Hip-Hop vs. America (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
I remember when I was at Uptown records, I was a Senior VP at Universal. I had great success. I had Monifa, Soul For Real, I had me. I had great success there. But there is nothing artistic about running a label. It made me realize how much of an artist I am. I remember going to Doug Morris who is one of my favorite people on the planet, there was a buyout that went on for 12 billion,...
Lefsetz Letter (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Did you read that story in the "Wall Street Journal" about the iPhone/iPod Touch becoming a gaming platform? That’s Doug Morris’ mistake. He thinks the iPod is merely a music machine. He thinks he’s got all the leverage, when he’s losing power daily. In the seventies, the first thing you did upon moving into a new apartment [...]
Cnet (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
Music industry sources say Universal Music Group CEO Doug Morris is beginning to rewards from requiring digital music services to pay per-play minimums.
Lefsetz Letter (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
But what if it was as easy to acquire the detritus as the hit? What if it cost just as much? That’s the promise of digital music. That for a low sum you can have access to, experience just about, everything. We’d be richer as a culture for it. But this is anathema to those presently in power. Why Doug Morris and Edgar Bronfman can’t see that the success of the iTunes Store will marginalize...
