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Role-playing has a long history in pop music. In the 1950s, a Beaumont, Texas, deejay named J.P. Richardson stepped into his on-air radio persona, the Big Bopper, and scored a hit single, Chantilly Lace. And in the 1970s, David Bowie took on the role of Ziggy Stardust, an otherworldly rock-'n'-roller. Brooks makes it clear he's just playing a role, not living it or attempting some full Andy Kaufmanesque submersion. He may have recorded a rock CD, but he makes no claims that he's a rocker. "I'm a country artist," he says, "and very...
...OCCUPATION: promoting celebrities BEST PUNCH: In an on-air rebuttal claimed the band had never been confirmed; said she would not give in to "blackmail" and called band leader Doug Harkness "ingenious" but of questionable ethics...
...said, most are still jammed with pertinent information. And where disclosure is lacking, there's typically a tipoff that you should check further--on the Internet, in the annual report or with a broker or analyst. In Infinity's case, the prospectus briefly alludes to the risk of losing "on-air personalities" with "significant loyal audiences...
...What caught my ear was that this ratings king and cash cow for Infinity Broadcasting was speaking of plans to retire. It was just days before Infinity sold 140 million shares to the public for $3 billion, and raises interesting questions for stockholders--not least: How much is an on-air star like Stern worth? It also raises disclosure issues...
...were duped by a manipulative publicity bonanza on the part of MIX radio. In hindsight, it seems that this concert had little to do with free music, and a lot to do with free publicity for the radio station. That should have been apparent from the weeks of obnoxious, on-air hype that led up to the Columbus Day weekend event...