They attribute the frictions that did develop with some of the creative talent to a harsher industry economic environment and to misperceptions.
The report is a harsh rebuke to industry defenders, like the National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, a trade group that has dismissed accusations of abuse and death as "the noisy complaints of a few individuals".
Weak performance, enhanced regulation and an aggressive crackdown on insider trading have cast a harsh spotlight on the industry.
And he has been careful not to project a brand identity based on a harsh critique of prevailing industry practices.
"I can't imagine why they are spending as much as they are spending on contributions if it's not financially advantageous for them," said Robert Reich, the former secretary of Labor who has been a harsh critic of the industry's influence.
Executives have said they believe that the rise of piracy and other shifts in the marketplace make it easier to make the case for a merger before the European Commission, which must approve such consolidations and has cast a harsh eye on music industry tie-ups in recent years.
While Carlo later became a harsh critic of the wireless industry, a shift Gittleman details, she doesn't write about his other activities.
The music industry is a harsh, cruel business at the best of times, but it seems particularly so in black music if only because – from Detroit, MI to Kingston, Jamaica to Bow, E3 – there is such an overflowing wellspring of talent that it can often seem arbitrary who gets to succeed and who never gets the break.
But another reason was that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, a harsh critic of the pharmaceutical industry, had asked him to continue running the moonshot effort after he left the White House, and drug costs "was one of the points on the agenda," he said.
But the shooting has suddenly put the industry into a harsh spotlight — and raised concerns among lenders that there could be a regulatory overreaction.
Although the lawsuits have generated a harsh response and some bad publicity, industry officials said that their tough approach had been successful.
