Rick Rubin

...wild-bearded vegan Rick Rubin to an executive post at Columbia Records two years ago. But where Rubin was thrust into an unfamiliar operational role -- proclaiming at the time that he would find "the new model for the music business of the...

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...a mega-alliance of the innovative sounds of the Avetts' pianos and kick drums with the studio prowess of Rubin and the distribution arm of Sony Music, something Crawford said could help bring the band in front of new audiences. And even...

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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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...the bushy-bearded co-founder of hip-hop's pioneering record label, Def Jam Recordings. Rubin has produced hit albums for the Beastie Boys, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, and Neil Diamond, but his maverick managing style--he...

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...will be released this fall through a Roc Nation/ Sony Music union; Jay has a longstanding connection with Sony Music head/ hit producer Rick Rubin, who helmed Jay's "99 Problems" and appears in the song's video. MTV News inquiries made...

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...studio album, released by American Recordings/Sony Music on November 3, 2009. The album was produced by Greg Fidelman and executive produced by Rick Rubin. In May 2009, Kerry King said of the album: "I think this one has a little bit of...

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...most of the world. Today it is a premier subsidiary label of Sony Music Entertainment. Steve Barnett and Rick Rubin are the co-heads of Columbia Records. Until 1989, Columbia Records had no connection to Columbia Pictures, which used various...

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...that Sony Music may have found a solution to their mess with Rick Rubin. They're going to quietly offload him to a side label deal, and remove him from the main company. This is what sources say, and it makes sense. As I told you last week,...

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...to be both ad-supported and easier-to-use. Rubin is already employed by Columbia Records to find up-and-coming unsigned artists, but his job there doesn't preclude him from joining an internet venture. Despite being a "music network," MOG...

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