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A graduate of Torcntos Osgoode Hall Law School - Canada s oldest - the Windsor, Ontario, native grew up listening to Detroit radio, founded the rock-reggae band One, which signed to Virgin Records, released a number of albums and toured from the late 1980s to the mid1990s. In 1997, he began practici...

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Published in:Billboard 2020-03, Vol.132 (6), p.20-21
Main Author: Digiacomo, Frank
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artists
Business plans
Corporate profiles
Diversification
Executives
Music
Publishing
Toy industry
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Summary:A graduate of Torcntos Osgoode Hall Law School - Canada s oldest - the Windsor, Ontario, native grew up listening to Detroit radio, founded the rock-reggae band One, which signed to Virgin Records, released a number of albums and toured from the late 1980s to the mid1990s. In 1997, he began practicing entertainment law (his clients included Nelly Furtado, Sum 41, Avril Lavigne and Drake) and in 2004 started his own label and artist management company, Last Gang Entertainment, where he signed Metric, Death From Above 1979 and Crystal Castles. Hasbro also has Cake Mix Studios, an in-house department that produces 100 to 150 commercials a year. Since you came to eOne in 2016, youve emphasized diversification.
ISSN:0006-2510