First, thank you so much for sharing some personal stories about Michael.  He wouldn’t have wanted them shared while he was with us, but I, being his younger sister, appreciate that others get to read what a great, generous person he was. I was fortunate enough to visit with him numerous times in the past […]

Hi Bob: Long term friend Stephen Budd copied me in on your recent email relating to the sad departure of Seymour Stein.  I felt compelled to respond…so here goes! Your observations and stories about Seymour have had me reminiscing since I woke up this morning.  We go back a long, long way that’s for sure…mid […]

Ticketmaster is committed. All dates that play after January 1st will be all-in. This will end customer confusion. They will only see one price. The main reason Live Nation is doing this is to cut the FTC off at the pass. Michael Rapino learned this from Daniel Ek. You get ahead of the customer, that’s […]

From: Peter Wiley Subject: Spotify Discovery Mode Hi Bob, thought this Tweet thread was a solid (and concise) look at Spotify’s Discovery Mode. I work for a label distributed via Sony’s Orchard and Sony will not participate in DM, nor allow any of it’s subsidiaries to opt in. There’s a real concern that their unilateral […]