It was about the store on Sunset. When you came to L.A., you went to the Whisky, the Troubadour, the Roxy and… Tower Records. It was on Sunset, in the era when there were billboards for albums. And on the outside of the nondescript building were paintings of albums. This was where music lived. And […]

Distribution is king, now more than ever. Meet the new gatekeeper, same as the old gatekeeper, only different. If you want to get your message out, you must do it on a social network. I.e. Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat or Twitter. Tumblr’s a moribund also-ran and Pinterest has hit a ceiling and is no longer a […]

“Mike Huckabee Resigns From CMA Foundation Board Following Outcry in Nashville” If only the Grammys reacted this swiftly to the abomination of their awards show, with the secret committee refusing to nominate the past year’s most successful act, Ed Sheeran and voters refusing to acknowledge hip-hop in the big categories and Neil Portnow’s dis of […]

The two biggest stories this week are Malone/Liberty taking control of iHeart and Comcast bidding for Sky. Cash is king, and Malone/Liberty use it to buy/invest when the chips are down. That’s how they gained control of not only Sirius XM, but Pandora and now it looks like iHeart. Funny how the king of cable […]