No Delivery from Evil
The News Review:
- No Delivery from Evil
- Rob Stringer: One of the most powerful figures in the music business
- Turning up the heat
- Chorus of agreements for iPod ode
- Laughter lunch honours comedians
No Delivery from Evil
Washington Post – Mar 6, 2006
But surely the federal officials who decided to turn the Moussaoui’s case into a public trial might have suspected that an Al Qaeda thug — and a reportedly schizophrenic one at that — wouldn’t simply sit still in court and behave like good, old-fashioned, home-grown criminals do. The federal government has literally given a microphone to a guy who says into it every chance he gets that he hates America. Talk about the White House being off-message these days. Indeed, ever since the Bush Administration decided to give Moussaoui the venue and the forum of a civil courtroom — instead of a tucked-away military tribunal, for which he is eligible because he is not a US citizen — he has twisted this case into knots. And so have federal prosecutors and U.
Rob Stringer: One of the most powerful figures in the music business
The Independent – Independent – Mar 6, 2006
The full significance of this jacket will become apparent later, but in the late 1970s it was suitably edgy attire for a young man already convinced that he wanted to commit his life to working in the music business. A generation on, Stringer, who still enthuses about first seeing The Clash at one of their earliest shows in 1976 when he was just 14, has risen to become the chief executive of Sony-BMG UK. He is now one of the most powerful figures in the British music industry, with a roster of acts that includes home-grown stars such as Will Young, Jamiroquai, Dido, Manic Street Preachers, Eurythmics, Lemar, Natasha Bedingfield, Shayne Ward and The Coral, and international acts including Michael Jackson, Neil Diamond, Justin Timberlake, Outkast and Jamie Foxx. “It’s all I’ve ever wanted to do since I was seven,” says Stringer. “I can look bands in the eye, still to this day, and not have my purity questioned on that level. “That may be so but Stringer, unlike some music industry executives past and present, is not one to settle back on his remaining laurels, with his headphones over his ears and the volume turned to loud, while the rest of the media industry undergoes a technology-driven revolution. He is putting in place a wholesale restructuring of the company, aiming to reposition it as a genuine multimedia giant – a major player in the television industry, a provider of radio and other music content to mobile phone users, a key source of digital downloads and a force in the worlds of advertising and marketing… “That’s first and foremost what he is. We are getting good artists out of it. Kelly Clarkson (winner of American Idol) has sold five million records in the past year. People like Will Young are proper artists. “The success of American Idol with the Fox Broadcasting Company has led to a string of new Syco contracts in the US, where it will make a show called Inventor for ABC and a new format for NBC. “The Syco experience made us realise that we didn’t need to dip our toe in the water and that this was possible on a much wider scale,” says Stringer of his TV ambitions. “We’ve got the links into areas of the business we never had before.
Turning up the heat
mlive.com – Mar 6, 2006
Advertising to fill some of those positions is already under way. In view of the nation’s aging population, analysts say health care and supporting health-care service providers is a burgeoning market. Another home-grown firm that has found a home in that niche is Great Lakes Home Health and Hospice, which moved into its new $5. 5 million headquarters on Cooper and Francis streets last year. The company provides at-home care for patients who still require medical attention after being discharged from the hospital. Since its founding in 1994 the company has blossomed to become the largest private, proprietary home health service provider in the state, with clients in 29 counties. The company has six branch offices and employs more than 300 staff members, including visiting nurses.
Chorus of agreements for iPod ode
Stockton Record – Mar 6, 2006
are now missing through code management. Therefore, the new music talent coming out of Stockton will have to migrate to another, friendlier venue. I hope that when the displaced local musicians make it big – and some have and will – they come home to play their home-grown (not really) music for us here in Stockton. “» Vice Mayor Gary Giovanetti: “You act as though the electeds and management are an entity and not people.
Laughter lunch honours comedians
BBC News – Mar 6, 2006
The event is part of the city’s build up to its year as European Capital of Culture in 2008 – this year’s theme centres on the performing arts. Lord Mayor, councillor Alan Dean said: “Liverpool is famous for its great Scouse sense of humour. It’s wonderful that our home grown talent are coming together, especially in this cultural year of performance. ”
Freeman of the city, Ken Dodd, added: “Merseyside should be renamed Myrth-iside because of all the wonderful talent we have produced. “Some of my greatest comedy heroes are from this beautiful city – Arthur Askey, Rob Wilton and Ted Ray.