> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.hypebot.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Where Have All The Good Managers Gone?
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/where-have-all/
- Published: 2008-08-15T05:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-08-15T05:05:00.000Z
- Description: THE BEST OF HYPEBOT: Management is where it’s at. I’m not talking about the old guard like Irving Azoff’s Frontline. He and his cohorts stopped developing new talent long ago.. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/08/where-have-all.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

**THE BEST OF HYPEBOT:**

[![Machine_yellow](https://spcdn.shortpixel.ai/spio/ret_img,q_cdnize/www.hypebot.com/hypebot/images/2008/08/02/machine_yellow.jpg "Machine_yellow")](https://www.hypebot.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/08/02/machine%5Fyellow.jpg)

  
Management is where it’s at. I’m not talking about the old guard like Irving Azoff’s Frontline. He and his cohorts stopped developing new talent long ago. These mega – managers hold great power, but use it to smartly prolong careers and monetize somebody else’s luck and hard work.  
  
That leaves a younger generation of managers to save the business. But as the head of [Skyline Music](http://www.skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com), a booking agency with both established and developing acts, I can say first hand that the industry is suffering from a drought of good new managers that possess the skills needed to help artists succeed in the new music business. **[Read on…](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/06/where-have-all.html)**