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#676436 - 09/24/09 09:33 PM Rhino on its way to extincton?
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Rhino Records Lays Off 30-40

WMG unit attempts to change with the times.

By Variety
Published: September 24, 2009

In the latest indication of the shrinking market for compact discs, Warner Music Group's catalog arm Rhino Records implemented across-the-board layoffs Thursday.

Sources estimated between 30 and 40 employees were downsized in all departments, including A&R, marketing, promotion, and publicity.

A statement from Rhino cited a "fundamental transformation of the physical new release and catalog business" as a reason for the staff cuts.

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#676446 - 09/24/09 10:02 PM Re: Rhino on its way to extincton? [Re: TheDisco]
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It's fucking ugly.

And, that label is over.
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#676450 - 09/24/09 10:10 PM Re: Rhino on its way to extincton? [Re: ginchopolis]
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that's really a shame. a great label.
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#676451 - 09/24/09 10:12 PM Re: Rhino on its way to extincton? [Re: FranzFerdinand]
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Where's Melchizedek?
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#676454 - 09/24/09 10:16 PM Re: Rhino on its way to extincton? [Re: Bill Lumbergh]
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Scrambling, I'd expect...
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#676459 - 09/24/09 10:32 PM Re: Rhino on its way to extincton? [Re: teverett]
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Does anyone know if Richie Gallo and Dutch Cramblitt are ok?
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#676460 - 09/24/09 10:38 PM Re: Rhino on its way to extincton? [Re: Swampfox]
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This goes down as most-fucked news of 2009 in the music biz.

Meanwhile, WMG gives deals to Perez Hilton and Spencer Pratt. And we wonder why the music biz is in the shitter?
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#676464 - 09/24/09 10:44 PM Re: Rhino on its way to extincton? [Re: Bill Lumbergh]
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It was pretty massive, i'm getting calls in all over the place.

"Rhino" - essentially gone.
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#676480 - 09/24/09 11:37 PM Re: Rhino on its way to extincton? [Re: Swampfox]
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 Originally Posted By: Swampfox
Does anyone know if Richie Gallo and Dutch Cramblitt are ok?

Nope.
Gone.
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#676483 - 09/24/09 11:56 PM Re: Rhino on its way to extincton? [Re: outahere]
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Staff cuts are not the same as the label completely folding, but it does feel the same.

I hope the people who openly steal music and brag about it (including here on the VR) are happy how many people they've displaced.
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