Eugene David
...The One-Minute Pundit

Sunday, October 28, 2007


"Look at the sales numbers for the old guys, Paul Simon, Neil Young, McCartney. They're not setting the world on fire," Azoff says. "The labels look at the Eagles and say 'maybe it'll sell a million and a half,' and relative to what those records cost to make and market, they don't want to make the investment. I talked to the labels prior to making the Wal-Mart deal, and I asked how much marketing money they had. Three million. Wal-Mart spent 40 million on Garth. Reaching our fans and inspiring them to buy the album, that's what it's about."

TRANSLATION: Albums by the Geritol Geezers are big-loss-leading sinkholes -- only being big as the Wal may cover up the holes.

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