Morris Unhappy With Status Quo At Sony
"And everybody thought I was done. Ha! Hey Howard, can I still keep my Medicare?" A friend was strolling down Madison Avenue the other day when he noticed a chauffer-driven Maybach parked outside 555...
View ArticleLucian Grainge Drafts Don Ienner
Remember what happened to Moe Greene? Today Hits Magazine reported that former Sony North America chairman Don Ienner has been added to Lucian Grainge’s executive stable at Universal Music in the form...
View ArticleWarner, Sony Picking Up The Pieces
It's bonus time!!!! When Lucian Grainge pulled the rug out from under Sony Music and Warner Music last month with the surprise acquisition of EMI, it left both companies sucking for any leftover...
View ArticleWhere’s Rick?
Get your motor runnin'. Head out on the highway. Lookin' for adventure and whatever comes our way While everyone at 550 Madison Ave. eagerly awaits the exit of Rick Rubin, speculation has risen that...
View ArticleGrammy Winners & Losers: 2012 Version
Last night’s Grammy Award Show featured performances that rivaled Madonna’s Super Bowl halftime monstrosity and had its share of winners and losers. Here is my “alternative” take on the evenings...
View ArticleThe Tribe Has Spoken: UMG COO Voted Off The Island
Finally. Yesterday UMG CEO and new president of show business, Lucian Grainge, banished long-standing President & COO, Zach Horowitz, to Siberia by moving him over to the publishing company as...
View ArticleDid Warner Overpay for Parlophone?
WMG owner Len Blavatnik shows off the jewelry that the Vivendi board gave him at the closing of the Parlophone deal. Less than 2 weeks ago the Warner Music Group purchased Parlophone Records from...
View ArticleMajor Record Label Seeking Buyer
UMG or Sony. Take your pick The latest music biz buzz that’s yet to go viral is that one of the three remaining major labels is shopping for a buyer and, according to a well-informed source, “it ain’t...
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