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Do you have an URL:

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Arvid Solvang
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Hi Arvid,

>Do you have an URL:
>  
>
If you read German, then here's the first public announcement I saw:
http://www.mediabiz.de/newsvoll.afp?Biz=mu&Nnr=115626&NL=MA

I'm sure tomorrow the english sources will catch up.
And I guess www.bmg.com will soon contain the info as well.

Cheers,
Joeri

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Joeri Vankeirsbilck
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>> subject says it all....

>Well, they were always distributed by BMG anyways,
>so I guess it only makes sense...

And why is that so important? Zomba beeing bought by BMG I mean... Unless you're Britney of course.


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On Tuesday 11 June 2002 11:27 am, Elvis Presley wrote:
> >> subject says it all....
> >
> >Well, they were always distributed by BMG anyways,
> >so I guess it only makes sense...
>
> And why is that so important? Zomba beeing bought by BMG I mean... Unless
> you're Britney of course.

I believe it makes them a one-deep record company now, instead of two. Now 
Britany's label Jive is only two-deep, meaning less middle men and less pie 
sharing. I may be wrong as I don't know any more about the situation that the 
original post.

Colin Miller

Elvis Presley wrote:

>>>subject says it all....
>>>      
>>>
>>Well, they were always distributed by BMG anyways,
>>so I guess it only makes sense...
>>    
>>
>And why is that so important? Zomba beeing bought by BMG I mean... Unless you're Britney of course.
>
It means the biggest Indie is gone... it's a symbol. You'll hear a lot 
of indie organisations crying.

Also, it shakes up the major scene as well: I think EMI might be headed 
to become the smallest major.

It also means a lot of people will lose their jobs: today already, Zomba 
announced that it's closing two of its Scandinavian companies. The 
entire catalogue and artist roster will merge under the BMG umbrella so 
several artists will lose their contracts as well. This move has a lot 
of implications for lots of people.

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Joeri Vankeirsbilck
joeri@...

Belway Productions      -     http://www.belway.com
List-admin   Logic-users/SoundD*ver-users/Logic-TDM

On Tuesday 11 June 2002 11:27 am, Elvis Presley wrote:
> >> subject says it all....
> >
> >Well, they were always distributed by BMG anyways,
> >so I guess it only makes sense...
>
> And why is that so important? Zomba beeing bought by BMG I mean... Unless
> you're Britney of course.

>>I believe it makes them a one-deep record company now,
>>instead of two. Now Britany's label Jive is only two-deep,
>>meaning less middle men and less pie sharing. I may be wrong
>>as I don't know any more about the situation that the  original post.

Hmm, being a BMG/RCA artist myself I've never been aware of the Zomba/BMG connection. Are you sure of this? We have to compete a lot with Whitney Houston etc. for the "inhouse attention", but never Britney, Nsync, BSB, etc. ;-) BTW AFAIK Jive is a sub label to Zomba, but I'm not sure.


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>
>Hmm, being a BMG/RCA artist myself
>
Yep, you're the best catalogue for RCA Victor (sorry, bad joke referring 
to your name ;-).

>I've never been aware of the Zomba/BMG connection. Are you sure of this?
>
This is definitely correct.
BMG already owned 25% of Zomba and BMG also did all distribution of 
Zomba in the US.

>We have to compete a lot with Whitney Houston etc. for the "inhouse attention", but never Britney, Nsync, BSB, etc. ;-)
>
So far it was only distribution, not artist contracts. This might now 
change... although I think RCA will hold up well: you've got a good chief.

>BTW AFAIK Jive is a sub label to Zomba, but I'm not sure.
>
Correct. Jive is a label of Zomba and Zomba is now owned by BMG.

Cheers,
Joeri

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Joeri Vankeirsbilck
joeri@...

Belway Productions      -     http://www.belway.com
List-admin   Logic-users/SoundD*ver-users/Logic-TDM

>>Hmm, being a BMG/RCA artist myself

>Yep, you're the best catalogue for RCA Victor 
>(sorry, bad joke referring to your name ;-).

Yeah, wish I was! ;-) Aron is really haunting the BMG corridors, especially around Xmas times!

Cheers,

EP


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