Calls for aspirins and lifebelts at Sony Music

Calls for aspirins and lifebelts at Sony Music

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norman lebrecht

November 03, 2011

Sony Corp lost nearly $200 million in the last quarter, which is enough to give anyone a headache.

But the big worry is music, which is dipping ever lower below the Plimsoll line. Music was 6.6 percent down on the quarter, with just two big earners – Beyonce and Adele. Beyonce wants to have a baby and Adele, who has taken the rest of the year off, is not even a Sony artist. Just a US distributee.

Talent is at a low ebb in Sony Park. The waters are rising.  Here‘s the latest.

photo: (c) EPA, Bangkok.

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