Wednesday, January 22, 2003

News.Com: RIAA chief to step down. "She was featured in the most recent issue of Wired magazine as 'The Most Hated Name in Music' -- a bold statement in an industry notoriously rife with avaricious record producers and label executives." [Scripting News] The outgoing chief executive said she wanted to spend more time with her family. Interesting. That's the standard lie that's told when a bigshot is fired or quits in disgust (usually the former). Of course the reporter didn't catch it, but I wonder if whatever went on will get out at some point. comment () trackback ()  8:41:30 PM     Microsoft to Buy Vivendi Games Division? [Slashdot] Vivendi is the current owner of Blizzard Entertainment, so if this rumour were true it would be bad news for Mac gamers. comment () trackback ()  6:59:12 PM     The price of gold is over $360/ounce! comment () trackback ()  3:42:25 PM     Grocer foils robber in fatal holdup, police say. A market owner used one hand to knock away the barrel of a sawed-off shotgun pointed at his face and the other to draw his pistol from under a counter and fatally shoot a robber Tuesday, St. Louis police said. [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] Here's a story you won't be hearing about on the evening news. comment () trackback ()  11:34:32 AM     NPR has a transcript of the RealMedia interview I mentioned yesterday. comment () trackback ()  10:39:55 AM     Paolo: "In Italy nobody pays prescription drugs." [Scripting News] Or, in non-socialist terms, money is stolen at gunpoint from everybody in Italy to pay for the prescription drugs of the relatively few people who need them. comment () trackback ()  8:53:06 AM

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