I think it's a major advance in digital movie distribution.

I don't know that the studios will see major income from this at first, as it takes about 90 minutes to download and it's unclear whether people currently have the ability to do that, but it's a good beginning.

It's the subtleties of this business that can kill you. I've seen some of the best and the brightest come into this business and be destroyed by it because they don't understand.

Consolidation is destroying artist development. I don't think it [the deal] stops consolidation. But if it had gone to EMI, it would have been that much less of a budget for finding new artists.

Consolidation is destroying artist development, ... I don't think it [the deal] stops consolidation. But if it had gone to EMI, it would have been that much less of a budget for finding new artists.

Higher ratings gives you the ability to set and charge higher rates, but I don't think that would change significantly as a result of this.