"It’s not about a master plan and it’s not about promotion." Mark KatesManager, MGMT MGMT wasn’t even a BAND!  They’d gone to Wesleyan together, but they weren’t even living in the same damn town.  No one serviced records, but KROQ found a copy and started blasting them. It’s about the music, and luck and…not needing […]

Rob Stringer, Rick Rubin and the Real Story at Columbia Can’t say I read every word, not that I disagree with Wayne’s main point, that this was a bad deal and one could see from the past that this arrangement would be a failure.  But what is truly stunning to me is the anemic sales […]

The ink is not dry on this deal, but this is what Howard Stringer wants. Stringer personally chose Doug. But Doug’s got time left on his Universal contract. My source says one more year, many press reports say two. As for L.A. Reid, he will ride herd over a limited number of acts. And Barry […]

How dysfunctional is Sony Music that they let Barry Weiss go?  If the Yankees can sign Derek Jeter, can’t Sony make a deal with Mr. Weiss? Who do we blame? Let’s start with Howard Stringer.  Never has a man been lauded so much when results are in the dumper.  Howard has presided over the denouement […]