Field Notes From the Music Biz: Life at The Trades
Category: ENTERTAINMENT
Record World co-owner Sidmore Parnes was a man of his word and a man of few words. After abruptly firing his editor, Mitchell Fink, in the fall of 1972, Sid handed me the job, saying simply, "I assume you're prepared to take over the magazine." I was 23 and had worked there for a year and a half.
By Michael Sigman, ContributorWriter/Editor; Music Publisher, 2014-10-18