Posts Tagged ‘ Universal Music ’

Q: Who’s The Next David Foster? A: David Foster

January 24, 2011
Who's going to win the smackdown over David Foster?

David Foster is arguably the most successful music producer in the world. He has produced such artists as Andrea Bocelli, Céline Dion, Mariah Carey, Charice, Gloria Estefan, Nsync, Neil Diamond, Whitney Houston, Cher, Prince, Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, Chaka Khan, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Kenny Rogers, Boz Scaggs, Olivia Newton-John, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Janet...
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Low Sales Week Ushers In Universal Music Cuts

January 19, 2011
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UPDATE: Today (Jan. 21) UMG has laid off 60 people as part of its company reorganization plans, according to a report in today’s Hollywood Reporter. According to my sources, this is merely the beginning of many more cuts to come. These sources tell me that the plans for the cutbacks were formulated last summer...
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UMG Reorg Plans Leaked?

November 4, 2010
UMG Reorg Plans Leaked?

New UMG boss Lucian Grainge has reportedly laid out his reconstruction plans for the East Coast label group. According to sources close to the major, Island Def Jam will be split and merged into two other labels. The IDJ R&B artists, including Jay-Z, Kanye West and Ludacris, will be moved over to the newly...
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The Long Goodbye

October 26, 2010
The Long Goodbye

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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Apple to Music Labels: “We’ll Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse”

October 18, 2010
Apple to Music Labels: “We’ll Make You An Offer You Can’t Refuse”

Are major label record execs waking up in the morning finding horse heads in their beds? If not, then maybe there’s more going on than meets the eye. A couple of weeks ago CNET’s Greg Sandoval broke a story about Apple’s intention to launch a subscription service and, in their negotiations with the major...
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Virgin Media, UMG Looking Backward Together

June 18, 2009
Virgin Media, UMG Looking Backward Together

Much has been made about the new subscription service that Virgin Media is launching this coming December. And the timing of the announcement, the day before the Digital Britain Report was released, was no accident. That report, although mostly focused on broadband penetration, suggested that warning letters and “technical solutions” from the ISP’s be...
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Commentary: Are Record Labels Having A Sunni Awakening?

May 29, 2009
Commentary: Are Record Labels Having A Sunni Awakening?

The Brits released the results of a new study yesterday claiming that 7 million people in the UK are illegally file sharing, costing the economy billions of pounds. Consequently the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property (SABIP) says it may be hard to change attitudes. Duh. You think? This is news? Give me a...
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Those Pesky Little Swedes

April 17, 2009
Those Pesky Little Swedes

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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