Word: warners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...killing of a white Jewish businessman and threatened arson against Korean grocers, to the dreaded Dr. Dre, whose lyrics have also advocated violence. Last month the Los Angeles-based firm added to its own notoriety by signing up the bad boy of rap, Ice-T, after he and Time Warner's Sire label severed their ties. His inflammatory cut Cop Killer set off a fire storm of protests by police organizations...
...recording industry has quickly responded by putting software onto the market. Major record labels such as Warner Bros., Atlantic and GRP, a leading jazz house, have produced about 600 DCC titles and 350 minidisc titles featuring such artists as Bon Jovi, Natalie Cole and R.E.M. By comparison, music buyers had only about 20 titles to choose from during the CD player's rookie year on the market...
Which one will make it in the long haul? Some industry experts believe the formats could co-exist but that it's still too early to tell. "We're not rooting for either one," says Jordan Rost, a Warner Music Group vice president. "The consumer will have the final vote...
Still, the record company executive acknowledged that it was the negative publicity surrounding the song that prompted Warner Brothers Records and Ice T to announce recently that they were dissolving their contract with each other...
...press release announcing the split, Warner Records Board Chair Mo Ostin had said it was the result of a "mutual agreement" between the company and Ice T after "creative differences...