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Article: Dick Clark Bets on Boy Band From Russia for Record Label.(Brief Article)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- August 6, 2001
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The man synonymous with television's "American Bandstand" is once again getting into the record business -- and he's doing it with one of Russia's biggest pop sensations.
Burbank-based Dick Clark Productions Inc. and two Russian promoters have launched a record label with little more in mind than making the boy band Na-Na a household name in the United States.
Access Records has no plans to take on any other acts, according to label President Larry Klein, a television producer who has worked with Clark for nearly 30 years.
With the music industry in a slump, the company could have a tough time getting a major record label to sign a distribution ...