🎶 2022-03-14 14:32:16 - Paris/France.
Nkhani ya Samantha Maloney imayambira pomwe madandaulo ambiri okhudzana ndi zachiwerewere mumakampani oimba amathera: ndi mgwirizano wosadziwika. Munali February 2018 pomwe Maloney adasaina chikalata chomwe chikanamutsekereza pakamwa pamwambo wogwiriridwa zomwe akuti adakumana nazo pomwe akugwira ntchito ku Warner Music Group, Warner Records.
Maloney, wachiwiri kwa prezidenti wakale wa A&R, adachotsedwa ntchito kumapeto kwa Seputembara 2017 ngati gawo lakukonzanso makampani. Anasaina pangano lolekanitsa ndipo analandira malipiro olekanitsidwa. Pafupifupi mwezi umodzi pambuyo pake, loya wake adalembera WMG kuti adachita zolakwika ndi Warner Records ndi akuluakulu a WMG omwe adamvapo, ndipo, nthawi ina, anakumana payekha. Zomwe zaposachedwazi zidakhudza m'modzi mwa akulu akulu pakampaniyi: Maloney akuti adasankhidwa ndi wamkulu wa WMG Stephen Cooper.
Nthawi yomweyo kampaniyo idatsegula kafukufuku. Miyezi itatu pambuyo pake, Warner Music Group idalipira Maloney $240 ndipo adavomera kuti asalankhule poyera za zomwe adanenazo. (Maloney anakana kuyankhapo pazinenezo zinazake za nkhaniyi, koma anati "akuthandiza [zonse] zowonetsetsa kubisa kubisa za kugwiriridwa mu nyimbo.")
Zonena za Maloney ndi zomwe kampaniyo idachita kumapeto kwa kafukufukuyu, malinga ndi otsutsa a kampaniyo komanso makampani azosangalatsa ambiri, akuwonetsa njira yayikulu: oimbidwa mlandu wolakwa amachepetsedwa kukhala chete ndi ma NDA a ironclad, pomwe oyang'anira amuna amphamvu ali. anatetezedwa ku nkhani zowaneneza poyera. M'zaka zaposachedwa, oyimira milandu ndi maloya omwe akuyimira antchito adadzudzula kwambiri ma NDA pamilandu yazachipongwe, ponena kuti amateteza zonena za anthu amphamvu pazamasewera kuti asawonekere.
Zonena za Maloney motsutsana ndi Warner kumayambiriro kwa February 2017. Otsogolera a Warner Music Group anakondwerera usiku waukulu kwambiri wa nyimbo pa Grammy Party ya Grammy Party ku Staples Center ku Los Angeles. Panthawi ina paphwando, Cooper anali kuyankhula ndi Maloney ndikuyamika ntchito yake. Kenako, akuti, adamupatsa kugonana naye komanso mlendo kuphwandoko. (Woimira WMG akuti Cooper "amakana zonena kuti ananena zosayenera paphwando.")
Pambuyo pake usiku womwewo, malinga ndi zomwe magwero atatu anena Kugubuduza mwala Maloney adawauza kuti zomwe zidachitikazi, Maloney adapita kwa manejala wa Warner Music Group yemwe analinso paphwando ndikumuuza za zomwe Cooper adanena. Magwerowa akuti Maloney adawauza masiku ndi miyezi ingapo yotsatira kuti adauza woimira anthu kuti abwana ake amupempha kuti achite nawo zachiwerewere - ndemanga yomwe ingakhale kuphwanya malamulo akampani. ndi kugwiritsa ntchito molakwika mphamvu ndi mkulu wamkulu pakampani. Malinga ndi anthu atatu awa Maloney adawafotokozera mosiyana pambuyo pa zomwe adanenedwazo, woimira HR adazikana.
"Izi sizikuwoneka bwino kwa ine," atero a Michael Howe - wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa A&R ku Warner yemwe Maloney adamuuza zakukhosi ndipo adachotsedwa ntchito ndi kampani tsiku lomwelo Maloney - akufotokoza. Kugubuduza mwala. “Panthaŵiyo [amene akuimbidwa mlandu], anali ndi mkazi wosakwatiwa wochita ndalama zambiri, wochita ndalama zambiri. (Maloney adagwira ntchito ndi magulu angapo ku Warner, kuphatikiza Disturbed, komwe adayimba nyimbo zoyimba pagulu lachitatu la platinamu la "The Sound of Silence" la Simon ndi Garfunkel.
Maloney adalankhula ndi a Howe, omwe tsopano akugwira ntchito ndi Prince Estate, za zomwe akuti zidachitika pasanathe mwezi umodzi kapena iwiri kunena kuti zidachitika, a Howe akutero. "[Cooper] adati, 'Mumayatsa magetsi,'" potengera kugunda kwa Disturbed, asanafotokozere Maloney paphwando, malinga ndi nkhani ya Howe pazomwe Maloney adamuuza. “Zinali zodabwitsa. »
Woyang'anira wachiwiri wa Warner, yemwe salinso ndi chizindikirocho ndipo adapempha kuti asadziwike ponena kuti akuwopa kubwezera, adakumbukira kuti adadabwa kwambiri ndi zomwe mkulu wa anthu akutsutsa zomwe ananena Maloney pamwambo wa Grammy, m'malo moganiza kuti munthu wamkulu. woyang'anira zosangalatsa akhoza kupereka ndemanga yosayenera kwa wantchito. "Sindikudabwa kuti zidachitikazi - zomwe ndi zachisoni - koma ndidadabwa kuti palibe chomwe chidachitika pomwe adapita kukawaona poyamba," adatero.
"Zonse zikuwoneka zolakwika kwa ine. Panthaŵiyo [zachinenezo], iye anali ndi wosakwatiwa wochita ndalama zambiri, wochita ndalama zambiri. - wakale Warner VP Michael Howe
Malinga ndi WMG, oyang'anira kampani sanadziwitsidwe za zomwe a Maloney adamunenera mpaka atatulutsidwa, ndipo adatsegula kafukufuku wodziyimira pawokha tsiku lomwe adawapereka kukampaniyo. Kuphatikiza pakufufuza madandaulo a Maloney akugwiriridwa ndi Cooper, kampani yodziwika bwino yanyimbo idafufuzanso milandu yokhudzana ndi chiwerewere kwa wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Dave Dyer ndi wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Jeff Fenster. Zotsutsa komanso zambiri za kafukufukuyu, zomwe zidatha milungu itatu pambuyo pake mu Novembala 2017, sizinafotokozedwe, ngakhale Cooper ndi Dyer akugwirabe ntchito ku Warner, pomwe Fenster adachotsedwa ntchito. Panthawiyo, WMG idathokoza Maloney osamutchula dzina, polankhula Panneau d'affichage kuti munthu wina wantchito yemwe sanatchulidwe dzina "adatithandiza ...
Patatha chaka chimodzi zomwe akuti zidachitika ndi Cooper, Warner adalipira Maloney $ 240 ndikusaina pangano. Mu mgwirizano uwu, zomwe Kugubuduza mwala atafufuzidwa, Warner adakana cholakwa chilichonse ndipo adalemba zomwe adalipira Maloney pozindikira kuti adachita nawo kafukufukuyu.
Maloney adavomeranso mawu osawulula omwe angamulepheretse kukambirana za kuthetseratu kapena kuzunzidwa kulikonse kwa Warner. Monga tafotokozera m'chigwirizanocho, kuphwanya kulikonse kwachinsinsi kwa Maloney kapena anthu ochepa omwe adaloledwa kugawana nawo zomwe adagwirizana nawo kungapangitse chindapusa cha $ 60. Posaina NDA, Warner adafunikanso kusunga chinsinsi. Koma ngati atalephera kusunga chikalatacho mwachinsinsi, sikungakhale kuphwanya malamulo, malinga ndi zomwe chikalatacho.
Mu mawu oti Kugubuduza mwalaMneneri wa WMG adati kampaniyo "imachita izi mozama kwambiri, ndipo tikuthokoza wantchito wathu wakale chifukwa cha kulimba mtima kwake pofotokoza nkhawa zake mu 2017. Pa nthawiyo, gulu lina lodziyimira pawokha linafufuza mozama pa madandaulowo ndipo tachita zoyenera. kuchitapo kanthu potengera zomwe zapeza, kuphatikiza kuchotsedwa ntchito kwa mkulu woyang'anira label ndi chilango kwa wamkulu wina wamakalata.
"Kwa zaka zinayi zapitazi, tachitapo kanthu, kuphatikizapo kukonzanso ndondomeko yathu ya kachitidwe, kutumizira akatswiri odzipatulira a DEI, kutulutsa mapulogalamu owonjezera ophunzitsira ndi kulimbikitsa njira zomveka bwino kuti anthu afotokoze nkhawa zawo. "Ikuwonjezera kampaniyo. "Kampani yathu imayamikira malo antchito osiyanasiyana komanso ophatikizana opanda kuzunzidwa komanso tsankho. »
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Ngakhale kuti nkhani za kuchoka kwa Fenster zinanenedwa m'manyuzipepala a nyimbo panthawiyo, Dyer sanatchulidwe. Fenster pakadali pano adalembedwa patsamba lake la Linkedin ngati wapampando wa 300 Entertainment, yomwe WMG idagula mu 2021. Kugubuduza mwala kuti Fenster anali ndi "mgwirizano woyamba wowoneka ndi 300 womwe udatsogola kutenga Warner" ndikuti "Warner akadali mkati mwa kuphatikiza komweko ndi zonse zomwe zikukhudza.") Fenster. Woimira WMG adatsimikizira kuti "Fenster si wantchito wa Warner kapena 300," koma sanayankhe pamene adafunsidwa kuti afotokoze zomwe Fenster adanena. (Fenster sanayankhe pempho mobwerezabwereza kuti apereke ndemanga.)
Kupitilira zomwe ananena Maloney motsutsana ndi Cooper, Warner adayang'ananso zomwe a Maloney adanena zokhudza Dyer, wamkulu wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wotsatsa wailesi ku Warner Records. Pachakudya chamadzulo chokhala ndi zilembo za 2016 chomwe Maloney adapitako limodzi ndi oyang'anira ena angapo a Warner, Dyer akuti adakhudza wojambula yemwe amamukonda pa mwendo wake zomwe zidamupangitsa kuti asamve bwino.
Woyimbayu adakana kuyankhapo pankhaniyi, koma loya wake panthawiyo, yemwe adapempha kuti tisamutchule, adatsimikiza za nkhaniyi kwa. Kugubuduza mwala, pokumbukira kuti wojambulayo analankhula naye za izo usiku womwewo. "Nditha kutsimikizira kuti kasitomala wanga sanasangalale ndi kulumikizana kulikonse komwe adalandira kuchokera kwa Dave Dyer," adatero loya.
"Dave adaponya bomba mu chinthu ichi," atero a Howe, a A&R akuyesera kusaina wojambulayo komanso yemwe anali pa chakudya chamadzulo. Kutengera zomwe zachitika m'maimelo omwe adapezedwa ndi Kugubuduza mwala adatumizidwa atangotha chakudya chamadzulo cha 2016, Howe adalongosola zodetsa nkhaŵa zake ponena za khalidwe la Dyer kwa wojambulayo. (Kudzera mwa woimira WMG, Dyer anakana kuyankhapo.)
"Lingaliro lakuti tiyenera kusamala za oimira kampani akuitanidwira ku msonkhano wa ojambula chifukwa 'anyamata adzakhala anyamata' kapena 'momwemo ndi momwe anyamata amachitira' amawonekeratu. , makamaka masiku ano," a Howe adalembera woyang'anira wake posakhalitsa. zomwe zikunenedwazo. "Sindikupha umunthu wa Dave kapena kunena kuti ndi munthu wankhanza kwambiri, koma nditha kungonena kuti [Warner wamkulu yemwe ali ndi udindo woyang'anira Dyer] mwina alibe chidwi ndi uthenga wamabungwe - komanso kuwonongeka kwake - kuti khalidwe limachita, kapena kuti amayang'ana kwambiri kusunga ntchito yake kotero kuti amalola ... ogwira ntchito kuchita chilichonse chomwe akufuna. Kapena mwachiwonekere ndizosokoneza kwambiri.
“Ndi kalabu ya anyamata, ndipo palibe amene anali ndi mipira yowaletsa,” anatero mkulu wina wakale wa Warner.
Asanayambe udindo wake ku Warner Records, Maloney adadziwika kuti anali woimba ng'oma, akusewera ndi magulu ambiri a rock rock, kuphatikizapo Hole, Mötley Crüe ndi Eagles of Death Metal. Adalumikizana ndi Warner mu 2014, adakhala komweko kwa zaka zitatu mpaka adaloledwa kupita ku Warner Records kuchokera ku hard rock kupita ku pop ndi hip-hop.
Mu Disembala 2017, kampaniyo idalengeza mu memo yomwe idasainidwa ndi director of human resources wa WMG Masha Osherova (woyang'anira chuma cha anthu wosiyana ndi yemwe Maloney akuti adalankhula naye paphwando la Grammy) kuti idapereka chilango chosadziwika kwa ogwira ntchito a Warner omwe sanatchulidwe. "Ndikulemberani kukudziwitsani kuti munthu wakale waku America wogwira ntchito ku Warner Bros. Zolemba zadzetsa nkhawa za machitidwe osayenera a atsogoleri athu angapo aku America, "adalemba Osherova.
Kampaniyo inanenanso kuti Warner amayembekeza kuti atolankhani azinena kuti Cooper "anaimbidwa mlandu wonena zosayenera paphwando." Malipoti pa nthawi ya zosiyanasiyana et Panneau d'affichage adazindikira Fenster ndikutchulapo ndemanga ya Cooper popanda kufotokoza zomwe akuti adanena.
Monga CEO wa WMG - cholembera chachitatu padziko lonse lapansi - Cooper akadali m'modzi mwa anthu amphamvu kwambiri panyimbo komanso wamkulu wa kampani yemwe amayang'anira ntchito za nyimbo za Cardi B, Lizzo, Dua Lipa ndi ena ambiri. ena. Pali chinthu chokhazikika pafupi ndi pamwamba pa Panneau d'affichageMndandanda wamagetsi apachaka, ukubwera pa nambala 2022 mu XNUMX.
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