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...Platinum Plan: Remember that pretty blond kid from Fight Club with the collapsed nose? That’s what Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty will do to irregularities in the Big Dig’s finances...
...says Roedy, a potential launchpad for African musicians to go global. Not all local artists feel the station's early playlist matches that goal. "I wish they played less Jay-Z and Beyoncé and more African videos," says Thandiswa Mazwai, who shot to fame as the lead singer of platinum-selling South African band Bongo Maffin before releasing her first solo album last year. "We want something that gives African musicians the most rotation." Roedy's response: "We launched with a 30% split to African music, and our commitment is to grow that to at least 50%. There is absolutely...
Semel's previous effort to put video online didn't fare well. In 2003 Yahoo! offered a service called Platinum, with a mix of ABC News, National Geographic and sports from CBS, for $9.95 a month. Consumer interest was so low that Platinum folded before the year was out. This time, Semel is sticking to an advertising-only model, at least for now. "Our primary business is advertising," he notes. "If we have the largest audience in the world, why won't that be a good business...
WHETHER YOU LOVE THE '80s or hate the '80s, there's no denying that Billy Idol was the '80s. Of the myriad good-looking, platinum-haired, leather-clad guys who sang about sex, Idol had the sharpest jaw, the spikiest mane, the tightest pants and a dirty trinity of hits about masturbation (Dancing with Myself), virginity (White Wedding) and the age of consent (Cradle of Love). Depth was not his specialty, but as a snarling, seductive wild child--half Elvis, half Sid Vicious--he captured the ebullient superficiality of the age. When he faded from the scene...
...years later, Idol's greatest-hits album, released as an afterthought by EMI, became a surprise platinum seller. Idol, sensing opportunity, got a band together and hit the road, filling 3,000-seat venues on the strength of his catalog and charisma. ("There's not much you can do about the face at my age," he says, "but you can keep your body together. I can still take my shirt off.") Impressed by his drawing power, Sanctuary Records--current home of Morrissey, Robert Plant and Kiss--signed him to the 2003 deal that resulted in Devil's Playground, which...