Industry & Culture
Clive No Longer the HDIC (Head Davis in Charge?) of BMG
Clive Davis, we'll miss you. We'll miss your bi-yearly declarations that "This will be the year we put Whitney back on top!" We'll miss the unabashed Alicia Keysery with which you pepper your pontifications on American Idol. We'll also miss mixing you up with that other old guy that was married to Mariah Carey when she used to wear clothes. Although you have a long, decorated history of ramming Pop/Soul artists into our collective consciousness at every turn (thanks for Leona, by the way), we're quite distressed that you're being replaced with Barry Weiss, who in much the same fashion guided the careers of Chris Brown and T-Pain. But at least he has a pulse... on what music listeners want to hear nowadays. But good luck in your new role as Chief Creative Officer, which is oodles more glamorous than Chairman and Chief Officer. [NYT/CNN]
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