Cash Box Nashville Staffers Wendy Newcomer and Angela Thune Report
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VOL. LIX, NO. 25 MARCH 2, 1996 NUMBER ONES STAFF GEORGE ALBERT THE ENTERTAINMENT TRADE MAGAZINE President and Publisher POP SINGLE KEITH ALBERT Cover Story Exec. V.P./General Manager Not Gon’ Cry M.Ff. MARTINEZ Mary J. Blige Managing Editor Country Radio Seminar 27 EDITORIAL (Arista) Los Angeles The annual Country Radio Seminar is the place where radio station staffers JOHN GOFF schmooze, discuss issues pertinent to their craft (in particular regarding country STEVE BALTIN GIL ROBERTSON IV get to of the brightest URBAN SINGLE music), and imbibe the sounds of some up-and-coming KAREN SIDLOW Retail Glide talent of the genre. Some already having proved themselves, others trying to gain HECTOR RESENDEZ, Lain Edtor Not Gon’ Cry Nashville greater purchase in the industry, all the performers on the bill of the CRS New WENDY NEWCOMER Mary J. Biige Faces Show want to impress the assemblage of country radio programmers New York (Arista) JS GAER responsible for the airwaves’ playlists. Starting on Feb. the artists will 28, CHART RESEARCH schmooze with radio folk at Nashville, TN’s Opryland Hotel and Convention Los Angeles BRIAN PARMELLY Center. But on March 2, the close of the confab, they better deliver the goods. RAP SINGLE ZIV Cash Box Nashville staffers Wendy Newcomer and Angela Thune report. TONY RUIZ Get Money PETER FIRESTONE —starts on page 22 Nashville Junior M.A.F.I.A. GAIL FFtANCESCHI (Big Beat) New Media Takes A Bow MARKETINGIADVERTIS1NG Los Angeles FRANK HIGGINBOTHAM overdue is the debut of a special section in Cash Box featuring news on Long JOHN RHYS the burgeoning universe of New Media. Twice monthly, the magazine will offer Nashville COUNTRY SINGLE TED RANDALL features, news and reviews covering on-line websites, CD-ROM and enhanced Not That Different New York CD releases, unique cyberspace developments and other information pertaining NOEL ALBERT Collin Raye to New Media. 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Box 2089, Cliffside Park, NJ 07010 for $180 first BLUES Film Reviews 16, 17 ALBUMS class. Copyright 1 995 by George Albert. rights reserved. Copyright under Greatest Hits UK 19 All Universal Copyright Convention. Stevie Ray Vaughn Country/Positive Country 26-32 POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Cash Box, 6464 Sunset Blvd., #605, (Epic) Coin 33 Hollywood, CA 90028. CASH BOX MARCH 2, 1996 3 Lead Story I Joseph S. Puzio has been named sr. vp of corporate Labels File Suit Against finance and strategic plan- ning for EMI Music Pub- lishing Worldwide He now Amway Corp. will be responsible for con- solidating and monitoring ELEVEN MAJOR RECORD COMPANIES have filed a multi-million dollar performance of the actual results of budgets for all EMI suit against multi-level marketing giant Amway Corporation and several of its Music Pub’s territories worldwide, preparing financial top distributors for copyright infringement and unfair practices. Filed last week in reports, preparing the company’s key issues and strate- the United States District Court, Orlando Division, the 108 count suit claims gies, and analysis activities. Previously a vp performing the company and its distributors with unauthorized commercial use of 57 different many of the same tasks, Puzio joined EMI in 1990 and sound recordings in production and sale of motivational and promotional video is credited with reorganizing and increasing the scope tapes. of the company’s corporate finance department. I The The charges, if upheld, could bring statutory damages of $1 1 million. Accord- MCA Music Entertainment Group (MMEG) has ing to the Recording Industry Assn, of America (RIAA), which spearheaded the announced a pair of promotions. Craig Bamsey has investigation prompting the suit, the present evidence could represent just the “tip been upped to director and Margaret Rosato has been of the iceberg,” and many more counts could be added to the complaint after the promoted to manager in the company’s business devel- discovery phase of the complaint is underway. opment department. Based in Los Angeles, Bamsey will Plaintiffs in the suit are Arista Records, Inc., BMG Music, Zomba Record- be responsible for exploring new business ventures and ing, Motown Record Company, PolyGram Records, Sony Music Entertain- N' . / acquistions as well as handling internal consulting pro- ment. Inc., Solar Records, Christian Music Group, Records, Inc., EMI MCA jects for various divisions within MMEG. Also based Capitol Records, Inc. and Virgin Records America, Inc. \ V in L.A., Rosato will serve in a support and managerial Nurme “It is difficult to at this point the scope of financial loss suffered by determine role in the department’s projects. Bamsey joined the record companies, but it is immense,” commented Jason Berman, chair- MMEG in march 1995 as associate director in business recordings, particularly man/CEO of the RIAA. Rights to use copyrighted sound development, and prior to that served four years as engagement manager in for commercial gain, must be negotiated and licensed from record companies. the management consulting firm of McKinsey and Company of San Francisco Even then, there are sound recordings for which permission would not be granted and Germany. Rosato joined the business development department in 1993, at any price.” and from 1988 until that time was in publicity with Palo Alto-based Windham According to the RIAA, which began its investigation two years ago after the Hill Records. H Steven J. Nurme has been named director of interactive infringing tapes were brought to its attention, the Amway videos were produced sales for BMG Distribution, where he will work closely with distribution and sold nationwide by high-level distributors known as “Diamonds.” Berman and retail outlets to maximize the accessibility of BMG’s product. Nurme has says the videos, feature artists as which music by such Michael Jackson, The been director of North American sales and distribution for The Discovery Beatles, Whitney Houston, Gloria Estefan and Michael Bolton, among others, Channel, and prior to that was manager of national sales for the channel. “play an integral role” within the Amway distribution system. ..Not only are the M Michael Greenspan has been named CFO of H.O.L.A. Recordings the videos by themselves highly-profitable products sold at approximately $25 — label founded by legendary music producer Jellybean Benitez and distributed each —but the videos also play a significant role in the defendants’ other commer- in a joint venture with PolyGram. Greenspan will be responsible for over- seeing the company’s daily financial actitivies. he comes to the post from (Continued on page 21) Alliance Ente.tainment Corp., where he served as director of financial planning and analysis. He has held similar posts at EMI Records and Random MPA Names House, Inc. Countries In Copyright Multimedia Profile Piracy Chris Andrews: ESTIMATING $6 BILLION in trade losses due to copyright piracy by 29 countries in 1995, the nine-member International Intellectual Property Alliance Leading The Grammys (IIPA) has issued its annual' ‘Special 301” review featuring recommendations for trade sanctions and identified China as the most virulent pirate nation for the second year in a row The IIPA also recommended in the Special 301 filing, submitted to Into The 21st Century LIST rade Representative Mickey Kantor, that the Russian Federation and T urkey Steve Baltin be designated “Priority Foreign Countries” under provisions of the Trade Act of By 1974. THOUGH IT TOOK NEARLY FOUR DECADES for the Grammy Awards to The IIPA, an umbrella for trade associations representing U.S. manufacturers catch up with the times when it comes to its nominees, NARAS (The National and distributors of sound recordings, film and video, computer software, interac- Academy of Recording Artists And Sciences) is making sure the awards are tive media, music publishing and business programs, also says that Mexico has leading the pack when it comes to multi-media technology.