Prince & WoW Boost Vivendi's Stock
by Mike D'Anna 
Apr 20th 2006 at 3:00PM
As
Reuters
reports today, Vivendi Universal, the big, scary parent behind Blizzard, has reported a 5.7% rise in 1st-quarter
sales this year, spurred on mainly by the enormous cash cow that is WoW & it's six million subscribers, and from
recording artists such as...Prince? Ok, I grew up with Prince, and I'm a fan, but I have to admit, I had no idea he had made a single note of music in years; last thing I heard, some basketball player was suing him for renting his house to Prince, only to return & find it painted purple inside & out. At least I can just type his name & not have to find a character for that stupid symbol...
Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Odds and ends, Blizzard, News items
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ed Apr 20th 2006 3:22PM
dude...seriously, I know that WoW is mad addictive (or else I wouldn't be reading this) but prince has the best selling album in the country last week selling like 185,000 copies LAST WEEK.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9547627/prin ces_3121_tops_the_chart?rnd=1145560817264&has-player=true
Mike D'Anna Apr 20th 2006 3:25PM
Well, I'll just tell you what I tell everyone else: my knowledge of popular music kinda cut off around the time of the last big Def Leppard record...so, sue me.
Quine Apr 23rd 2006 12:11PM
Creepy bvig Vivendi owns a helluva lot more than just Prince... Interscope, Vagrant, Dreamworks.. the list goes on... and on...
http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/vivendi.asp