There’s a brain drain going on at Live Nation. And it’s a people business. And you can’t teach someone the road/concert promotion overnight, it takes years to gain a sense of what sells and what does not, how to make a deal, where and how you can make money or get screwed. AEG doesn’t seem […]

"Backstage (at the Oscars), Mr. Newman picked up on the weary, wrung-out mood when he responded to a chipper college reporter’s question about breaking into the music business by responding: ‘Who would want to break into it? It’s like a bank that’s already been robbed.’" Younger Audience Still Eludes the Oscars Now that’s funny. I […]

Websites to Google: ‘You’re killing our business!’ Ain’t that America. Arianna Huffington cashes out and goes on a victory lap, basking in the media’s adoration of her win, jealous while they’re anointing her, and it turns out she made her money the old fashioned way.  By cheating. This is after marrying a rich gay guy […]

Where’s Steve Stoute when you need him? So they hire Anne Hathaway and James Franco to appeal to the younger demo but end up with a traditional show that youngsters don’t care about.  No wonder the Oscar telecast is in trouble. To a youngster a movie is "Iron Man 2".  A roller coaster ride outside […]