Take Home a Pair of MS/DC Sneakers, Doodled on by Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park
Take home this pair of
MS/DC sneakers, doodled on by
Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park. The sneakers were also on display in the Los Angeles DC store!
The proceeds for this item benefit Music for Relief for Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief
Michael Kenji Shinoda is a Japanese American songwriter, performer, record producer and visual artist from Agoura Hills, California. He is best known for his vocal and musical endeavors with two-time Grammy winning, multi-platinum rock band Linkin Park. The band has sold over 50 million albums worldwide to date. Their debut, "Hybrid Theory" is certified diamond (10 million sold) by the Recording Industry Association of America. The group's most recent album, "A Thousand Suns," debuted at #1 in the US and 14 other countries this year, and has already sold over 1.5 million units worldwide.
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Warner Music Group sold for $3.3 billion to Access Industries’ Len Blavatnik
Warner Music Group's Artists Linkin Park
Access Industries, a holding company founded by oil baron Len Blavatnik, won the auction to buy Warner Music Group Corp. for $3.3 billion in cash, the companies announced Friday morning.
Blavatnik edged out more than a dozen other suitors including Sony Music Group, supermarket magnate Ron Burkle, Platinum Equity, Live Nation Entertainment and investment firm Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, whose unsolicited offer late last year kicked off the auction process. KKR's partner in the bidding was German music company Bertelsmann.
The deal calls for Warner to receive $8.25 per share, a 34% premium over the company's average stock price over the last six weeks, the company said. It's also 75% higher than Warner's closing price on Jan. 20, the day before the New York Times published news of the bidding. Warner's share closed at $7.90 on Thursday....
