Amazon exec slams some in music sector

From CNET News.com: An executive who helped oversee Amazon's music division the past three years is jumping to the company's Kindle unit, but he has a parting message for some in the music sector.

"A few of you have been a total pain in the ass," Scott Ambrose Reilly wrote in a farewell e-mail he sent to colleagues and business associates on Friday, a copy of which was obtained by CNET. "(You) should think about trying to make this business a better place once in awhile. Maybe listen to Elvis' 'If I Can Dream' on your way into the office. The music business and the world could use more positive energy."

As Amazon's senior manager of digital music, Reilly oversaw content deals, operations and helped maintain the relationships with the labels. On Monday, he starts work running business development for Kindle periodicals.

Neither Amazon nor Reilly were immediately available for comment.

Reilly, a former executive at Web music-subscription service eMusic, wrote in the e-mail that among Amazon's accomplishments he is most proud was getting under the skin of rival iTunes' on the issue of song prices.

Reilly wrote that "11.5 million tracks (are) available in six countries. All DRM-free which they said couldn't be done just three years ago. How can I not be proud of the Daily Deal that has been so successful it riled the Cupertino beast?"

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