Neil Young’s Music Rescue Mission (Video)

Protecting their business model of having people pay exorbitant amounts to attend their conferences, Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher and their D: Dive Into Media conference refuse to post the entire Neil Young interview online. One wonders if they too have been paying attention to what has happened in the [...]

Re-Springsteen Tickets
Bruce wouldn’t go to all-in pricing, he didn’t want to appear to be charging more than $100 for a ticket. So, you end up being mad at Ticketmaster, but those fees don’t go to the ticketing company, they’re promoter and building profit.
And let’s be clear, Bruce is no worse than so many of the [...]

From: Gary Dell’AbateTo: Bob LefsetzSubject: Springsteen
You should do a piece on the Springsteen tour. I am on an e-mail chain with about 50 fans. Not one of them could score a ticket through the web. It looks like the scalpers won this round.

From: Bob LefsetzTo: Gary Dell’Abate
This is very complicated.  Been on the phone with [...]

Subject: DigSin/DRNK TXTNG
Bob,
I’d be interested to hear your take on this story about DigSin, Jay Frank’s new "label" model which launched this week.
Business Matters: Looking for a New Kind of Record Label? Here’s DigSin …
Not that I care about commercial radio anymore, but having read about his basic philosophy of what makes a radio [...]