Gottschalks Files For Bankruptcy

Posted on 14. Jan, 2009 by Daniel Taylor in How's Business

Retailer Gottschalks Inc. says it put itself up for sale and has filed to reorganize in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Perez Hilton Starting New Label

Posted on 04. Jun, 2008 by alisse in Blog, Consumption, How's Business, Internet, Lifestyle, Music, Paid

Blogger Perez Hilton wants to use his “talents” to start a new record label and save the music industry. His first task will be to do whatever it takes to revive the CD. His ideas for doing so include lowering prices of CD’s to something like five dollars and creating large partnerships with worldwide companies. His main goal is to get the public to start purchasing music again. With all the easy ways to get free music and the availability of downloads I wonder if his ideas will take off?

He [...]

Rapper M.I.A. Making Big Bucks

Posted on 03. Jun, 2008 by alisse in Blog, Consumption, Music, Paid

British and Sri Lankan lady rapper M.I.A. (Maya Arulpragasam) is makin’ money. Besides her recent engagement to Warner Music Group (WMG) big-wig Edgar Bronfman’s son, rocker Benjamin Brewer, she is getting paid by some notorious sponsors. M.I.A. collected $100k for performing at an MTV Movie Awards after-party and she only had to be on stage for half an hour! The party was in West Hollywood and sponsored by Converse One Star and Target.

After performing, M.I.A. jumped on top of a photo booth and told the audience how much money she’d [...]