1994

Publication: Minneapolis Star Tribune [US]
Date: February 4, 1994
Title: "Prince, Paisley Park bite the dust; Symbol Man rises"
Summary: Prince and his Paisley Park Records are dead! Long live the Symbol Man!

Publication: New York City Pages [US]
Date: November 9, 1994
Title: "The Black And The Gold"
Summary: The war between the former Prince and his record label of 16 years, Warner Bros., has been a matter of public record for some time now.

Publication: Las Angeles Times [US]
Date: November 19, 1994
Title: "Prince's Mighty Glam Slam Losing Some Of The Glam"
Summary: Perhaps it's a Sign O' The Times, but the once radiant Glam Slam has lost its luster. The decadent downtown dance club opened by Prince at the beginning of 1993 has quickly come to resemble Sodom

Publication: after the fall.

Publication: Las Angeles Times [US]
Date: November 28, 1994
Title: "Fit For A Prince"
Summary: First, Prince publicly likened his $100 million deal with Warner Bros. Records to "institutional slavery." Now his company, Paisley Park, is circulating fliers that beseech fans to write to Warner and demand that it "liberate" his next album, The Gold Experience, from the label.

Publication: Black Enterprise [US]
Date: December 1994
Title: "Top 50 Black Entertainment Powerbrokers"
Summary: Prince is dead. But don't worry: Out of the ashes, , 36, the Artist Formerly Known as Prince, has risen.

Publication: Dallas Morning News [US]
Date: December 1, 1994
Title: "Formerly Known As Employees"
Summary: The pop star formerly known as Prince has parted ways with two top staffers, and no one is saying much about why. Longtime business and music collaborator Levi Seacer Jr. and publicist Karen Lee both signed off in Chanhassen, Minn., apparently this week.