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...tour was seen as a necessity, often purely to promote record sales - and yet another cost fronted by the label. Now playing live is becoming increasingly lucrative for the artists, whether the labels get a piece of it or not. "We used to give artists tour support, then recoup it from their record sales," says David Munns, vice chairman of EMI Music. "It was all done in the name of promotion." Things are changing. The Kaiser Chiefs' manager, James Sandom, for example, predicts the band will make at least one-third of its revenue in the year ahead from live...
...increase the amount of wages.” Other signs can include “preoccupation with past, present, and future gambling experiences,” “becoming restless or irritable when trying to cut back or stop,” “trying to recoup immediately after losing money,” “lying about gambling,” and “gambling to escape from everyday problems.” According to the Health Letter, “requesting gifts or loans to pay gambling debts?...
...issue—scheduled for a September 2006 release date—the editors are looking for new distributors and new advertisers to help raise revenues. According to The Boston Globe, Sebastian invested over $8,000 in her project, which she says she’s still trying to recoup. “We believe in our determination to make this a success, and we fully expect to make back that money. This won’t happen overnight... but we’re here to stay,” Sebastian said. In the meantime, Freeze is looking to distribute...
...rights to perform it. Getting the rights to perform “Chicago” required a much larger fee than most shows. When combined with other expenses, the show racked up a debt of $5,798 by early February. Yet the ambitious Hanley plans not only to recoup that amount in ticket sales, but also to turn a profit—of over $20,000. If he and his team succeed, they will donate the profits to the Office for the Arts at Harvard as an endowment for House drama productions.Part of the agreement prohibited the students from changing...
...more sophisticated combustion engines as well as more complex electrical components. "The beauty of hybrids is they benefit from any improvement in the internal combustion engine or storage batteries," he says. The improvement in fuel economy, combined with higher fuel prices, also means the buyers of the hybrids recoup their investments faster, making the purchase of hybrids more economically feasible, Gauthier adds...