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...against Cornell,” Scholl said. “For me, this is probably the biggest game of the season.”It would not be a surprise if it were the same for Tillman and the rest of the players.—Staff writer Jay M. Cohen can be reached at jaycohen@fas.harvard.edu...
...Given the trajectory of Jay-Z's record sales - 2003's The Black Album sold 3 million copies while 2007's American Gangster barely cracked 1 million - he would have been crazy to turn down the deal. But how sane is Live Nation? Last year the company reported a $12 million loss, and even the most optimistic projections for Jay-Z's sales and entrepreneurship would make it tough for the company to recoup its investment...
...nationwide events. That deal, which accounted for nearly $200 million in revenue in 2007, expires in 2008, and Live Nation's own ticketing system, already the third-largest in the United States, is prepared to ramp up. With top grossing pop (Madonna), rock (U2) and rap (Jay-Z) acts in its stable, the company certainly won't be short on inventory...
...single company control so much of the live music market is almost guaranteed to mean one thing: ungodly ticket prices. In 2007, the cost of two seats to see Phil Collins and a re-united Genesis warble Mama was around $400, while two of the best seats for Jay-Z's current 28-date Live Nation tour with Mary J. Blige go for $500.00. Anti-trust laws prevent Live Nation from selling more than 10% of its own tickets, but at those prices, 10% adds up fast. For consumers, the pain could be acute. But for Jay...
...carried the newborn hip-hop baby through its development years and into the modern age.But the book’s strength in covering some of the largest hip-hop stars also proves a drawback. By choosing to focus upon such hip-hop icons as Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, and Jay-Z, Reeves is playing to the audience with the stories of the most familiar names in the musical genre. And if we have made these men into hip-hop moguls that are worth upwards of hundreds of millions of dollars, then certainly we should spend the time to understand their history...