On Sunday, June 30, Taylor Swift penned a scathing letter about music manager Scooter Braun following the news that his company, Ithaca Holdings LLC, had purchased her back catalog from her former label Big Machine Label Group. “All I could think about was the incessant, manipulative bullying I’ve received at his hands for years,” she wrote, referring to past experiences with Braun and his former client Kanye West (particularly the song “Famous” and its video). “This is my worst case scenario,” she wrote.
Late Sunday, Big Machine Label Group CEO Scott Borchetta posted an open letter on the label’s website disputing multiple points made by Swift. "So, it’s time for some truth...” is the title.
In her post, Swift claimed that any time she said Braun’s name in front of Borchetta, “it was when I was either crying or trying not to.” Borchetta responded, “I certainly never experienced that.” He also characterized Braun as someone who supported Swift’s career.
Scooter was never anything but positive about Taylor. He called me directly about Manchester to see if Taylor would participate (she declined). He called me directly to see if Taylor wanted to participate in the Parkland March (she declined). Scooter has always been and will continue to be a supporter and honest custodian for Taylor and her music.
The note features a document that allegedly outlines the label’s final offer for Swift to acquire her masters. Borchetta claims that Swift was given an offer that would have given her all the masters immediately upon re-signing with the label.
Swift opened her post by writing that she “pleaded” with the label to own her masters. “Instead I was given an opportunity to sign back up to Big Machine Records and ‘earn’ one album back at a time, one for every new one I turned in.” While Borchetta didn’t elaborate on the details of the offer, he wrote, “Taylor had every chance in the world to own not just her master recordings, but every video, photograph, everything associated to her career. She chose to leave.”
Borchetta also expressed doubt about Swift’s claim that she learned of Braun’s purchase “as it was announced to the world,” saying he personally texted her the news before it was announced.
I guess it might somehow be possible that her dad Scott, 13 Management lawyer Jay Schaudies (who represented Scott Swift on the shareholder calls) or 13 Management executive and Big Machine LLC shareholder Frank Bell (who was on the shareholder calls) didn’t say anything to Taylor over the prior 5 days. I guess it’s possible that she might not have seen my text. But, I truly doubt that she “woke up to the news when everyone else did.”
Scooter Braun’s client Justin Bieber and wife Yael Cohen Braun have rushed to his defense in response to Swift.
Pitchfork has reached out to Swift’s representative for comment.
https://pitchfork.com/news/taylor-swifts-ex-label-boss-disputes-her-claims-about-scooter-braun-and-masters-deal/
2019-07-01 04:53:00Z
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