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By: alec_baldwin

alec_baldwin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:24:02 +0000

@GhostOfDuane: Hey, my comment got eaten. Anyway, I said that I think the point of contention was the size and scope of the deal with grandma Madonna. Before signing the deal with her, LYV stock was valued at about 20. Now, well, you see. It started to plummet just weeks after her deal was announced last October and it was an internal sell-off. Wow. Ouch.

Also, the size and scope of the deal with Hova, an impending, but now dead deal with Motley Crue, the size and scope of what was likely initially offered to Shakira and Nickelback. That's all in my humble opinion cuz I'm not in the boardroom.

@Maura Johnston: That fahkin guy hates the boyz at WMG--as well he shld--but he's most unreasonable about it.

By: alec_baldwin

alec_baldwin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:09:49 +0000

@GhostOfDuane: I'd say the deal with grandma Madonna is the point of contention. The stock was valued at about 20, but began to plummet within weeks after signing her. It was an internal sell-off, too. Wow.

Actually, it wasn't the signing of Madonna, but the size and scope of the deal, in my humble opinion. Also, Hova (size and scope), an impending deal with Motley Crue, which is now supposedly dead. We don't know the scale of the deal initially offered to Shakira and Nickelback.

By: GhostOfDuane

GhostOfDuane — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:53:31 +0000

So if Rapino wasn’t objecting to the Shakira or Nickelback deals, then what touched off the dust up with Cohl I wonder?

By: Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:10:12 +0000

Related: Roger "Friends In Low Places" Friedman is still flogging the Nickelback 360 story, although this time he wisely decided to not mention any of that band's song titles.

[www.foxnews.com]

I like how he notes that Warner Music Group's stock is down, but neglects to mention that Live Nation's stock is down 8.9% this week.

[finance.google.com]