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    Why is the press so negative towards Madonna?

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    Exactly! Plus isnt this a woman that should be given for example? She has been on top for most of her 30ty years long career, never did drugs and the people were always interested in her. Shouldnt she be a figure everyone admires if not for her music (its subjective so it can't be everyones cup of tea) but for her staying power, hard work, dedication and compassion?

    Why is the press so negative towards Madonna?

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    Lets see the last example which should have been a positive article if one knew the facts:

    Madonna and U2 are about to get a new manager: Live Nation Entertainment (LYV).

    The concert-promotion titan and owner of Ticketmaster is in talks to buy both Principle Management and Maverick, the companies behind U2′s manager Paul McGuinness and Madonna’s Guy Oseary, and thus solidify Live Nation’s hold on two of its most profitable artists. “This is a way for Live Nation to more efficiently bundle together all those revenue streams related to two artists in which they’ve already made much larger investment,” says Larry Miller, professor of music business at New York University’s Steinhardt School.

    Live Nation actually manages a lot of artists: The company’s Artist Nation division works with about 200 acts already, and Madonna and U2 have long been under its wing. In 2007, Madonna signed a 10-year, $120 million deal to let Live Nation distribute her studio albums, promote her concert tours, and sell her merchandise. U2 and Jay-Z struck similar deals in 2008.

    So far these deals have paid off. In 2011, U2′s 360 Tour—the band’s first after signing the 12-year Live Nation deal—broke the Rolling Stones’ record for most profitable tour ever by selling more than $700 million in tickets. Madonna’s numbers have been significantly smaller: Last year’s 88-stop MDNA tour pulled in $305 million, which was still enough to make her the top-selling act of 2012.

    Concertgoers may be wary of Live Nation’s vertically-integrated stranglehold on the music industry now that it’s managing, promoting, and selling tickets to two of the biggest live acts around, but the deal with Principle and Maverick seems unlikely to raise prices much further. “Prices are already pretty high,” says Miller. “I don’t think this is going to drive them up much further. This is more about optimizing the revenue that’s already coming in.”

    What’s more interesting about the deal is that Live Nation is investing so heavily in artists who are past their prime. Last year, for example, Madonna’s MDNA album dropped from 359,000 in sales its first week to a shockingly low 48,000 its second week. U2′s last album, 2009′s No Line on the Horizon, was also a disappointment.

    But album sales haven’t been an arbiter of an artist’s moneymaking potential for years. These days, its concerts and festivals that bring in all the money—and middle-aged U2 and Madonna fans have more disposable income to spend on tickets. Last year, the average cost of a Madonna ticket ($160) was nearly twice that of Justin Bieber’s.

    http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-11-13/why-live-nation-wants-to-put-madonna-and-u2-under-new-management

    Why trowing shade at any chance? While Bilboard hapily reports that Gaga is set for N 1 (hardly mentioning her numbers which is a big fall from the opening numbers of her last album), this journalist ignores the fact MDNA sold like 400 k for the biggest drop?

    Madonna joins Beatles' Paul McCartney in calling for release of detained Greenpeace activists Arctic

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    Pop legend Madonna has joined a chorus of international stars in urging the release of 30 Greenpeace crew members jailed after a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic.

    It comes as Russian authorities have announced they want to extend the investigations into the so-called Arctic 30 for another three months.

    The protesters come from 18 different countries, including one Australian, and have already been in prison in Russia for 60 days.

    The group is awaiting trial in prisons in Saint Petersburg, where they were moved from the far-northern city of Murmansk.

    Madeline Russell, daughter of Tasmanian prisoner Colin Russell, turned 24 today and spent the morning at a protest calling for the release of the group.

    Madonna spoke out by writing a message posted by Greenpeace on Twitter.

    "These 30 people are in prison in Russia for staging a peaceful protest in the Arctic! Let your voice be heard. Let's bring these people home!" she wrote.

    Former Beatle Paul McCartney published a letter to President Vladimir Putin saying he hoped the activists could be home for Christmas.

    Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard climbed into a cage outside the Louvre in Paris to call for the activists' release, labelling their detention "absolutely absurd and crazy".

    German chancellor Angela Merkel has already voiced concern over their case, while British prime minister David Cameron last week urged Mr Putin to treat the group fairly.

    The activists were arrested at sea in September on the Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise vessel while campaigning against Russian company Gazprom.

    Russia's investigative committee said last month it was softening the charges against the crew members from piracy to hooliganism,

    The change cuts the maximum sentence from 15 years to seven years, but Greenpeace says the piracy charge was never formally lifted.

    ABC/AFP

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-16/madonna-calls-for-release-of-greenpeace-activists/5097058

    Would you care if she never had another "big hit"?

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    As someone said, the most important is to love the next album (which I m sure I will). And I loved MDNA the lp (minus some songs) and the era... However due to the fact she didnt have a monsterous hit through her last era made it feels incomplete somehow... I guess I love the era so much: music, looks etc. that I felt the general public didnt see how amazing she is still...

    William Orbit plays new remixes of GB and FF at 2013 LEAF workshop

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    Orbit is one of her greatest producer. He is not only a dj (is he a dj at all?), he is real musician and he is really collaborating with her and obviously the bring out the best in themselves... I think he didnt get enough time with her for MDNA (his words) and yet the best stuff on MDNA is the Orbit stuff. I think they could work together in the future BUT I hope she dedicates as much time as she did when creating ROL. P.S. I love what they did for MDNA!

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