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Welcome EMI
I want to officially welcome Elio Leoni-Sceti, Ronn Werre and Sylvia Coleman of EMI to my little site. I was in London a couple of days ago with a friend and we just happened to bump into the three of them and I was introduced. They told me that they were avid readers so... »
EMI To Mom & Pops: Eat Cake Bitch
Here’s a really good one for you. Last week EMI sales reps started making calls to many if not all of their small accounts, mostly independent mom & pop stores, to tell them that they would no longer sell them product!!! Were these accounts bad payers? Nope. Would they not stock catalog or new... »
London Calling
I know that I have been writing a lot lately about EMI. I know that it seems as though I’m beating up on them. But to paraphrase the great Willie “The Actor” Sutton’s response when asked why he robbed banks, “Because that’s where the money is”. Last week brought lots of news from the ongoing... »
Elio Speaks: What, Me Worry?
The following is an internal memo from EMI’sElio Leoni-Sceti to his staff: Dear all: Over the past couple of days, there have been some misleading and inaccurate media reports about EMI’s financial position. You may receive questions from artists and business partners. The facts are as follows: EMI’s financial structure EMI has an extremely stable and flexible financial structure.... »
EMI Tapped Out
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that Terra Firma had to put up another $44.8 million to bail out EMI. Of course everyone at EMI didn’t know about it because they’ve been forced to cancel their subscriptons to the WSJ in cost cutting moves. So this brings Terra Firma’s investment in EMI to... »
US To Enter Recording Business?
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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