As we reported yesterday, HitsDailyDouble reckons some or all of the Albertini/Cohen feud was related to the latter trying to claim credit for the recent Warner Music success story that has been James Blunt, despite the fact the business decisions of Cohen and Bronfman almost cut Blunt's career off at its inception.
HitsDailyDouble have subsequently clarified the Blunt early-career story which we summarised yesterday - so I guess we ought to as well. Blunt was initially signed to the UK division of EMI Music Publishing, who got him working with former 4 Non Blondes singer Linda Perry. She signed him to her label, Custard Records. Warner's US division Elektra then signed a distribution deal with Custard which included Blunt. But then, after the Bronfman takeover of the Warner Music Group, Elektra was axed, its boss Sylvia Rhone downsized and the Custard relationship ended. Perry then lobbied the UK bit of Warner division Atlantic to sign Blunt, cue huge UK successes, enter Albertini's Warner Music International, cue huge US successes. Cohen, no where to be seen until the success was achieved. Or at least, that's what the gossipers say.
All of this might be irrelevant to Albertini's sudden departure of course, but at least we now all know the business dealings behind the success story that is James Blunt and phew, with all those manoeuvrings, I think that boy deserves all the success he's getting just now, don't you?