Warner throws good money after bad boys

Warner music has offered to take the Death Row catalogue off the hands of the receivers, valuing the library at USD25 million.

It's still going to leave a bit of a hole in the Death Row accounts - the label was USD137million in debt when it went under. Still, it's not a bad take for the catalogue - Warners must have faith that SpiralFrog will be serving a shed load of ads alongside the tracks for the years to come.

Mick Hucknall learns to love Warners again

A rare piece of good news for the majors, as an errant son returns to the fold: Mick Hucknall has made his peace with Warners over his back catalogue.

He's been in a huff over who owns the tracks since 2000 - even, at one point, re-recording them - but now has agreed a fifty/fifty split on ownership with the label.

Mick's happy, Warners are happy. Everybody's happy.

We're now in for a glitzy, expensive Simply Red official best of campaign.

Okay, but still: Mick and Warners are happy.