Ken Lombard
President, Starbucks Entertainment
Seattle, Washington
Ken Lombard, 52, is signing up artists for Starbucks's own record label, Hear Music, which will use the company's stores as a significant distribution channel. ...READ»
"Rock and Roll Fantasy." Sound like a course you'd want to take? Last winter, a lucky handful of students at SCI-Arc--a legendary school of architecture and design in downtown L.A.--got the chance. They were tasked ...READ»
Remember that Beastie Boys Tibetan Freedom Concert you went to at Randall's Island in June, 1997? Neither do we, but there are plenty of people out there who do, and they have the stories, photos, and possibly a T-shirt to prove it. ...READ»
If you're watching the World Series tonight, as I am at the moment, you've seen that cool Red Sox logo on the infield grass. Let me introduce you to the man responsible for that creative touch, Dave Mellor, director of the grounds at ...READ»
Sex, drugs, rock roll ... and charity fundraisers. In today's socially conscious society, the Spinal Tap method of rock roll ignorance is no longer accepted. Now, artists are using their clout and talent to change the world -- one song at a time.READ»
After David Byrne and Brian Eno self-released their album Everything That Happens Will Happen Today last August, they generated profits equivalent to a label advance. How? Software marketing, of course.
We’ve all seen a ...READ»
A series of 25 new drawings and new album artwork by the neo-hippie Renaissance man work like the rest of his visual art, connecting the dots between his lyrics and music.READ»
MTV is on a roll. Just days after announcing a fresh new music video web site comes news that MTV Networks will license songs from the Beatles for an upcoming video game from Harmonix, the makers of Rock Band.READ»
Don't panic. You're about to go on a ride through the new economy in the company of Douglas Adams, the ultimate hitchhiker, as he translates his fanatic flair for intergalactic fun and games into what he hopes will become the next big multimedia company.READ»
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane has built an empire of staggering proportions that nabbed him a record $100 million deal with Fox. And, with an innovative new series of animated shorts distributed by Google -- "Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy" -- he’s even teaching the search giant new ways to exploit the Web. Could this crude frat-boy cartoonist really be a model for business in the postmodern age?READ»
