Comments on: EMI Plans To Maximize The Potential Of Artists, Minimize Its Roster Of Employees http://idolator.com/344919/emi-plans-to-maximize-the-potential-of-artists-minimize-its-roster-of-employees Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 12:06:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: the rich girls are weeping http://idolator.com/344919/emi-plans-to-maximize-the-potential-of-artists-minimize-its-roster-of-employees/comment-page-1#comment-421562 the rich girls are weeping Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:05:06 +0000 http://f6d37955d42ba89973f6a24dfa887b91#comment-421562 <p>This kind of restructuring works great (well, okay, it works -- let's just leave it at that) when you're making widgets in multiple international markets -- but I'm curious to see if it will work to boost sales of an intangible service (because face it, music is basically intangible service now).</p> <p>Back office consolidation is generally always a good thing, but does have a tendency to lead to even more bureaucratic red tape and overworked staffers. Still, this part actually might work to save a little bit of money here and there, but it's not going to save the business.</p> <p>I wonder about the wisdom of pushing to develop more new artists, though. I guess the three months of due diligence made it clear that established cash-cow artists aren't so cash-cowy anymore -- plus they're spoiled by the old business model (Robbie Williams) and won't roll with the new punches. A crop of new artists will be less of a drain. Or something. At any rate, clearly we're returning to the spit 'em up and chew 'em out singles-not-albums strategy? OMG, it's 1960!</p> This kind of restructuring works great (well, okay, it works — let’s just leave it at that) when you’re making widgets in multiple international markets — but I’m curious to see if it will work to boost sales of an intangible service (because face it, music is basically intangible service now).

Back office consolidation is generally always a good thing, but does have a tendency to lead to even more bureaucratic red tape and overworked staffers. Still, this part actually might work to save a little bit of money here and there, but it’s not going to save the business.

I wonder about the wisdom of pushing to develop more new artists, though. I guess the three months of due diligence made it clear that established cash-cow artists aren’t so cash-cowy anymore — plus they’re spoiled by the old business model (Robbie Williams) and won’t roll with the new punches. A crop of new artists will be less of a drain. Or something. At any rate, clearly we’re returning to the spit ‘em up and chew ‘em out singles-not-albums strategy? OMG, it’s 1960!

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