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Major Record Label Seeking Buyer

March 29, 2013
Major Record Label Seeking Buyer

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 Warner".

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Update: An Exercise in Irrelevancy

March 5, 2013
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Thanks to one of my valued readers, the latest sales figures for recent memoirs by both Tommy Mottola and Clive Davis reveal how little it takes to become a New York Times bestselling author. Tommy’s Hitmaker entered at Number 3 on the NY Times list last month with sales for the previous week totaling 11,285.…

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I, Clive

February 28, 2013
Another great mogul

In an industry replete with narcissists, megalomaniacs and crybabies, Clive Davis stands head and shoulders above the crowd. In his new autobiography, "The Soundtrack of My Life", Clive sets new standards for transparent self-aggrandizing, at one point comparing himself to another legendary mogul -- Moses.

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Did Tommy Mottola Buy Credibility From The New York Times?

February 19, 2013
stacked deck

Tommy Mottola's memoir "Hitmaker: The Man and His Music" hit the NY Times Bestseller list in it's first week of publication at #3. How could this be? Here's a record executive who hasn't been with a record company in over…

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Did Warner Overpay for Parlophone?

February 18, 2013
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 Vivendi for $765 million in cash, however sources familiar with the Vivendi end of the deal say that the French conglomerate was prepared to take much less.…

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Grammy Winners & Losers, 2013 Edition

February 11, 2013
The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Backstage And Audience

Another year, another boring Grammy Awards Show. Besides the actual awards themselves, there were a number of other winners and losers.

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Mottola’s “Hitmaker” Misses

February 10, 2013
vanity fair

Former Sony Music Entertainment chairman Tommy Mottola released his memoir last week, "Hitmaker: The Man and His Music", and has been making the media rounds. The once T.D. Valentine turned Tommy Mottola turned Thomas D. Mottola is now back to…

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Epic Fail

February 4, 2013
Epic Fail

It looks as though it may be a very long spring for reality TV star and part-time Epic Records Chairman L.A. Reid. News from one of my little birdies ensconced at 550 Madison Ave. says that the numbers for Epic's…

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What’s That Sound?

February 1, 2013
What’s That Sound?

Can you hear it? If you listen very closely, you can hear a bloodcurdling scream emanating from Palm Beach, FL. It's the sound of Bob Krasnow having a massive stroke. He had just read Sony Music's press release announcing their…

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