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...THIS FAR: It isn't a feel-good movie. But it is a movie it feels good to vote for: attractive representatives of a discriminated-against minority find a few moments of happiness in a more repressive America before tragedy claims them. Now, in a somewhat more enlightened era, we are made to feel pity and even a touch of terror for them. Shrewdly positioned as a romance rather than a message movie, Brokeback comes at us quietly. We really like these guys--one rough-hewn and silent, the other eager and somewhat unformed--and the picture's unforced, almost...
...next-door neighbor, and London's journalists were left wondering how they would keep their readers' interest in the longest-running soap opera in politics. And yet, and yet ? Though the Prime Minister may again have emulated Mark Twain and disappointed those who have announced his demise, the Blair era is indeed slowly coming to an end. He has said that he will not run for a fourth term in office. Given that Brown will need a fair chance to make his mark with the electorate before an election - one must take place no later than May 2010 - Blair...
...first time since 2000, rising 5.8% to $1.64 billion. Its global digital sales soared 142% to $79.3 million; that's 5% of total revenues, and growing fast. And EMI's global market share rose from 12.5% to 13.1%. "EMI is one of the leaders" of the digital era, says Mike McGuire, research director at Gartner. "They're innovative." Yes, EMI benefited from big-selling albums by artists like the freestyle cartoon band Gorillaz and Coldplay (who nabbed the best album award for X&Y and best single for Speed of Sound at the Brit Awards in London last week...
...music sites online, up from 50 two years ago. Levy predicts that 25% of industry revenues will come from digital music by 2010, and many industry analysts and executives think he's right. And then, EMI and the industry just got lucky. The unexpected cash cow of the digital era is the ringtone, and its wireless cousins: ringtunes, ringbacks and wallpaper. Last year mobile music sales were more than $400 million globally. EMI's publishing arm - with a catalogue of more than a million songs - is the world's largest, with a market share analysts estimate at around 20%. Last...
...economics remains unchanged. Typically only 5 to 15% of a label's artists - the megastars - bring in the cash to pay for the rest. That's why artist development - finding the next Radiohead or Kanye West - is critical. Grooming a new or niche act into superstardom in the digital era requires the same marketing effort it always did. "Just putting it out on the Internet without marketing is like shooting it out into space," Kennedy says. And only the labels pay those marketing costs. EMI has a reputation for investing heavily in artist development. It's got high hopes...