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Katy/Selena/Direct

SPINNERS SPINNING, DIVAS DIVA-ING: Katy Perry signed off on bringing Selena Gomez to Direct Management’s Martin Kirkup and Steve Jensen, insiders reveal (see 6/26 item below). Some say Katy received a piece of the action for granting her royal blessing. (The megastar also just launched her label, Metamorphosis Music; its first release, an EP by singer/songwriter Ferras, debuted last week with around 2k.) Direct, meanwhile, has a whispering campaign that they fired Selena after Katy and her day-to-day manager, Bradford Cobb, changed their minds. It’s a classic example of a big act and day-to-day rep calling the shots for a management company’s entire business. This same scenario has played out time and time again in the volatile management world. But given how big Katy is now—not to mention the size of those commission checks—how could they argue with her? (6/27a)

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