I.B. on Jay-Z album revenues

99 PROBLEMS BUT A BRAND AIN'T ONE: The $5 per unit Jay-Z is reportedly getting from Samsung for his upcoming album is found money, but he’s also benefiting greatly from the millions the Korean company is pouring into marketing, which is exposing the Jay-Z brand on a massive scale. According to insiders, UMG’s margin on the distribution deal for this album is relatively thin; did they share the $5m, and how will the giveaway impact sales for Steve Bartels’ IDJ? In any case, this project has reunited Bartels and Jay-Z, who had a close working relationship at the label. So explains our own I.B. Bad in his most recent column; see more of his insights about goings-on in the biz here. (6/24p)

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I.B. on Jay-Z album revenues

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