This has got more to do with AEG than it does Warner Music. Rapino had to make sure he had the star under his belt, to prevent his rival from scooping her up, because there are very few arena acts left. That’s the story. Who’s going to fill these buildings in the future? Major labels […]

Venerable music industry Website hitsdailydouble is reporting that Guy Hands is installing a motley crew of newbies to run his recently acquired EMI in the United States. While he’s at it, why doesn’t he fire Jason Flom and give the gig to his nephew. Yup, the young pup has probably bought a few CDs, he’s […]

JANUARY Eric Nicoli fires Alain Levy and David Munns. Desperately trying to save his own job, the biscuit king axes the architects of PolyGram’s success. A company that was stolen from under Levy and company by Universal when the Frenchman spent too much time and money trying to enter the movie business, where any savvy […]

Who knows more about the future of the record business, Rick Rubin or Guy Hands? Based on the leaked EMI memo, it appears that Rubin’s been beaten, Hands down. We’ve seen this movie before, with IBM. Suddenly, with the shift from mainframes to PCs, IBM was out in the cold. Oh, it cried for a […]