GENERAL: Producers Track Record as a Label Executive is Raising Questions

Less than two years after Sony Music Entertainment made a daring move by hiring the legendary music producer Rick Rubin to run its Columbia Records label, the company is learning a lesson from baseball: sometimes the best players dont make the best managers. Sony hired Mr. Rubin a founder of Def Jam Records who has produced hits for Run-DMC, the Beastie Boys, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Johnny Cash hoping the appointment would lead to a new business model for the struggling record business....

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