Posts Tagged ‘tvt’

Lil Jon’s “Crunk Rock” Free From Its TVT Prison

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 »

@GhostOfDuane: Indeed.

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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 »

Don't forget that TVT also put up most of its early catalog - NIN, The Connells and others as collateral for a personal loan. When they inevitably defaulted, Prudential Investments took control of the masters. Needless to say The Connells, and others can't license their songs to Itunes, or for any world-wide commercial use. Hopefully a label will step up to the plate, and help them get some tracks back out there. GD TVT...

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TVT Fires Most Of Its Staff, Is Expected To File Chapter 11

tvt.jpgLast 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 »

Gottlieb is a prevaricating sack of shit. I'm surprised he's lasted this long. TVT was due to go under years ago, but he got Zwirn's hedge fund to bail him out.

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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 »

And to think, this Gottlieb jerk got his start in the music business because his father was Tom Verlaine's podiatrist (to whom Verlaine owed a sizeable sum). That's how he got to put out "Television's Greatest Hits," and the rest is history . . .

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We Read The Comments On Trent Reznor’s “Ha Ha, TVT Is Toast” Post So You Don’t Have To

revenge.pngEspecially 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 »

And to think, this Gottlieb jerk got his start in the music business because his father was Tom Verlaine's podiatrist (to whom Verlaine owed a sizeable sum). That's how he got to put out "Television's Greatest Hits," and the rest is history . . .

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