Comments on: Ray of Light: The Madonna-Live Nation Deal

By: Off Topic: Now That’s A Material Girl - GigaOM

Off Topic: Now That’s A Material Girl - GigaOM — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:27:25 +0000

[...] Om Malik, Monday, April 21, 2008 at 10:07 AM PT Comments (0) When I first started listening to Madonna, I was young. Now I’m a rapidly aging former hipster. But Madonna still continues to amaze us with her trendsetting ways, most recently for dumping her record label and signing up with Live Nation. [...]

By: Ti Piace - Madonna

Ti Piace - Madonna — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:33:35 +0000

She is one of my favourite singer .. anyway I think she lost a bit in last two/three years... Anycase for me is still one of the best!

By: eConectados » Todo en el negocio de la música sube (excepto el CD)

eConectados » Todo en el negocio de la música sube (excepto el CD) — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:02:40 +0000

[...] poder. Otro ejemplo es Madonna que se ha cambiado de su productora a una promotora de conciertos (a cambio de 120 millones de dólares). Más ejemplos, Prince, Led Zeppelin o Nine Inch Tails ¿Dónde se gana más? ¿Con los obsoletos [...]

By: juststart

juststart — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:09:15 +0000

I don't know if it's necessarily true that Live Nation overpaid for her. She makes around $100 million when she does a tour. They get the rights to three studio albums and it's a contract for 10 years. Sounds like a good deal to me. The woman is a legend.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:02:32 +0000

Ticketmaster bought Irving Azoff's management company.

By: Chris C.

Chris C. — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 17:07:55 +0000

I think this is a clear sign that we are reverting, for better or worse, to the agency/studio centralized model of talent management more popular in yesteryear America and other parts of the world today. In Japan, for example, the agencies manage and monetize every aspect of the exposure by their actors/musicians from albums to TV appearances to photo shoots to concerts. Certainly there are economies of scope associated with this model, but the endgame ultimately takes away control from the performers themselves and fans as well.

By: Kev Moore

Kev Moore — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 14:28:00 +0000

Very interesting article. I think the music business as we know it is on the way to morphing into an unrecognisable multi-faceted beast, and on the whole, as you say, I believe it will benefit the artist long-term. The net has helped many artists take control of their destinies, directly communicating with their fan base, or even making EXACTLY the music they want to, knowing it may sell less, but that they'll have a bigger piece of the pie. This way of thinking has filtered down to some labels. The one my next release will be on for example; Angel Air records. Their by-line is "Where the Artist has a voice" Quite simply, without the support of this kind of "hands-on" label my project with SAXON's Graham Oliver would never see the light of day. I see my own music sales via internet growing in tandem with this. The bottom line is, the outlay is small, making it low-risk.