Though coverage of the EMI's reorganization of its music division focused on job cuts to about one-third of EMI's staff and the anticipated trimming of some promising but profitless bands from its roster, the company had other things to say, many of them a sensible reaction to continuing lost market share and similar streamlining by competitors. If it sounds to you like EMI is recasting itself to do what a record company should, you are right. It says it will be "completely focused on A&R to maximize the potential of all its artists." This could be wonderful news. A&R, or Artists and Repertoire -- that part of the organization that finds and develops talent -- is typically under-resourced these days, to the detriment of bands and singers who lack focus or need time to mature. (Wall Street Journal)
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