National
. 0.v;)( AY i AP) ? The Dutch
rcwOiuinj: at i J entertainment group
FVK< ir.un h.tN announced that it will
bu> ! Ancdes-based Motown,
the 'a.mM's leading black music
lalvl. or S >'M million.
\\)!>Gram NV, which is
majority-owned by Dutch Philips
Electronics NV, said the purchase
agreement will covcr Motown's cur
rent rosie; of more than 30 artists,
iiK'ludinc Diana Ross and Stcvie
Wonder.
U ul>o includes Motown's
hum v dialogue of releases dating
txuk v ti?c 1960's, its new MoJazz
laM. television, film and video pro
duuKMJ interests as well as its mer
activities and rights to
tin S r- ou^ Motown trademark.
^olyGram has been
Moi, i . xclusivc distributor in
th States under an agree
ment Mi nt ii in September 1991 and
January 1992, with exclusive rights
to manufacture, distribute and mar
ket all of Motown' s master record
ings worldwide.
The purchase will be partly
funded by an offering of 10 million
new shares this fall, PolyGram said
in a statement
Founded in Detroit in 1959.
Motown's recording artists .have
included The Suprcmes, the Jackson
Five, Lionel Richie, The Four Tops,
Marvin Gaye and Smokey Robin
son. Today, its roster still boasts
Ross and Wonder, as well as Boyz
II Men, Johnny Gill, Shanice, Janet
Jackson, Bobby Brown, New Edi
tion, Jody Whatley and Another
Bad Creation.
The company had been
owned by a group headed by the pri
vate media investment partnership.
Boston Ventures.
"Motown has always been
Berry Gordy ?
synonymous with the best in black
creative talent," said Alain Levy,
PolyGram's president and chief
executive officer. .
"With PolyGram's additional
investment in Motown, particularly
in the artist and repertoire area of
the?business, I believe we can help
this important label to expand its
influence and success, nm just in
music but in other entertainment
fields," he said in a statement issued
by PolyGram International Ltd.
Jheryl Busby will continue as
president and chief executive of
Motown, posts he has held since
1988 when Motown founder Berry
Gordy sold the label.
PolyGram has . been aggres
sively expanding its recorded music
and film industry lines in recent
years. It purchased Island Records
in July 1989 and A&M Records in
January 1990.
PolyGram is based in the
Netherlands and 20.6 percent of its
stock is traded on the Amsterdam
and New York stock exchanges. The
remaining 79.4 percent is owned by
Philips Electronics NV.
Judge's 'Happy Face' on Execution Order Upsets Inmate
HOUSTON (AP) ? A death
n>w inmate is upset bccause State
Disinci Judge Charles J. H earn of
Hvusion. iiftor signing iui order ear
ner tms .month setting an Oct. 15
execution chic, added a little happy
face symbol.
Attorney William Kuntsler of
New, Yoik City said he and his
client, Robert Nelson Drew, were
nut amu.sed.
"My client was shocked by
it," Km.,!! r said. "I've never seen
anvihm>; 1 th.it Ix.fore. Dorsn't it
seem terribK m:?[ propriate?*'
a native of West
Paw let. \ t has been on death row
for a d a*k m the slaying of Jeffrey
Mays, ! i. who wa.s picked up while
hitchhiking in Louisiana and
stabbed u> death. The body of the
Alabama teen-ager was dumped
along interstate 10, east of Houston.
"It's n
awav irom the seriousness of any
thing," said Hearn, 62. "It's just
become part of my signature. My
driver's licensc is signed that way."
It's uncertain when Hearn.
added the happy face to his auto
graph, but it created comment last
year when he used it on the bottom
of a letter to other judges announc
ing a peer's death.
Robert Flowers, executive
director of the Texas Commission
on Judicial Conduct, was somewhat
nonplussed when asked about the
-propriety of adding happy face
logos to legal documents pertaining
to situations as grim as executions.
Hearn' s beatific style of deal
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attention in the latter part of his 14
year career as judge of the 263rd
District Court in Houston. Before
his 1992 retirement, he'd started
saying "God bless you" to each per
son he had just sent to prison. ?
The judge could sometimes be
seen praying with defendants before they were led away to Huntsville.
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