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Ibali likaSamantha Maloney liqala apho uninzi lwamabango okuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kushishino lomculo luphela: ngesivumelwano sokungabhengezi. KwakungoFebruwari ka-2018 xa uMaloney watyikitya uxwebhu olwaluza kuthi cwaka ngalo lonke ixesha ngesehlo sokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo ekutyholwa ukuba wadibana naso ngelixa wayesebenzela ileyibhile ye-Warner Music Group, iWarner Records.
UMaloney, owayesakuba ngusekela mongameli we-A&R, wakhululwa kwinkampani ngasekupheleni kukaSeptemba 2017 njengenxalenye yohlengahlengiso lweshishini. Watyikitya isivumelwano sokwahlukana waza wafumana iphakheji yokuqhawula umtshato. Kwisithuba esingangenyanga kamva, igqwetha lakhe labhalela iWMG lityhola ngokuziphatha kakubi kwabaphathi beWarner Records nakwiWMG awayeve ngabo yaye, kwelinye icala, badibana ngokobuqu. Esi sityholo samva nje sichaphazela omnye wabaphathi abakhulu bale nkampani: UMaloney utyholwa ngokuba sindululwe ngumlawuli oyintloko weWMG uStephen Cooper.
Inkampani yavula ngoko nangoko uphando. Kwiinyanga ezintathu kamva, i-Warner Music Group yahlawula i-Maloney i-$ 240 kwaye wavuma ukuba angaze athethe esidlangalaleni malunga namabango. (UMaloney unqabile ukuphawula ngezityholo ezithile zeli nqaku, kodwa wathi "uyazixhasa naziphi na iinzame zokubhenca ukugqunywa kokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kushishino lomculo.")
Izityholo zikaMaloney kunye nezenzo zenkampani ekuqukunjelweni kophando, ngokutsho kwabagxeki benkampani kunye neshishini lokuzonwabisa elibanzi, likhomba kwipatheni ebanzi: Abamangaleli bokuziphatha kakubi bancitshiswa ukuba bathule kunye ne-Ironclad NDAs, ngelixa abaphathi abangamadoda abanamandla bakhuselwe kwi-ironclad NDA. usasazo loluntu ngezityholo ezichasene nabo. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, abameli kunye namagqwetha amele abasebenzi baye bagxeka kakhulu i-NDAs kumxholo wezityholo zokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo, besithi bakhusela amabango kumalungu anamandla oshishino lokuzonwabisa eluntwini.
Amabango kaMaloney ngokuchasene noWarner ekuqaleni kukaFebruwari 2017. Abaphathi abaphezulu beWarner Music Group babebhiyozela obona busuku bukhulu bomculo kwitheko leGrammy elikhethekileyo lenkampani kwiStaples Centre eLos Angeles. Ngesinye isikhathi ngexesha lepati, uCooper wayethetha noMaloney kwaye encoma umsebenzi wakhe. Emva koko, uthi, wamcebisa ukuba alale naye kunye nondwendwe lwepati. (Ummeli weWMG uthi uCooper "uyasikhaba isityholo sokuba wenze intetho engafanelekanga ethekweni.")
Kamva ngobo busuku, ngokutsho kwemithombo emithathu Ukujikeleza ilitye UMaloney wabaxelela ukuba emva kwesi siganeko, uMaloney waya kumphathi weWarner Music Group nowayekho epatini wamxelela malunga nengxelo atyholwa ngayo nguCooper. Le mithombo ithi uMaloney wabaxelela kwezi ntsuku neenyanga zilandelayo ukuba uxelele ummeli wezabasebenzi ukuba umphathi wabo umcele ukuba adibane nesondo - uluvo olunokuthi lube kukwaphulwa komgaqo wokuziphatha wenkampani kunye nomthetho. ukusetyenziswa kakubi kwegunya ligosa eliphezulu kakhulu kwinkampani. Ngokwaba bantu bathathu uMaloney athethe nabo ngokwahlukeneyo emva kwesi siganeko, ummeli wakwaHR wasichitha.
"Yonke le nto ibonakala ingalunganga kum," uMichael Howe - owayesakuba ngusekela mongameli we-A&R eWarner athe uMaloney wazityand' igila kuye wagxothwa yinkampani kwangolo suku lunye noMaloney - utshilo. Ukujikeleza ilitye. “Ngexesha [lesityholo], wayenelona qabane lihlawula imali eninzi kakhulu, nelihlawula imali eninzi. (UMaloney usebenze namaqela aliqela eWarner, kubandakanywa uDisturbed, apho wayephethe iokhestra kwiqweqwe leplatinam leqela likaSimon noGarfunkel elithi "Isandi sokuThula.")
UMaloney uxelele uHowe, ngoku osebenza kunye nePrince estate, malunga nesiganeko esityholwa kwisithuba senyanga okanye ezimbini esithi yenzekile, utshilo uHowe. "[UCooper] uthe, 'Ugcina izibane zikhanya,'" ebhekisa kwi-Disturbed hit, ngaphambi kokucebisa uMaloney kwiqela, ngokwengxelo kaHowe yento awayixelelwa nguMaloney. Yayisothusa. »
Umphathi wesibini waseWarner, ongasekhoyo kwileyibhile kwaye ucele ukungaziwa igama lakhe esithi uyoyika impindezelo, ukhumbule ukuba wothuswa ngakumbi sisityholo sokugxothwa kukaMaloney kumsitho weGrammy, kunombono wokuba umphathi wezolonwabo okwinqanaba eliphezulu angakwazi. yenza uluvo olungafanelekanga kumfazi ongaphantsi. “Andothusi ukuba kwenzeke le nto – nto leyo ebuhlungu – kodwa ndimangaliswe kukuba akukho nto yenziwayo xa ebeye kubabona ekuqaleni,” utshilo.
“Yonke le nto ibonakala iphosakele kum. Ngeli xesha [lwesityholo], wayenelona qabane lihlawula imali eninzi kakhulu, nelihlawula imali eninzi. -wayesakuba ngusekela-mongameli waseWarner uMichael Howe
Ngokwe-WMG, abaphathi benkampani baxelelwa kuphela ngezityholo zikaMaloney emva kokuba ekhululwe, kwaye bavula uphando oluzimeleyo kusuku emva kokuba ezifake kwinkampani. Ukongeza kokuphanda ngesikhalazo sikaMaloney sokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo ngokuchasene noCooper, inkampani yomculo eyaziwayo ikwajonge kwizityholo zokuziphatha kakubi ngokwesondo ngokuchasene nosekela mongameli omkhulu uDave Dyer kunye nosekela mongameli uJeff Fenster. Izityholo kunye neenkcukacha ezibanzi zophando, eziphelile kwiiveki ezintathu kamva ngoNovemba 2017, azizange zenziwe esidlangalaleni, nangona u-Cooper noDyer bahlala beqeshwe eWarner, ngelixa uFenster waxoshwa. Ngelo xesha, iWMG yavakalisa umbulelo kuMaloney ngaphandle kokumchaza, ethetha kwingxelo Ibhilibhodi ukuba umntu owayesakuba ngumsebenzi ongachazwanga ngegama “wasinceda…
Malunga nonyaka kamva isiganeko kutyholwa kunye Cooper, Warner wahlawula uMaloney i $240 kwaye watyikitya isivumelwano sokulungisa. Kwesi sivumelwano, leyo Ukujikeleza ilitye zijongiwe, uWarner wakhanyela nasiphi na isenzo esigwenxa kwaye wabhala intlawulo yabo kuMaloney eqaqambisa inxaxheba yakhe kuphando.
UMaloney ukwavumile imiqathango engachazwanga eya kumthintela ekuxoxeni ngesisombululo okanye nakuphi na ukuxhatshazwa okutyholwa eWarner. Njengoko kuchaziwe kwisivumelwano, nakuphi na ukunyhashwa kwemigaqo eyimfihlo nguMaloney okanye abantu abambalwa awayegunyaziswe ukuba babelane nabo ngemigaqo yesivumelwano solungiso kuya kukhokelela kwisohlwayo se-60 yeedola. Ngokusayina i-NDA, uWarner kwafuneka ayigcine iyimfihlo. Kodwa ukuba uye wasilela ukulugcina uxwebhu oluyimfihlo, oko bekungayi kuba kukwaphulwa komthetho, ngokwemigaqo yolo xwebhu.
Kwingxelo eya Ukujikeleza ilityeIsithethi se-WMG sathi inkampani "ithatha le miba nzulu kakhulu, kwaye siyambulela umqeshwa wethu wangaphambili ngenkalipho yakhe yokuvakalisa inkxalabo ngo-2017. Ngelo xesha, iqela lesithathu elizimeleyo lenze uphando olunzulu malunga nezikhalazo kwaye sathatha amanyathelo afanelekileyo. ngokusekelwe kwizinto ezifunyanisiweyo, kubandakanywa ukupheliswa kwesigqeba seleyibhile ephezulu kunye nesenzo soluleko kwesinye isigqeba selebhile.
"Kwiminyaka emine edlulileyo, sithathe amanyathelo abandakanya ukuhlaziya ikhowudi yethu yokuziphatha, ukuhambisa ubuchule be-DEI obuzinikeleyo, ukuhambisa iinkqubo zoqeqesho ezongezelelweyo kunye nokuqinisa iziteshi ezicacileyo ukuba abantu bavakalise ukukhathazeka kwabo ", yongeza inkampani. “Inkampani yethu ixabisa indawo yokusebenzela eyahluka-hlukeneyo nebandakanyayo, engenampatho nocalucalulo. »
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Ngelixa iindaba zokuhamba kukaFenster zichazwe kumculo wokushicilela ngelo xesha, uDyer akazange abizwe ngegama. U-Fenster okwangoku udweliswe kwiphepha lakhe le-Linkedin njengomongameli we-300 Entertainment, apho i-WMG ithenge ngo-2021. (Umthombo osondeleyo kwimeko uxelela Ukujikeleza ilitye ukuba uFenster wayene "isivumelwano sokuqala sokujonga kunye ne-300 esandulela ukufunyanwa kwe-Warner" kwaye "i-Warner isekho kwinkqubo yokuhlanganiswa kunye nayo yonke into ebandakanya.") Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, i-Warner Music Group ayizange ichaze esidlangalaleni naziphi na izityholo ezichasene nazo. Fenster. Ummeli weWMG ukuqinisekisile ukuba "uFenster akangomqeshwa wakwaWarner okanye oyi-300," kodwa akazange athethe nto xa ecelwa ukuba acaciselwe ngezityholo ezithile zikaFenster. (UFenster akazange aphendule kwizicelo eziphindaphindiweyo zokuphawula.)
Ngaphandle kwebango likaMaloney ngokuchasene noCooper, uWarner uphinde wajonga isiganeko esixelwe nguMaloney esibandakanya uDyer, usekela-mongameli omkhulu weWarner Records wokukhuthaza unomathotholo. Kwisidlo sangokuhlwa seleyibhile ka-2016 uMaloney ebeye kunye nabanye abaphathi beWarner, uDyer kuthiwa uchukumise igcisa elibhalwe emlenzeni wakhe ngendlela emenza angakhululeki.
Le mvumi yalile ukuthetha ngeli bali, kodwa igqwetha lakhe ngelo xesha, nelicele ukuba igama lakhe lingachazwa, lingqinele esi siganeko. Ukujikeleza ilitye, ekhumbula ukuba umzobi wayethethe naye ngaloo ngokuhlwa kwangaloo ngokuhlwa. “Ndingaqinisekisa ukuba umxhasi wam ebengakhululekanga ngalo naluphi na unxibelelwano alufumene kuDave Dyer,” latsho igqwetha.
“UDave waphosa isiqhushumbisi kule nto,” watsho uHowe, i-A&R ezama ukutyikitya igcisa ebelikwisidlo sangokuhlwa. Ebhekisa kwisiganeko esityholwa kwii-imeyile ezifunyenwe ngu Ukujikeleza ilitye Ithunyelwe kungekudala emva kwesidlo sakusihlwa se-2016, uHowe wachaza inkxalabo yakhe malunga nokuziphatha okutyholwa kukaDyer kumculi. (Ngokusebenzisa ummeli weWMG, uDyer walile ukuphawula.)
"Umbono wokuba kufuneka sijonge abameli benkampani abamenywe kwintlanganiso yamagcisa kuba 'amakhwenkwe aya kuba ngamakhwenkwe' okanye 'yiloo ndlela abafana abakhuliswa ngayo' iyingozi, ngakumbi kwezi ntsuku," uHowe ubhalele umphathi wakhe emva nje kokuba isehlo esityholwayo. “Andingomntu obulala uDave okanye ndicebisa ukuba ungumntu ombi ngendalo, kodwa ndingatsho nje ukuba [uMkhuseli omnye okwinqanaba eliphezulu elawula uDyer] akanamdla kumyalezo weziko – kunye nomonakalo obangelwe ngulo. indlela yokuziphatha ikhuthaza, okanye ukuba ugxile ekugcineni umsebenzi wakhe kangangokuba uya kubayeka…abasebenzi benze unothanda. Enye ngokucacileyo iyaphazamisa kakhulu.
“Yiklabhu yamakhwenkwe, kwaye akukho namnye owakhe waba neebhola zokubanqanda,” utshilo owayesakuba ngumphathi weWarner.
Ngaphambi kwendima yakhe kwiWarner Records, UMaloney wafumana udumo njengomdlali we-drummer, edlala kunye namaqela amaninzi aphezulu e-rock, kuquka i-Hole, i-Mötley Crüe kunye ne-Eagles ye-Death Metal. Ujoyine uWarner ngo-2014, wahlala iminyaka emithathu de wakhululwa njengenxalenye yohlengahlengiso olubanzi kwiWarner Records, ukusuka kwilitye elinzima ukuya kwi-pop kunye nehip-hop.
NgoDisemba ka-2017, inkampani yabhengeza kwimemo esayinwe ligosa eliyintloko lezabasebenzi le-WMG, uMasha Osherova (umphathi wemicimbi yabasebenzi owahlukileyo kunalowo uMaloney ekuxelwe ukuba wathetha naye kwipati yeGrammy) ukuba ithathe amanyathelo oluleko angachazwanga kubasebenzi bakwaWarner abangachazwanga ngamagama. “Ndibhalela ukukwazisa ukuba owayesakuba ngumsebenzi waseMelika eWarner Bros. Iirekhodi ziphakamise inkxalabo malunga nokuziphatha okungafanelekanga kweenkokheli zethu ezininzi zase-US, "ubhale u-Osherova.
Inkampani iphinde yaphawula ukuba uWarner wayelindele ukuba amajelo eendaba akhuphe izityholo ukuba achaze ukuba uCooper "wayetyholwa ngokwenza intetho engafanelekanga ethekweni." Iingxelo ngexesha le uhlobo et Ibhilibhodi uchonge uFenster kwaye ubhekiselele kwingxelo etyholwa nguCooper ngaphandle kokuchaza ukuba utheni na.
Njenge-CEO ye-WMG - ileyibhile yesithathu ngobukhulu emhlabeni - uCooper uhlala engomnye wamadoda anamandla emculweni kunye nomphathi ophezulu wenkampani ojongene nemisebenzi yomculo kaCardi B, uLizzo, uDua Lipa nabanye abaninzi. abanye. Luphawu oluqhelekileyo kufutshane nomphezulu we IbhilibhodiUluhlu lwamandla lonyaka, lungena kwinani lesithathu ngo-2022.
Uchongwe njenge-CEO ngo-2011,…
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