Marc Marot has resigned as

Marc Marot has resigned as MD of Universal/Island Records after 10 years, following the promotion of former Polydor MD Lucian Grainge to deputy chairman of Universal Music UK. So what, you may ask. Well, I think Marc Marot was the only good thing left at Island. Of course all record company people are vile, but Marot seemed a real mensch. He personally made sure Island UK had a website (back in 95, the look of the site is still similar) when no one else had heard of the ‘web’. He also personally answered all the e-mail sent to Island at the time. And he linked to my then fledgling Gavin Friday site from Island’s site, long before my site was ‘official’. That makes him a good bloke in my book. I wish him well.