Arista Records is over. The new management at Sony’s RCA division have put the venerable label started by Clive Davis to sleep at age 36. Arista had drifted since 2000 when BMG, which owned it then, ... Read More
Reported elsewhere, but I’ve done a little confirming of my own: If he can get out of his remaining contract at Universal Music Group, Doug Morris will become the head of Sony Music. Yes, he’s ... Read More
Yes, I do feel like an old curmudgeon now. Watching the “American Music Awards” — granted using DVR and going back and forth, not in real time by any means– was torture. No one̵... Read More
Rihanna is starting to get jinxed by the Grammys. Last night, she and her assistant tried to get to their floor seats at the Staples Center at the start of the show. But the show had just begun, and the se... Read More
Clive Davis‘ annual pre-Grammy shindig is my favorite party of the year. It’s the best of the season, a tie maybe with Vanity Fair’s Oscar party. Everyone in Hollywood wants to be in the ... Read More
