Cover11.01.13_cover template 07/01/13 15:49 Page 1 1 0 6 3 1 6 7 7 9 6 6 6 7 7 9 THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC www.musicweek.com 11.01.13 £5.15 A masterpiece +++++ Mojo Magazine Project1_Layout 1 07/01/2013 15:48 Page 1 the multi award winning album Re-released on January 28th On multiple formats DELUXE 3 CD DIGI PACK ;:9876548382:18350/.:/-:4,8:/30+0.6*:6*)(7 ;:'.38*86582:*018:&83-/376.%85:-3/7:4,8:$#"":4/(3 ;:'.38*86582:46!85:-3/7:4,8:9(7/(35:58550/.5 e '9:':: $$0.* ;:9876548382:18350/.:/-:4,8:/30+0.6*:6*)(7 ;:'.38*86582:*018:&83-/376.%85:-3/7:4,8:$#"":4/(3 ;:'.38*86582:46!85:-3/7:9(7/(35:58550/.5 ;:9/(+,5:6.2:(446!85:-3/7:4,8::38055(8 ;::/-:,8:9/58)(2:0*7 :): 0%,68*:/**0.5 ;:0.*: e 9 9: ' :/.: e : e ':': : e 9 9:6.2 DELUXE 18350/.5:6*5/:6160*6)*8: e **:18350/.5:6160*6)*8:-/3:5438670.+ ,8:6*)(7:0**:)8:*6(.%,82:04, 6:-(**:763!840.+::&3/7/40/.6*:%67&60+. 6%8)//!%/7*884//2 6% 0.%*(20.+::0.4831085:6.2:.640/.6* 884//276%%/7 :621834050.+:&3855:625/.*0.8 FM MW Inside Cover 2 indd 1 07/01/2013 15:32 Cover_v3_cover template 08/01/13 19:22 Page 1 01 9 776669 776136 THE BUSINESS OF MUSIC www.musicweek.com 11.01.13 £5.15 NEWS BIG INTERVIEW ANALYSIS 02 10 12 Newly-promoted Universal Petula Clark discusses seven Music Week’s six page Music International boss Max decades in showbiz - and what it’s investigation into last Hole on his ambitions for EMI like to meet Elvis and John Lennon year’s record sales BMG: we’re still majorly hungry MUTE AND VIRGIN BOUGHT OVER CHRISTMAS - BUT THE RIGHTS GROUP’S NOT DONE YET ACQUISITIONS A bigger shock was BMG’s acquisition of Mute Records, the David Bowie announced a TALKING MUTE I BY TIM INGHAM shock new album this label sold by founder Daniel week - but his catalogue is Mute founder Daniel Miller up for grabs in the licensed back the label’s name he battle to acquire Miller to EMI in 2002 for £23m. Universal/EMI divestments £300m-worth of divested Its catalogue will now join from EMI in 2010 - which T assets from Universal’s BMG-owned recordings from allowed his company to operate buyout of EMI is hotting up, artists such as Bryan Ferry and and sign artists as a fully with BMG increasingly looking Dexys, plus the 16,000 masters independent organisation. like a muscular independent force BMG acquired when it split with BMG’s Hartwig Masuch was in the bidding war. Sony in 2008. quiet on what his acquisition of BMG and Sony have agreed “With the deals announced Mute would mean for that to come together on a joint bid before Christmas, there should relationship, but he commented: for Parlophone Label Group no longer be any doubt about the “This is a catalogue purchase, (PLG) which the pair believe will seriousness of our intent,” BMG but there will hopefully be be the most attractive received by CEO Hartwig Masuch told an ongoing relationship with Universal. However, Music Week Music Week. “Our ambition is Daniel. Mute, Daniel and his understands neither side has an transparent and, yes, we are in the acquiring catalogues from the stake in the Now! compilation team are very inspiring people interest in forming a joint venture masters business.” Universal/EMI divestments - brand in Europe - both of which to work with.” after any deal has been done. He added: “With over 1m which include classic material are on the table. BMG announced a flurry of copyrights I think we now from the likes of David Bowie, Any new artists that do end one chunk, rather than as new acquisitions over the certainly qualify as a major in Pink Floyd, Kate Bush, Blur, up joining BMG will likely be separate assets. Christmas period. These publishing. In masters we are at Duran Duran and Coldplay. given the option to transfer to its As BMG continues to included the publishing the level of a sizeable Meanwhile, Sony is masters deal, which differs to a acquire, the company is likely to repertoires of Virgin and Famous international independent. If you understood to be predominantly traditional label contract by increase its headcount in the UK, Songs - both divestments from add what is coming to the gunning for current artist offering artists a revenue split of which it considers a key territory. Sony/ATV’s £1.4bn acquisition market and what we are building contracts. Sources tell us that if around 70% of net receipts “In terms of size to relevance of EMI Publishing - which in organic signings, we are on our their joint bid were to be without a traditional advance. the UK is the most prolific feature songs from Take That, way to becoming a mini-major successful, BMG has agreed that BMG/Sony’s opponents may market in the world, and we’re Duffy, Tears For Fears, Kurt by the end of the year.” Sony could also take both EMI’s seize upon the fact that the EC absolutely eager to expand our Kobain and The Human League. BMG is most interested in classical recordings and the 50% reportedly wants to sell PLG in UK presence,” added Masuch. Adam Buxton to host Music Week Awards The host for the Music Week XFM. As an actor, he has Buxton’s inimitable commentary. category last year. Awards 2013 has been chosen - appeared in movies such as Hot Last year, BUG was picked “It is with great pleasure that and he’s a cracker. Fuzz and Son Of Rambow, as up by Sky Atlantic for its first we step forward and support the Comedian and actor Adam well as TV shows The IT Crowd ever TV series. 2013 Music Week Awards and Buxton will compere the evening and Time Trumpet. Meanwhile, Henley Business sponsor the Music and Brand on April 11 at The Brewery Buxton has recently found School will once again sponsor Partnership category,” said venue in Central London. plaudits in the music industry for the popular Music & Brand Henley’s MBA programme The 6Music host first came his fortnightly show BUG at Partnership category at the director Helen Gammons. to prominence as part of comedy London’s BFI Southbank - Music Week Awards. “We wish everyone the best duo Adam & Joe, with whom he which presents ‘a selection of the Henley, which runs an MBA of luck and look forward to created cult TV shows for latest interesting, brilliant, programme specifically for execs speaking to the nominees and Channel 4 and radio strange and otherwise working within the music winner on the night.” programmes for the likes of noteworthy music videos’ with industry, also backed the www.musicweekawards.com 02-03 NEWS_v7_News and Playlists 08/01/13 19:04 Page 2 2 Music Week 11.01.13 www.musicweek.com NEWS PROMOTED LABEL EXEC DRAWS UP GLOBAL SCHEDULE EDITORIAL Levi’s roots aren’t Max Hole aiming for in anti-copyright full EMI integration at rhetoric. Good. UMGI by end of year POOR LILY ALLEN. When the multi-BRIT Award-winning singer made the point back in 2009 that ripping off somebody’s hard LABELS closely with him for years. work for free wasn’t really on, actually, the P2P lobby gave her I BY TOM PAKINKIS Similarly Frank Brinkmann in proper hell. As in, death-threat-don’t-you-dare-f*cking-talk-about- Germany and George Ash in that-with-an-added-pinch-of-ugly-misogyny hell. (The way people ewly-appointed UMG Australia - these are all guys that always react when they have a worthy and not-at-all selfish or N International chairman I’ve been working with for years. contradictory cause to protect...) and CEO Max Hole is “It’s really a progression of It was the first and last time a prominent star on this side of the aiming to complete the stability, which is one of the Atlantic dared speak strongly and publicly in favour of that operational integration of EMI things that makes us a strong desperately uncool notion, copyright. Metallica said it far less Music into Universal globally by record company.” eloquently in the US a few years before, of course - with that the end of the year. Hole went on to say that the heartwarmingly American vocabulary, litigation - and were pilloried He warns, however, that Japan response from the EMI ranks by everyone from the media to their own fans for their trouble. stands out as a market in which about their integration within As ever in music, timing in both cases was everything. the merger could yet take years Universal had been positive, and In the same year that Ms. Allen was vitriolically castigated for, to complete fully. pointed to the longevity and erm, speaking sense (open rights news hub TorrentFreak even Talking to Music Week experience of UMG’s managerial over-excitedly declared her career deceased), Duffy rode a bike following his appointment, Hole teams as a key reason for that. around a supermarket for money and lost everything. said that coordinating the “The feedback that I’ve had is incorporation of EMI Music “That means assembling that it’s been pretty well across various territories was not really talented teams that are managed,” he said.