Forbes: The Business of Hip Hop [Forbes]
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Lehman Brothers joins list of ailing financial institutions…or it seems. [Foxbusiness.com]
CBS finally grabs internet by the balls [Forbes.com]
SonyBMG heads to India. If US Music doesn’t sell, the Bollyhop movement could definite do it [Indiatelevision.com]
Universal Music Group (UMG: 0.00 N/A N/A) and wireless giant, Qualcomm Inc. set to merge with music/mobile marketing movement. [prnewswire.com]
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Clive Davis sits down with Billboard to discuss the state of music. Straight from the source, mentioning the strength of the business minded team; the benefit of a strong A&R crew, and other things keeps labels successful during these times. This guy is like the Warren Buffet of music.
A good read on the mind [...]

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There is a report on Forbes.com that says some companies are actually benefiting from these mini takeovers. The downturn of major companies are becoming a supermarket sweep. I had just said, if I had $2 Million, I’d buy up half of my city (Foreclosures are bananas here). Of course other steps after that.
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If you haven’t heard, the legenday Clive Davis has been removed as head of CEO for BMG. As much as it can be a shock, this is showing the music industry, the way we knew it is officially over. (And Live Nation strikes again!) Clive, known for his multi-platinum ear, set music standards for [...]

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Perez’izzle posted something really interesting about the Heads over at Island Def Jam:
Universal just announced that its Island Def Jam branch is teaming up with Procter & Gamble, the big consumer goods giants (P&G makes everything from Charmin toilet paper to Maybelline makeup), on a hip hop label to be named TAG Records. [...]

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First off, the cover kinda said it all, well until I realized Young Buck was in it. 50 in the front looking like the dude at the Waffle House that has to flip his crews tab. Banks with the expression, “Hey, at least I put in $10..these dudes…”50 had mentioned his team netted about [...]

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We just passed the anniversary of Notorious B.I.G’s death, the start of the production of his life story and Diddy at the top of his game with his reality TV ventures. As I watched his last Making The Band, it hit me, all of Diddy’s excitement, shown on television, he is truly happy [...]

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I just saw the cover but there seems to be a part series about the Hip Hop Industry. Any talk about the Hip Hop biz is good talk. Ironically a feature is done on 50 Cent’s G-Unit. Them on a cover before a summer….sounds like a spin off! Or a reboot in the brand.
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Here we go..again. Amazon (AMZN: 35.84 0.00 0.00%) is re-relaunching its Amazon strategy for downloadable media with media partners Warner Music Group (WMG: 2.57 0.00 0.00%), Universal, EMI (EMIPY: 0.00 N/A N/A), etc to out do iTunes. There had just been the final break dow of the whole DRM concept. Microsoft failed miserably against iPod and iTunes [...]

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