Now that checks are on their way to thousands of artists in the Sony Music system, the result of the company’s plan to share the $750 million in profit it collected from the April sale of 50% of its Spotify stock (the company held a 5.7% share when the streaming service went public), some lingering questions remain, chief among them: Who is the check made out to? Conversations with multiple music industry insiders offer some answers.
Is Sony obligated to share this money? No. The investment was Sony’s and, while the company states that it “obtained Spotify equity by in part balancing the strength of over 100 years of Sony Music Entertainment’s success, both in the past and present,” it specifically characterizes the payment as “a gesture of good will … without recovery of outstanding advances and recording costs or other recoupable sums and regardless of whether specifically required by contract.” In contrast,...
Is Sony obligated to share this money? No. The investment was Sony’s and, while the company states that it “obtained Spotify equity by in part balancing the strength of over 100 years of Sony Music Entertainment’s success, both in the past and present,” it specifically characterizes the payment as “a gesture of good will … without recovery of outstanding advances and recording costs or other recoupable sums and regardless of whether specifically required by contract.” In contrast,...
- 8/20/2018
- by Shirley Halperin
- Variety Film + TV
Lindsay Lohan is heading back to television, but she’s doing it across the pond.
The “Mean Girls” star has landed a role on “Sick Note,” a British comedy series that will air on Sky Atlantic and streaming service Now TV sometime this year. The show has already been renewed for a second season, which is when Lohan is slated to show up.
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“Sick Note” stars Rupert Grint as Daniel Glass, whose life hasn’t been going so well lately. He’s struggling to care about his dead-end job with his demanding boss Kenny West (Don Johnson) and is also in failing relationship. It all comes to a head when he’s diagnosed with esophageal cancer, supposedly a fatal case. Upon learning the news, everyone begins to treat Daniel better,...
The “Mean Girls” star has landed a role on “Sick Note,” a British comedy series that will air on Sky Atlantic and streaming service Now TV sometime this year. The show has already been renewed for a second season, which is when Lohan is slated to show up.
Read More: ‘Mean Girls 2’: Lindsay Lohan Has Written a Treatment and Hopes Tina Fey Can make Time for It
“Sick Note” stars Rupert Grint as Daniel Glass, whose life hasn’t been going so well lately. He’s struggling to care about his dead-end job with his demanding boss Kenny West (Don Johnson) and is also in failing relationship. It all comes to a head when he’s diagnosed with esophageal cancer, supposedly a fatal case. Upon learning the news, everyone begins to treat Daniel better,...
- 6/16/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Kirsten Howard Oct 26, 2017
Sky1 have finally revealed an air date for their Rupert Grint-starring dark comedy series, Sick Note...
Sick Note is now set to start airing on Tuesday November 7th at 10pm on Sky1, it's been confirmed this week.
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The series, starring Rupert Grint (Harry Potter) and Nick Frost (Spaced) has already been renewed for a second run, which we believe may even have already finished filming. The network seem to have a lot of confindence in its appeal.
Here's a first trailer to give you a taste of what to expect...
Sick Note surprise renewal
All the way back in April (think how much has happened since then, in this darkest of the timelines) we reported that Rupert Grint's Snatch TV show had been renewed for a second season. Along with this news,...
Sky1 have finally revealed an air date for their Rupert Grint-starring dark comedy series, Sick Note...
Sick Note is now set to start airing on Tuesday November 7th at 10pm on Sky1, it's been confirmed this week.
See related Resident Evil 5 Xbox 360 review The director who sparked survival horror videogames
The series, starring Rupert Grint (Harry Potter) and Nick Frost (Spaced) has already been renewed for a second run, which we believe may even have already finished filming. The network seem to have a lot of confindence in its appeal.
Here's a first trailer to give you a taste of what to expect...
Sick Note surprise renewal
All the way back in April (think how much has happened since then, in this darkest of the timelines) we reported that Rupert Grint's Snatch TV show had been renewed for a second season. Along with this news,...
- 6/13/2017
- Den of Geek
Lindsay Lohan is headed to the small screen — across the pond.
The Mean Girls actress has joined the Season 2 cast of the British comedy Sick Note, starring Rupert Grint (Harry Potter), Nick Frost (Into the Badlands) and Don Johnson, our sister site Deadline reports.
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The series — which begins airing its first season this fall on UK broadcaster Sky 1 — follows Daniel Glass (Grint), an insurance rep who is wrongly misdiagnosed with a terminal illness and then decides to hide the truth from his colleagues, friends and family. Lohan...
The Mean Girls actress has joined the Season 2 cast of the British comedy Sick Note, starring Rupert Grint (Harry Potter), Nick Frost (Into the Badlands) and Don Johnson, our sister site Deadline reports.
RelatedAmanda Bynes Planning Return to TV — Watch First Interview in Four Years
The series — which begins airing its first season this fall on UK broadcaster Sky 1 — follows Daniel Glass (Grint), an insurance rep who is wrongly misdiagnosed with a terminal illness and then decides to hide the truth from his colleagues, friends and family. Lohan...
- 6/12/2017
- TVLine.com
Originally announced as a project for Sky Atlantic, the Nat Saunders/James Serafinowicz-created comedy Sick Note has been added to Sky 1’s lineup with the first season due to air this fall. Season 2 is currently shooting with Lindsay Lohan joining the cast which already includes Rupert Grint, Nick Frost and Don Johnson. The six-part Season 1 follows Daniel Glass (Grint), a compulsive liar stuck in a failing relationship and dead-end insurance job, who is under the thumb…...
- 6/12/2017
- Deadline TV
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