Loading ...Guy Hands and his Terra Firma pals have already shown an odd hand toward running EMI, but if Roger Friedman is to be believed (and feel free to be skeptical), their boldest experiment yet is on its way.
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Mon Jun 9 2008 by Maura
Fox 411 gossip Roger Friedman has a crackpot idea for stopping the tide of record-store closings, and he can at least blame some of the genesis for it on the guy who helped shepherd Michael Jackson’s career back in the day: “Frank DiLeo, Michael Jackson’s former manager, recently suggested that the… More »
Mon Jun 9 2008 by Maura
Fox 411 gossip Roger Friedman has a crackpot idea for stopping the tide of record-store closings, and he can at least blame some of the genesis for it on the guy who helped shepherd Michael Jackson’s career back in the day: “Frank DiLeo, Michael Jackson’s former manager, recently suggested that the… More »
Wed Apr 23 2008 by Maura
An update on David Cook’s album sales: “It sold 885 copies this week (all digital), or about half of what would be required to make the digital albums chart.” More »
“Fox 411″ Columnist’s Anti-David Cook Diatribe: A Sign That Clive Is Not Pleased?
Tue Apr 22 2008 by Maura
Yesterday, the always-quick-on-the-uptake Fox News writer Roger Friedman posted a story about David Cook having an album out prior to his American Idol appearance, a fact which Friedman presumably noticed because said album, Analog Heart, topped the Amazon MP3 store’s charts this past weekend. (It’s since been pulled.) Friedman even got a little outraged about Cook being a “ringer,” which is pretty funny given that every other singer left in the competition this year has either put out an album (Carly, Brooke) or been on some sort of TV show (Syesha was on The One, Jason was on Cheyenne, and David Archuleta was on Star Search). But the fact that Friedman is just now getting peevish about the sanctity of American Idol’s contestant pool makes me wonder if one of the record-biz bigwigs he pals around with has put a bee in his bonnet about the possibility of the grunge revivalist Cook beating out the lip-licky Archuleta, who’s seemed to be this season’s chosen one from the start.
“Idol” Contestants May Get Judged (Or Serenaded) By Mariah Carey
Tue Mar 18 2008 by Maura
Rumors are surfacing that Mariah Carey will judge the American Idol hopefuls on April 16–one day after her new album, E=MC2, hits stores–but given that a) April 16 is a Wednesday, usually the night of the results show, and b) the source of this particular story is the chronically misguided Roger… More »
Mon Mar 10 2008 by Maura
Madonna will not perform at tonight’s Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony–airing at 8:30 on VH1 Classic–making her the first living inductee who’ll attend the ceremony, but not hop on stage to bust out a song or two on the night she’s being honored. More »
Kelly Clarkson Invited To Be Back On Clive Davis’ Good Side
Mon Feb 4 2008 by Maura
Kelly Clarkson didn’t have the best 2007, and a large part of that was because of her very public tussle with record label honcho Clive Davis over the artistic direction she took on her most recent album, My December. Since that tumult–which culminated in her tour being canceled and only one single being released from the album–she’s been taken under Reba McEntire’s wing and played some intimate shows in theaters. And Davis has taken notice, waving an olive branch in the form of his glittery invite to his annual pre-Grammys dinner party in Clarkson’s direction. Since our invitation apparently got lost in the mail, Roger Friedman’s breathless description follows:
Is U2 Going To Leave Universal Music Group Behind?
Fri Feb 1 2008 by Maura
Maybe, according to Fox rumormonger Roger Friedman. Word is that U2 is one of two outfits currently in negotiations for a deal with Live Nation that would be similar tothe 360-degree payday that Madonna scored last fall. More »
Clear Channel More Interested In Playing Old Music Than Music By Old People
Tue Oct 30 2007 by Maura
Fox 411 columnist and Jann Wenner enemy Roger Friedman is alleging that the radio monopolists at Clear Channel have flat-out told the programmers at their rock stations that they can’t play tracks from Bruce Springsteen’s Magic, despite the album being No. 1 on the charts last week. Songs from the Boss’ vault, like “Born To Run” and “Born In The USA,” are OK, and that’s causing Friedman to cry ageism:
