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...does Puffy's authority really lie beyond in the hip-hop world? His label is owned by Arista Records which in turn is run by BMG Entertainment, very much a part of white corporate America. Even in scenarios where black successes and authority exist, their achievements are still limited by the institutions of white America. The fact that there are no black NFL team owners demonstrates these limits as well. In cinema, Debbie Allan had to push for ten years until she could get the backing of Steven Spielberg to produce Amistad. Moreover, Puffy's success has depended...
Bertelsmann is now one of the largest non-American players in the American media scene. In addition to BDD, its U.S. holdings include music labels such as RCA and Arista and magazines such as McCall's. The company plans to raise not only its U.S. profile but its revenue too, from a third of its bottom line to 40%. "The U.S. is a very big market," says Middelhoff. "Our position is O.K., but our properties must strengthen our position...
...looked at life from both sides now..." McLachlan has certainly seen both sides in the music business. As the Founding Mother of Lilith--and the only performer playing every date--she is sure to win a wide new audience for her lush, thoughtful songcraft. Her new CD, Surfacing (Arista), out this week, is an elegant, old-soul album, with several standout songs, including the bewitching Building a Mystery and the ravishing Adia. Radio is already all over it. But not too long ago, McLachlan couldn't buy airplay. "When my album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy came...
...Arista album create the commotion or was it the result? Were these songs, judged to be the most 'danceable' of the year (whatever that would mean), or were they thrown together because Arista happens to own the rights to each of them...
...feel like I need to know, so I call Arista, and after an extended game of "pass-the-journalist" I'm speaking with a dance music publicist named Danny. He's way too busy to talk--"It's 2 p.m. on a Wednesday!" he barks at me, as if I should understand what this means--but he does stay on the line long enough to confirm that the album has sold more than one million copies. "It's really not that complicated," Danny continues, "We just took the biggest hits of the year and put them...