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 
<http://www.thewrap.com/empire-lawsuit-marks-another-lee-daniels-title-dispute/>,
 
and the distributor's counter-action 
<http://www.thewrap.com/empire-distribution-fires-back-at-fox-show-over-name-dispute/>
 
(TheWrap links)

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

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