jasonelias

Hiphopopotamus

Chris N.

But even if the movies are good, if the public finds out about a delay, they'll automatically assume that the movie is poor. Why else delay a completed film? The biggest problem about the delays, as GovernmentNames mentioned, is that the public is more in tune with what goes on inside the industry. The proliferation of media is a double edged sword for studios and labels. It means a lot of free publicity during development, but as soon as things start to go wrong, everybody will know about it.

El Zilcho!

ampersandparade

Also, I'm calling semi-bullshit on Sanneh's article -- until just now, I hadn't even heard of All $tar or knew anyone by that name was signed to Cash Money, but he's got "one of the year's most eagerly anticipated Southern hip-hop albums"? There are literally dozens of rappers signed to major labels whose release date sob stories are far more surprising, some of whom having released platinum albums in the past but now shelved and given no chance to follow up on whatever success they once had.

Al Shipley

They've always delayed albums and movies but given more hype and the internet, we hear about it more especially in the case of Nicole Scherzinger.

jasonelias

Touring - Very difficult to promote a record without a tour. Touring is also expensive. And getting on a good tour/shows takes time and work, and of course luck. When an artist is working several international territories, this becomes more complicated and schedules must be adjusted accordingly. Furthermore, it's easy to see the kind of impact an artist's mere physical presence in the territory has to do with promotions in that territory - its pretty essential. for example, usually, the more an artist is in the US, the more you hear about them.

Release Schedule - Distributors, manufacturers, labels, marketers all have release schedules. Why? 1) To not oversaturate the market with new releases (tough!) and 2) To ensure that all the staff and resources required to make an album/artist a success are actually available and not committed elsewhere. There's a lot of new releases hitting the market every week - I posit more than ever before - and believe it or not everyone in the "industry" is in it to make money (gotta pay bills yo). So when there's concern over the money-making potential of a release compared to the costs involved with releasing it, it's easy to see how certain releases get delayed. Furthermore, re-scheduling a release is always more complicated than it seems. For example, we have the good old media to thank for their long lead-times for press advances

Quality - Oh man i can count 5 marquee level artists i've worked with in the last few years who deliberately delayed their album releases (sometimes for a few years) - when everything was set up good to go- in order to go back into the studio and re-re-re-re-work their masterpiece to perfection... Interestingly enough, this is the "problem" we face most often at World's Fair - slaves to the perfectionism of the genius mind. We like to think that's a problem we like to have :)

worldsfair

Nunya B

That Amy Heckerling movie is going direct to DVD?!

Oh, god, I feel awful for her, as a fan of Fast Times and Clueless with high hopes for that flick. What a shame. (To be fair, it could actually...erm, suck.)

Chris Molanphy

rainmkr