Music GroupsThe Post-Ienner Sony BMG
Hits does the music media version of going to the OTB by wondering what the new Sony BMG will look and act like after Don Ienner's (often celebrated) ouster.
"The reaction is said to have been similarly upbeat in the offices of merger partner BMG, where staffers were rumored to be celebrating the news of Ienner's removal. That's hardly surprising, considering that BMG's executive team will assume a more dominant role and a louder voice in the combined Sony BMG infrastructure under the leadership of Rolf Schmidt-Holtz with Ienner and Michele Anthony out of the picture."Interesting: Ienner "would be a great hire for EMI once the acquisition of WMG goes down," as if it's a sure bet the deal will go down. There hasn't been a peep for weeks out of the Times Online, The Independent, Leeds or Duhigg on EMI's second bid for WMG. Is this the quiet before the storm?
