Looks like the EMI Lottery is a worldwide hit. This weekend I received an email from yet another winner. Alistaire Goolsby and his wife Madge of Perth, Australia bought an EMI Scratch & Sniff Lottery ticket last week and won an appropriately one-of-a-kind Katy Perry Pooper Scooper. As you can see, Alistaire is delighted...
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Most download stores suck. But a buddy of mine has an interesting twist on the standard fare. James Glicker, past CEO of the Baltimore Symphony, former BMG Classics exec and co-founder of FullAudio (one of the earliest digital music download stores) founded Passionato last fall in the UK. The store differentiates itself by offer only classical...
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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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The answer? Not quite. For all the hype surrounding Rick Rubin’s arrival at Columbia Records, you’d be hard pressed to name any acts he’s signed let alone Sony artists that he’s produced other than Neil Diamond, often referred to as “The Jewish Elvis”. He’s in the studio with Crosby, Stills & Nash, but his...
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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
