Tony Brummel has gone from hero to zero in my book. Here was a guy trying to do it a different way.  Signing acts the majors weren’t interested in and marketing them without radio.  We applaud that.  But concomitant with a bit of success Mr. Brummel has come out of the hole from which he […]

I just don’t get it.  I just don’t understand how Les Moonves continues to play into Howard’s hand.  I don’t understand how Les can have such a blind spot.  The way to compete with Howard is to IGNORE HIM! That’s how Howard made it.  On self-promotion.  Oftentimes SHAMELESS self-promotion.  Hell, take a look at the […]

Lyor.  Please do us a favor and write Dennis and Lenny a check.  Write it off as a charitable donation.  Relief from the constant bombardment of our eyeballs and sensibilities on hitsdailydouble.com. I hope that hitsdailydouble.com is one of your bookmarked sites.  And that you visit it at least twice a day.  "Billboard" delivers a […]

How come Mac users can’t watch videos on mtv.com? I’d love to blame MTV, but just-featured in "BusinessWeek" Judy McGrath is too damn smart to make this mistake.  Then again, Judy’s a little removed at this point, and I’ll tell you right now, those in charge now DO NOT have their finger on the pulse.  […]