Hypocrisy On Parade
How to rewrite history with one little press release The news that NARAS is honoring Steve Jobs with a Trustee Award has been picked up by media outlets worldwide. In making the announcement, the...
View ArticleWhere’s Rick?
Get your motor runnin'. Head out on the highway. Lookin' for adventure and whatever comes our way While everyone at 550 Madison Ave. eagerly awaits the exit of Rick Rubin, speculation has risen that...
View ArticleThe Truth About Megaupload & The Record Industry
If Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom were really smart, this is where he would be today: a beach somewhere with no extradition treaty. Who keeps their clothes on at the beach anyway? Yesterday Digital...
View ArticleGoogle Music Losing Users Weekly
Users have voted on Google Music and the results aren't good so far. Last week CNET’s top digital music reporter Greg Sandoval reported that Google Music is not living up to expectations, noting that...
View ArticleMog’s Return On Investment: Pennies From Heaven?
It's unlikely that Mog's investors will get all of their money back For the last few weeks the digital rumor mill has been buzzing about an imminent sale of the Mog music service. CEO David Hyman told...
View ArticleThe Tribe Has Spoken: UMG COO Voted Off The Island
Finally. Yesterday UMG CEO and new president of show business, Lucian Grainge, banished long-standing President & COO, Zach Horowitz, to Siberia by moving him over to the publishing company as...
View ArticleSony Music Next On The Auction Block?
Welcome to the new Sony Music Just when you thought that the summer doldrums were upon us, rumblings emanating from Asia-Pacific say that the recorded music division of Sony Music is the next major...
View ArticleDid Warner Overpay for Parlophone?
WMG owner Len Blavatnik shows off the jewelry that the Vivendi board gave him at the closing of the Parlophone deal. Less than 2 weeks ago the Warner Music Group purchased Parlophone Records from...
View ArticleMajor Record Label Seeking Buyer
UMG or Sony. Take your pick The latest music biz buzz that’s yet to go viral is that one of the three remaining major labels is shopping for a buyer and, according to a well-informed source, “it ain’t...
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