Word: davises
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Davis didn't invent the JV, but he was one of the first to show how lucrative it can be. Arista's 1989 investment in hip-hop-heavy Bad Boy Records, run by Puff Daddy, and its 1994 investment in R.-and-B. powerhouse LaFace Records, run by L.A. Reid...
Music is a game of averages, and Davis certainly doesn't bat .1000; Puff Daddy's solo album Forever is off to a slow start. But Arista has created enough hits to help lift the market share of its corporate parent BMG from 14% to 18%, second only to the...
For such a hip guy, Davis has a style that is distinctly Old World. He prefers handwritten notes to e-mail. And he usually dresses in the pin-striped, cuff-linked style of a diplomat. That can make him easy to spot at nightclubs checking out new acts or perhaps...
Not everyone has believed in Davis' ears. He launched Arista only after being canned by Columbia Records in 1973. By the 1980s, the former lawyer was tasting major success with a diverse group of performers, including Barry Manilow and the Grateful Dead. BMG purchased Arista in 1979, but Davis still...
Now for the reality check. "LASIK is a surgical procedure with all the attendant risks of any surgical procedure," says Dr. Mark Mannis, a professor of ophthalmology at the University of California at Davis, who has performed the operation on a weekly basis for the past four years. "It is...