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OVER THE COUNTER: NEW HATS FOR EXECS, AND NELSON, TOO
07/26/2008
The leadership team he assembled favored retail experience over music industry expertise, and conventional wisdom held that the ins-and-outs of music would be too complicated for mere outsiders to decode.
I’ve heard more positive comments than doubts about Best Buy executive Jennifer “J.J.” Schaidler taking over the sales reins at Sony BMG Music Entertainment.
With the lingering suspicion that major music companies do not place enough emphasis on invigorating the sale of physical product, Schaidler’s perspective from the retailer’s side of the desk could bring critical balance to the executive suites.
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