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Warner boss be dissing Guitar Hero, yo, says Kotick

Bobby Kotick has "slammed" Warner Music chief executive Edgar Bronfman, according to the FT, for saying that tracks bought through Guitar Hero don't pay enough royalties. He even used the word "respect."

Kotick said the Warner boss had made “one-sided comments” that were not “respectful of how much we’ve done to bring new audiences into the market."

“I think his view was ... that [Warner Music] should be compensated the way they might for a performance on iTunes,” he said.

“But this is an entirely different business that is very technically complex. We’re going to favour those publishers that recognise and appreciate how much we can add value to their artists.”

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.

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