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U2 At The Forum

From: Michael Rapino To: Bob Lefsetz Subject: Re: You like show so far   From: Bob Lefsetz To: Michael Rapino Subject: Re Screen is unbelievable. They had it backwards. Should have gone on tour before the album. Create word of mouth. Just a few shows. Then sell tickets. We live in a pull economy not […]

Today’s Uber Story

My driver subscribed to Spotify Premium. I read in “Consumer Reports” that my car was recalled. Well, kinda. If you live in the southeastern part of the country the moisture might lead the Takata airbag to explode upon collision, causing shrapnel to fly through the interior, killing a couple of people already, and being the […]

Apple Streaming

If Apple were all-powerful, iTunes Radio would have killed Pandora. But it did not. You think the way everybody’s speculating next week Apple is gonna announce that Jimmy Iovine was cured from cancer and Steve Jobs was brought back from the dead. Most people don’t even think about on demand streaming services, YouTube serves them […]

The Country Kerfuffle

It’s a ROCK format! So, are those heirloom or cherry tomatoes? Today it even made the L.A. “Times,” the statement by country music consultant Keith Hill that he advises stations not to play two women in a row, that males are the lettuce and women are the tomatoes in the salad. And the women are […]