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The Rolling Stones' Business Model

Posted by michael on from the gathering-no-moss dept.

reallocate writes "These pages were graced a few days ago by a piece that included comments on the future of the music business from the Stones' Keith Richards. Now, here's a detailed Fortune report on the business side of the Stones -- Keith and Mick seem to know what they're doing and may not be all that concerned about the future -- the Stones have ground out $1.5 billion (yes, that's a 'b') in gross revenue since 1989."

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  1. Moderately impressive by panurge · · Score: 5, Insightful
    So Mr. Jagger is now the CEO and a major investor in an SME with a turnover of around $120M per annum. He has well chosen business associates and, presumably, a considerable degree of autonomy. And because the business is built so closely around him and his close associates, his position is rather secure. Unusually, too, he is a celebrity who is actually famous for doing something, rather than just famous for being plucked from obscurity and made famous. Pretty good

    Moral: Kids, stop trying to get on reality TV and go to economics classes.

    (This is just a plug for my new single, Smack up ma CEO of a Fortune 500 company)

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  2. Education by Lucky_Pierre · · Score: 5, Informative

    Well.....Mick *did* attend the London School of Economics.
    http://www.mick-jagger.com/bio.htm

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    "Whenever the cause of the people is entrusted to professors, it is lost." ~ V.I. Lenin
  3. Re:Alright, where's the Stones MS Bashing by odaiwai · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the contrary, they clearly associated the phrase: "it makes a grown man cry" with Windows 95 even before it was launched. I'd say that makes them proper slashdot linux zealots.

    dave