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

cosmiclove — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:02:02 EDT

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.

cosmiclove

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

Luke N Atmaguchi — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:16:54 EST

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 . . .

Luke N Atmaguchi

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

rad_matter — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:29:32 EST

I read an article about Pitbull in a South Florida magazine. One of the most notable things I can recall about that article is that Pitbull is paying money out of his pocket to fund his videos. I just felt bad for the man when I read that.

rad_matter

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

katieee — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:07:11 EST

@CharlesRockyPamplin: Yeah, the BJM had a big beef with them about 10 years ago, didn't they? Funny, Anton is such a reasonable and level-headed fellow.

katieee

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

PandaPornMcAwesome — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:35:13 EST

@CharlesRockyPamplin and @Halfwit: 2 Best comments ever!

PandaPornMcAwesome

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

Tenno — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:57:24 EST

@Halfwit: Its too bad really, I like their logo.

Hated most of their catalog though.

Tenno

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

Halfwit — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:36:23 EST

Sorry... can't resist:

"eat your heart out, Steve"

Halfwit

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

Halfwit — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:34:09 EST

@Falconfire: Wow... Broken was, what, 16 years ago? Way to hold a grudge, Trent.

Halfwit

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

Ned Raggett — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:33:26 EST

Trust me, I've been aware of that since before it was released.

Ned Raggett

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

Falconfire — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:01:41 EST

@Ned Raggett: You think? Broken owes its existence as a record to the scum working at TVT.

Falconfire

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

Ned Raggett — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:35:19 EST

Trent's amused, I see.

Ned Raggett

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

CharlesRockyPamplin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:09:40 EST

Somehow, Anton Newcombe is to blame for this.

CharlesRockyPamplin

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

loudersoft — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:55:11 EST

I have heard more horror stories from artists and industry-types regarding Steve Gottlieb's way of doing business than of any other single person in the music business I can think of. I feel sorry for these artists who may never see a dime coming to them for their hard work, much less their masters.

loudersoft

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

qyntellspitbull — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:19:52 EST

And to think, all this could have been avoided if I just purchased that Bobaflex record.

qyntellspitbull

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

Al Shipley — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:13:40 EST

Yeah, not clearing guest appearances with artists other labels (specifically Def Jam) was the seed of Lil Jon's discontent, too. It's amazing that TVT got as successful as they were as a rap label without realizing that the key to success in that area is to let people on their roster guest on as many other labels' records as possible, and let someone else effectively do the work of publicizing the brand name of their artists. They also put all their eggs in one basket with Lil Jon and crunk, so when that stuff went out of style, they were pretty much screwed.

Al Shipley