More fodder for the music distribution debate
LOL… the more I read about the music industry the more I laugh. Check out this article from music2dot0 that starts with the title, “Time for Luddite & Wanton Label Chiefs to go” which is a great summary in itself.
I was reminded that in my previous post talking about the Wired Magazine article that Doug Morris, CEO of Universal Music, claimed to not even know who the right technology people to hire would have been. “Uh, yeah. So what?” would have been my response. Tons of technology consultants get hired every year who only know one thing (and more yet who know nothing) but that doesn’t stop companies from trying to get the right people. To just stay out of the game for fear of not hiring the right people for the job further reinforces my desire to cut these guys no slack. Hell… they have enough money to go buy a company that is in the space and have them lead the charge.
God, I love seeing these guys get angry over their own ignorance. It won’t surprise me if later it is revealed that they in fact did hire consultants but instead of technology folks they hired MBA’s to tell them who to hate. That seems about right.