Columbia is not happy because it damages the relationship they have with their retailers in England, so just the UK branch of SONY BMG pulled out... because their retailers were upset.
Columbia overall is probably still miffed because apparently this deal was in the works before he got into talks with them, and it's unclear whether they knew it or not. I'm sure Columbia hoped to make a lot of money servicing retail outlets in the UK on the back of Prince's 21 night run. The biggest marketing opportunity locally in the UK and his move undercuts that by already saturating the market and side-stepping their distribution outlets by using his own (a newspaper & concert). On 7/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Was it the record company who was mad or record industry. If it was record > company then my mistake. Yeah, that doesn't make sense. > > <Moderator: rereading the article it looks like Columbia is not happy > about > the giveaway as well as retailers. > http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=95818560&p=958y886z > -Derek> > > > In a message dated 7/4/07 7:32:17 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > Maybe this time, the record company gets a cut of the concert take while > they are distributing and pressing them as per usual? > > They get a cut out of the concert revenues where the cd is given as part > of > > the ticket as well as some of the regular release revenue (in countries > where > it is being released for sale like usual)? > > > <Moderator: If that was the case why are they mad? -Derek> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NewPowerNewYork Mailing List website: Www.NPNY.Org ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe? Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], in body place npny ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions/Help?: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
