Last week, Fox 411's Roger Friedman
hinted that his pals at Live Nation were on the verge of signing hip-wiggling singer Shakira to one of their all-inclusive, big-money 360 deals, despite Michael Cohl, the executive who was pushing for those deals,
leaving the company after a dispute over their benefits for the bottom line. Today, Friedman's corporate bedfellows at the
New York Post back up his claim, saying that Shakira and the megapromoter are in the process of wrapping up a $70 million pact that encompasses recording, touring, and merchandise, and that will, the company apparently hopes, make Shakira Live Nation's official Latin artist representative.
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