Ken and Nancy's rock 'n' roll circus
Article Abstract:
EMI Recorded Music Pres Ken Berry is currently facing considerable challenges. The company's top groups, including the Spice Girls and the Rolling Stones, have not performed as well as expected, and its share price has fallen by 21% since early 1997. Furthermore, controversy surrounds Berry's decision to make his wife Nancy vice chairman of Virgin Records American. There have been allegations that she treats her subordinates badly, and even claims that she has had affairs with recording artists.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1998
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Farewell CDs, hello hard disk
Article Abstract:
Eurodat's Paris Music project, which allows users to download sound recordings from their hard disk for a credit card payment, has attracted interest from leading UK record labels Warners, EMI, Sony, BMG and Polygram. The UK companies have been impressed with the copyright protection which has been established by Eurodat and Kleline, which operates the payment system, and believe that the Internet could be a useful means of selling music which is not particularly popular.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
You want to be famous? Click here
Article Abstract:
Musicunsigned.com and Peoplesound.com have very different origins, but both offer exposure on the Internet for unsigned bands. Both ventures recognize that there are basic inefficiencies in the current structure of the UK recording industry, and feel that the Internet can address this problem. They both offer free Web space to unsigned bands, as well as free downloadable music to consumers.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1999
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Changes could woo back small investors. The Robin Hood budget
- Abstracts: Fatherland sees truth through a looking glass. Families blasted in 'just another mistake.'
- Abstracts: Mother Clare, in red, sorts out the feeding of 1,000. Families broken, just for the hell of it
- Abstracts: When Maureen and Castro are not who they seem. Long hours? No pay? Great!
- Abstracts: The end is nigh, again. After 72 years (and several weeks of hype), some clouds threaten the view. An ecstasy pill, a blonde from the tabloids and a career in ruins