I know, I know, you’re asking what this has to do with the music business. I’ll admit I’m fascinated by the computer industry.  Which is a gross appellation for a multifarious landscape which includes everything from hardware to software to services to MP3 players.  Hell, remember when HP licensed the iPod? And there have been […]

Used to be they went hand in hand. That’s no longer the case. I’ve been overwhelmed with information about the Salahis.  You know, the Obama gatecrashers on the new "Housewives" show.  She’s pissed Whoopi dissed her. "USA Today"’s got the story of her day.  I should be interested why? Michaele Salahi, and I had to […]

We live in an information age.  He who has the most information wins. That’s one of the reasons Irving Azoff is so powerful, he’s working the phones/the relationships 24/7, he’s plugged in to what’s happening and has a bead on the personalities. But one thing the Fortune 500 are doing that the music industry execs […]

In order to justify overpaying independent concert promoters for their companies, Robert Sillerman needed to find someone to buy SFX.  That was always the plan, to find a mark who could be convinced the company was an endless money machine, and must be snapped up. That company ended up being Clear Channel. But where was […]