Lil Jon’s having a great day! He finally escaped the clutches of TVT Records, although it took TVT’s bankruptcy and purchase by the digital-music distributor The Orchard for this glorious moment to come about. MORE »
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TVT: They Owe A Lot Of People A Lot Of Money
Which is why you should check out the bankruptcy-protected label’s list of unsecured creditors, just to make sure that you aren’t on it. MORE »
Layoffs
TVT Fires Most Of Its Staff, Is Expected To File Chapter 11
Last night, the New York-based label TVT Records fired the bulk of its staff, and it’s expected to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection later this week. TVT, which started in 1985 as a label devoted to bringing the television themes of yore together on the Television’s Greatest Hits compilations, had a roster of artists that at one time included Nine Inch Nails, and currently includes the Polyphonic Spree, Lil Jon, and the Ying Yang Twins. Trouble has been brewing at the label for a while: In 2005 Lil Jon had a public spat with label president Steve Gottlieb (although the two have since reunited, and TVT was supposed to release his forthcoming album Crunk Rock sometime soon), and a few weeks ago, another member of the label’s roster, Pitbull, told his fans that they should download, and not buy, his recent album The Boatlift because Gottlieb didn’t deserve to profit from his work: MORE »
official statements
TVT founder Steve Gottlieb refutes the rumors that his label is going the way of the dodo, saying that yesterday’s staff-cutting will actaully make the label stronger: “We have been an agent of change, most notably fighting for respect for independents when most major media and trade outlets… MORE »
We Read The Comments On Trent Reznor’s “Ha Ha, TVT Is Toast” Post So You Don’t Have To
Especially because there are, at present, 596 responses to the cryptic post above, which Reznor posted last night, shortly after the news of his former label’s imminent doom broke. And who wants to slog through a bunch of Internet fanboys/fangirls’ incoherent ravings when there’s someone around who’s not only willing to do so, but willing to neatly categorize them for you? MORE »
