Complex sentence: EMI considered moving the album's release date earlier to combat the leak, but decided against it, as the label's vice president of new media Ted Mico explained: The leak did allow us to be in the press continually for the last 10 weeks.
Split into simpler sentences: EMI considered moving the album's release date earlier to combat the leak, but decided against it. EMI's vice president of new media Ted Mico said: The leak did allow us to be in the press continually for the last 10 weeks.