The Sith is out.
From the ABC story:
The 49-year-old Weiss oversaw several labels as president and CEO of the Zomba Label Group. He helped grow Jive Records from a small imprint to a major force with such blockbuster acts as Britney Spears, Usher, the Backstreet Boys, Justin Timberlake and ‘N Sync. Recent successes include teen sensation Chris Brown and singer-songwriter T-Pain.
It’s not particularly promising that Weiss appears to have cut his teeth on teen pop, but it will be interesting to see how things shake out, and what relevance this will hold for this year’s Idol winner and those already on the label or still bound by right-of-first-refusal deals.
There’s also been some speculation that SonyBMG may be headed for a breakup, which would be interesting indeed. I’m a strong advocate (well, if by “advocating” one means “logging my stream of consciousness on a free weblog”) for music industry reform, and dissolution of the behemoth labels is certainly a step in the right direction.
So let’s celebrate this potentially good news by sampling some good music that is, regrettably, not yet available in the States.
Why you quoting jury instructions, yo? And my fake e-mail was totally valid.
Even after I read what David A. sang, I still forgot. How sad is that? I think I need to give the boy one of my many souls.