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25 May

Billy Joel: My Life

by Bob Lefsetz
    Bob Lefsetz: We tend to think life has an on/off switch. You’re either alive or your dead. But it rarely goes down...

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20 Apr

Old School/New School

by Bob Lefsetz
  OLD SCHOOL Get a record deal. NEW SCHOOL Get a fan base. OLD SCHOOL Learn how to play your instrument. NEW SCHOOL Learn how to use...

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23 Mar

Disruption

by Bob Lefsetz
    You’ve got to be willing to question the system. That was what Napster was about. That powered all the change at the...

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9 Mar

Tesla Backlash

by Bob Lefsetz
  This is UnitedHealthcare. This is what happens when the Democratic leadership is somnambulant, people take matters into their own...

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5 Jan

Hit Records

by Bob Lefsetz
    A hit record is something that someone hears once, maybe twice, and can’t get out of their head. Or as Ahmet Ertegun...

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22 Jun

Queen’s Catalog: $1 Billion Dollars…

by Bob Lefsetz
      “THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS: Word has it that Sony Music has prevailed in the contest for Queen’s...

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17 Dec

Now And Then

by Bob Lefsetz
      Spotify: YouTube: Do they think we’re deaf? Why can’t they leave well enough alone? And going straight to the...

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19 Nov

Antisemitism

by Bob Lefsetz
      The public is responsible. There’s this fiction that no one knew about the Holocaust, that concentration...

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5 Nov

Electric Cars

by Bob Lefsetz
  I don’t know anyone who will buy another Tesla. And I know a lot of people with Teslas, and they LOVE their Teslas! But they...

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29 Oct

The Modern Music Business

by Bob Lefsetz
    You don’t know everything. And if you pretend to know everything, those who know something will dismiss you. Used to be a...

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  • About Barry Ritholtz

      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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