6 posts and columns on Glenn Peoples

How to Solve the Mystery of Spotify and the Missing Coldplay Album

in Media on October 27, 2011 at 3:53 pm PT

Don’t need Sherlock for this one. Follow the money, straight to iTunes.
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Live Nation Entertainment's Irving Azoff Tweets Up a Storm

in News on August 5, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

Now we know why executives have handlers. Irving Azoff, Live Nation Entertainment’s colorful executive chairman, has long been known in the music industry for his short fuse. Now thanks to Twitter, anyone who feels like it can get a taste of Azoff’s legendary temper.

Will Britney Get a Bailout?

in Media on March 10, 2009 at 1:31 pm PT

Call me a crusty skeptic, but I think it’d be hard for entertainers to get Washington to help them out in the best of times. So my gut is that there’s little chance that Congress will pass something called “The Performance Rights Act,” which would force radio stations to pay musicians–or at least, music labels–whenever they play one of their recordings.
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OMG New GNR on MySpace! Oh…Nevermind

in Media on November 21, 2008 at 8:08 am PT

Next week’s release of “Chinese Democracy”–Guns N’ Roses’ first new album in a gazillion years–is supposed to be a very big deal. But listening data from MySpace, where the album is being previewed, indicate that fans may be disappointed. So may execs at Best Buy, which has an exclusive on the new disc.