Internet Ignorance
The book business abhorred the digital book. It did everything in its power to kill it. It was afraid of losing control. Amazon wanted to build the book business, sell…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: SOCAN’s Michael McCarty
Chief Membership & Business Development Officer of SOCAN, Michael McCarty is a member of the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. McCarty started off as a recording engineer at Jack…
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The Luck Reunion
You can’t watch it. There are two immutable internet paradigms: Everybody won’t be aware of what you are doing, no way, there’s no way to reach everybody, the channel is…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Dave Stewart
Musician, writer, producer…listen to hear stories of Dave’s upbringing in Sunderland, his band Longdancer’s tenure with Elton John and Rocket Records, how he met Annie Lennox and how they borrowed…
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News Updates
I know we’re all overwhelmed and burned out on the news, but I’m going to call your attention to a few stories that might interest you. I spend all day…
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The People Take Over
“Honest Government Ad – Coronavirus: Flatten The Curve” What kind of crazy, fucked-up world do we live in where the best information about the coronavirus comes from a humor video?…
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The Bob Lefsetz Podcast: Nederlander Concerts’ Alex Hodges
The CEO of Nederlander Concerts, Alex Hodges started in Macon with his school buddy Phil Walden and ultimately went from day to day with Otis Redding to agent for the…
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Coachella Cancellation
Of course it’s going to be canceled, it’s just a matter of when. You see it’s all about the money. Goldenvoice has to pay the acts unless there’s force majeure,…
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The Recording Academy Fires Deborah Dugan
Bloomberg is excoriated for secret settlements with women at his firm, but… The Recording Academy fires a woman and gives her no settlement and… It’s clear that those attacked by…
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Coronavirus
“Paranoia strikes deep Into your life it will creep” “For What It’s Worth” Buffalo Springfield It’s gonna kill the concert business. The good news? Many tickets are sold a year…
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