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Tuesday, 16 November 2010

Terra Firma vs Citigroup


A New York jury has found in favour of Citigroup in its legal battle with Terra Firma boss Guy Hands, over the company’s selling of EMI in 2007.
Hands had claimed that Citigroup’s David Wormsley had misled him in the run-up to the deal being finalised, convincing Terra Firma that it was in a bidding war when, in fact, rival bidders had pulled out. So, Citigroup won and Guy Hands lost. However, the real question now is whether the outcome will continue to have a destabilising effect on EMI itself, which has been facing the same business challenges as its rival music companies with the added distraction of the Terra Firma / Citigroup clash.

Tuesday, 9 November 2010

My chosen music magazine front cover image.


This is the image i have decided to use for various reasons.
Firstly i have a woman looking away from the camera with a hand pointing at her head. The hand shape connotes a gun. The fact that she is facing away from the gun shape means that she is ignoring speculation on her and anyone trying to bring her down, she simply wants to get back on top of the music world.
I chose a woman with black coloured hair because this would connote mystery evoking a sense of potential and possibility. This would be sort of silver lining on the cloud, that even though things are grim, there is always that possibility.
The black nails on the end of her fingers are also important. They connote evil and maybe anger against her. The gun shape hand connote people that are against her, either the public or fellow musicians.
I chose her to be in a pink dress because this is quite a good colour for a female, and also to signify peace and calmness. The pink dress connotes that she doesn't want to be a fighter anymore and she no longer wants to do things on her own. Instead she wants peace in her life and maybe wants to find someone to share it with, this is because pink can also signify love and passion.