Septuagenarian Doug Morris began his reign as the king chili cheese of Sony Music yesterday when his chauffeur-driven Maybach pulled into 550 Madison Ave. and up to the reactivated private executive elevator that was put out of commission years ago, taking him directly to the 32nd floor where he will now reside in the...
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Now that the moves at Universal Music have begun, more will to come when Barry Weiss starts his new gig and reboots the East Coast operations. He’s tied to Sony until April, but that could change after the tug of war between Sony and UMG over when Doug Morris will be released from his...
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Seppuku, part of the samurai bushido honor code, was used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor. In practice the most common form of seppuku was obligatory seppuku, used as a form of capital punishment for disgraced samurai who had committed serious offenses or performed acts that had brought shame to them. Judging from rumblings out of Japan lately, corporate...
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The Doug Morris Farewell Tour has been the longest running show in the music business. It’s taken about 2 years for Vivendi to pry him away, and even though his successor, Lucien Grainge, took over day-to-day operations several months ago, Morris is still hanging on to his chairman title until the end of the...
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