{"id":46,"date":"2012-08-09T16:07:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-09T16:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2012-08-09T16:17:20","modified_gmt":"2012-08-09T16:17:20","slug":"richard-to-buy-back-virgin-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/?p=46","title":{"rendered":"Richard To Buy Back Virgin Records ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Richard-Me1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-51\" title=\"Richard Me\" src=\"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Richard-Me1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Richard-Me1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Richard-Me1-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Richard-Me1-442x300.jpg 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>There is confirmed talk that Richard Branson is looking at buying back Virgin Records from the EMI Group as part of EMI&#8217;s concessions to appease regulators on the proposed buyout of EMI by the Universal Music Group.<\/p>\n<p>I expect to get a hold of Richard and some of his top people soon to see what structure the label would take on under his ownership. I can say without reservation that it can only be a good thing for music and real talent if this happens.<\/p>\n<p>The massive worldwide success of Adele on a significant independent label with the guts to let her be herself shows there is a way forward for real artists to reach a large worldwide audience if the quality is there.<\/p>\n<p>I spoke to Martin Mills this year months before he appeared before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on the proposed merger of EMI and Universal. Martin&#8217;s independent thinking and the protection of his artists are a large part of what let Adele happen. His statements at the Senate hearing made the most sense of anyone.<\/p>\n<p>I sincerely hope that Richard is able to buy back Virgin Records and join the powerful group of independents along with people like Martin that can allow an Album like &#8220;21&#8221; to be made without constraint.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to a very strong relationship with the new Virgin Records going forward, if Richard pulls this off.<\/p>\n<p>George<\/p>\n<p>August 9th, 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is confirmed talk that Richard Branson is looking at buying back Virgin Records from the EMI Group as part of EMI&#8217;s concessions to appease regulators on the proposed buyout of EMI by the Universal Music Group. I expect to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/?p=46\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52,"href":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/52"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgeglennon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}