Live Nation Interested In Warner Music?
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April 1, 2011
Live Nation has reportedly become the newest bidder on Warner Music Group, focusing on the label's recorded music division. Sources tell the Wall Street Journal that Live Nation has placed a bid on WMG, but it is unknown how much the bid was for, or how aggressive Live Nation plans to be in their pursuit of the label.
The WSJ notes that a Live Nation-WMG combination, along with Front Line Management, would be able to handle "virtually every facet of an artist's career" with "across-the-board marketing and promotional events." However, the paper also warns that such a purchase would bring intense regulatory scrutiny, perhaps even more than the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger. Meanwhile, the New York Post notes that Live Nation still holds $1.7 billion in long term debt, and one source says that "Wall Street will kill them for this," if the company goes ahead with its pursuit of WMG.
http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=2150479
and from an earlier post in another thread:
Liberty Media on the Prowl?
Live Nation is “looking through Liberty’s whole portfolio” for opportunities to work together, said Azoff, who pointed to home-shopping channel QVC, Sirius XM Radio Inc. and premium cable channel Starz as areas of interest.
Concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment Inc. is looking at possible acquisitions with John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp., its largest shareholder, and is considering ways the companies can work together.
“We’re on the prowl together,” Live Nation Chairman Irving Azoff said in an interview yesterday at the company’s Beverly Hills, California, offices. Liberty Media Chief Executive Officer Greg Maffei participated by phone.
The ties are deepening as Liberty Media increases its stake in Live Nation, the world’s biggest concert promoter and ticket- seller. Live Nation is “looking through Liberty’s whole portfolio” for opportunities to work together, said Azoff, who pointed to home-shopping channel QVC, Sirius XM Radio Inc. and premium cable channel Starz as areas of interest.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...tml?cmpid=yhoo
DMN LISTS THE TOP MUSIC APPS FOR iPAD
Digital Music News has published a list of the top paid and free music apps for Apple’s iPad. The list includes a number of Internet radio offerings, including RadioTime’s TuneIn Radio app, which ranks #2 in the paid apps listing. Not surprisingly, Pandora is the #1 free music app while Sirius XM‘s free app is #6.
http://textpattern.kurthanson.com/articles
It's Time for Tyler's Annual Eye Exam
Yeah, I know . . . you hate those damn dilating drops . . . but it must be done:
But first, lets start by seeing if your prescription has changed. Ok, lean forward please and place your chin in the cup. Now tell me which one is clearer:
Better A?
May 27, 2010 (8:00 am) Spencer Osborne
"I have long said that the magic number in car sales for Sirius XM Radio is 1,000,000 units sold per month."
or Better B?
April 4, 2011 (10:30 am) Spencer Osborne
"March auto sales are in and the numbers present a mixed bag . . . The annualized rate, which came in at 13.1 million, is still well above the 1 million per month average that satellite radio investors like to see, however, it is now lower than the 13.38 million that February brought that was pointing to a stronger confidence in the automobile sector and perhaps the economy."
Better B?
April 4, 2011 (10:30 am) Spencer Osborne
"Perhaps this is simply a bump in the road, but more likely it demonstrates the sensitivity of the consumers psyche when it comes to the economy."
or Better C?
May 27, 2010 (8:00 am) Spencer Osborne
"With back to back months of OEM sales in the neighborhood of 1 million Sirius XM Radio is virtually guaranteed . . . thus Sirius XM investors can have confidence in the current trends of the OEM channel."
Yup, your prescription has definitely changed Tyler . . . We're gonna need to do a visual field test. Have you been experiencing any headaches, dizziness or confusion? Any change in your medications recently? Are you still taking Lexapro?
In Reply to Tyler's New Article
Tyler's Latest Article:
http://siriusbuzz.com/pandora-served...g.php#comments
my reply:
sirius roadkill says:
April 4, 2011 at 7:36 pm
http://www.kingofalltrades.com.....lish-case/
“Karmazin also spoke about Howard Stern. Mel loves Howard and what he brings to the company. He said he would love to re-sign Howard, Howard is fairly compensated since both companies signed off on his contract and that Howard has very loyal listeners. Howard and his stations are expensive though, there is no denying that. Mel hopes to have news by November’s conference call regarding Howard. He also commented that Howard’s listeners also listen to other Sirius XM channels. Some come for one thing, and stay for another. Many of Sirius XM’s channels have a large interest base. For instance, the Playboy station is a huge programming success for Sirius XM with over 4 million subscribers having to activate that channel due to age consent requirements. Mel spoke proudly of how they do not use tracking chips or tracking information on each consumer. They greatly respect the privacy of every customer, but in the Playboy channel’s situation (having to physically activate it even though it’s free) gives them insight into the popularity of some of their other channels.”
By Steve Garcia– September 16, 2010
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