Everybody’s heard about the Pirate Bay ruling by now. There’s nothing I can add to everything that has been written so far other than to say that realistically it won’t have much impact. But my favorite take is Peter Kafka’s post in All Things Digital.
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Well, surprisingly it didn’t take that long to identify our latest mystery man. An anonymous reader said that it is Elio Sceti, CEO of EMI Music Group. Many readers were so pissed off that Anonymous posted the correct answer that they wanted me to ban him from the site! Not that I could or...
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I know. I know. This could get to be real boring real fast. But I just couldn’t resist. Can you tell me who this guy is? This time I’ll give you a clue. He’s a big time executive with lots of experience, mainly in keeping dishes clean, but he was also a leader in...
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Well, you’re not going to believe this one! EMI is going into the scratch off lottery ticket business. Yes. They’re now trying to obliterate every chapter of Gamblers Anonymous by selling the dream of joining their impressive roster of stars. But fear not. There aren’t any losers. EMI lottery tickets buyers who don’t score...
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I happened to notice a little story on Reuters newswire the other day about Guy Hands having to buy out several of Terra Firma’s investors who were desperate to bail out of their capital commitment to the fund. An old friend who spent decades in upper management at EMI and I were chatting about...
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The Music Void
