961, started...

Things that go bump in the night will be honored at the first ParaPod Awards, set for Saturday, April 1 as part of the ParaPod Festival in Santa Clarita, Calif.

The awards honor the influencers and content creators who work in the paranormal genre.

“As a content producer and host myself, being able to create a platform to celebrate the paranormal genre and those content creators who are working in it has been a long-time goal,” says ParaPod founder Tony Sweet. “Influencers, podcasters, documentary filmmakers, television producers, and hosts who dare to cover topics like UFOs or Bigfoot often get overlooked by mainstream awards shows, and I want to change that.”

Podcasters whose content covered the paranormal were asked to submit their work in various categories via the ParaPod Festival website. A committee of listeners rated the podcasts in their selected categories to create a list of finalists. The finalist podcasts...