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And then there's Clive Davis, the SonyBMG chairman and industry old hand who's been steering the careers of pop acts for four decades. In what's become a fascinating spectacle, Davis is in the midst of a snippy public feud with one of his company's biggest acts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kelly Clarkson's Solo Misstep | 6/26/2007 | See Source »

Davis is equally famous and infamous for his both-hands-on approach, personally choosing songs and producers for albums. Not long ago, when I was reporting a story on Davis' J label, I asked the then-head of A&R to confirm his title, and the executive smiled and said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kelly Clarkson's Solo Misstep | 6/26/2007 | See Source »

The possibility of an Oswald double is emphasized by the recent pin-it-on- the-Mob authors: John H. Davis (Mafia Kingfish: Carlos Marcello and the Assassination of John F. Kennedy) and David E. Scheim (Contract on America: The Mafia Murder of President John F. Kennedy). Earlier, G. Robert Blakey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Assassination: Did the Mob Kill J.F.K.? | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

As evidence that someone was making sure that the real Oswald would be pinned to the crime of the century, Davis cites long-familiar sightings of "Oswald" in the Dallas area before the assassination: practice shooting at a rifle range, acting rude while buying ammunition, test-driving a car and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Assassination: Did the Mob Kill J.F.K.? | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

Scheim and Davis readily accept this Oswald as an impostor. But both conveniently tend to consider other alleged sightings of Oswald as genuine: sitting in a New Orleans bar with an associate of mobster Marcello's and taking money under the table; traveling with another Marcello crony three months before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Assassination: Did the Mob Kill J.F.K.? | 6/21/2007 | See Source »

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