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...online. And once that happened, would we ever be able to go back to getting into our car, driving to the mall and buying a shrink-wrapped piece of plastic with a little silver disc inside? "I don't know how to stop it," says Atlantic Records Group co-chairman Val Azzoli, of the problems created by Napster. "It's not just music I'm worried about. It's all intellectual properties. If you can take music, you can take everything else...
...even record companies to sign up new artists and market their work. Digital-music service providers--the much touted alternatives to traditional record companies--will probably have a harder time than major labels taking an album to gold or platinum. "We'll be fine," says Atlantic Records Group co-chairman Val Azzoli. "There will always be new music, and it's our job t o figure out what people want to hear and when they want to hear...
...evening started with a lengthy introduction by the three entertainment industry moguls who conceived and produced the event. Michael Douglas brought on what he called the "Three Divas" - VH1 chief John Sykes, Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner and main instigator Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of Miramax Films. The trio each spoke of their passionate commitment to the Democratic cause, before Weinstein brought on the Gores and Liebermans to start the evening...
...growing influence off-line. Farm club.com has a weekly TV series on USA Network. The site (which also has a record label) has signed three artists it discovered online to recording deals. "The Internet has made more people interested in music," says Jimmy Iovine, CEO of Farmclub.com and co-chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M Records. "With more people getting into music, you'll find that there are more people capable of becoming great artists and having great ideas." The Web hasn't produced the new Kurt Cobain yet, but--who knows?--Nirvana could be a click away...
...Republican Presidents. But certain traditions will still be honored: brother Jeb will be doing the talk shows; Laura speaks on Monday night; the star of the next generation, Jeb's son George P. Bush, is supposed to get a slot. "Every Bush family member is an asset," says convention co-chairman Andy Card, who was, as it happens, the President's deputy chief of staff. But, he added, "we want to be careful it doesn't turn into a Bush family reunion." The Quiet Dynasty didn't get this far by calling too much attention to itself...