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#323913 by hunter_mc
Wed Feb 25, 2015 2:49 pm
I just saw over at Blabbermouth (http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/indepe ... quisition/) that Sony or one of the other major label conglomerates is likely to purchase Century Media in the near future. If this happens, what do you think it means for the Devster? Is he going to end up with corporate suits telling him that he needs to capitalize on his commercial side in order to start moving some more units?
#323914 by swervedriver
Thu Feb 26, 2015 1:57 am
If that's the case I doubt he'll choose be part of the Century Media / Sony family, given how Dev handled things with the recording sessions with the LA producers who also worked with Nickelback.
#323925 by hunter_mc
Fri Feb 27, 2015 1:38 pm
There's a good Op Ed piece over at Metal Sucks today: http://www.metalsucks.net/2015/02/27/on-the-century-media-major-label-acquisition-rumors/

The troubling part:
There is already a blueprint for this: Roadrunner Records.

The order of events might be slightly different, but we’ve already seen what happens when a key executive leaves a metal label and that label is acquired by a major.

First, the label will issue some completely meaningless statement such as “We promise to keep our core values intact, and this acquisition will not weaken the brand at all! Century Media will still be Century Media! This will just make us stronger by providing services we need!” The acquiring label will make a similarly hollow statement about how they intend to take a “hands off” approach as far as the music goes. This is all complete bullshit: the acquiring label is simply interested in Century’s catalogue, and will indulge Century’s existing staff in continuing to sign and promote new acts only as a means of keeping the brand alive to sell old albums, or utilizing their “expertise” as a hard rock imprint that fits better into the major label / radio world.

Once the terms of the acquisition have been completed, Century will lay off their “back office” staff — the lawyers, accountants, admins, production assistants, etc. whose jobs will be redundant at a major label — and will retain their core creative staff to run the daily operations of the label.

Things will seem to run as usual for a year or two, until one of two things happens: 1) The major label brass repurposes Century as its “hard rock” unit, ala Roadrunner (an area in which Century is already investing), or 2) The major label brass retains a small core of marketing staff to handle Century’s existing recording obligations until those bands’ contracts expire and they let the label wither away and die.

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