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CUE THE HIGHLIGHTS: The motivation for announcing on Dec. 31 was to pay [taxes] on 2012 rates rather than 2013.” His reason for leaving “was just the frustration with working at a public company.” Azoff is “going to remain a manager, although not to the scale that I was. I'm going to look to do other things in the business. I love the representation business; I'd like to maybe expand that beyond just music.” Among the acts he’s taking with him are “the Eagles, Van Halen, Steely Dan and Christina [Aguilera], the people you'd expect to be on that list… Azoffmusic Management continues on. That was the unit that I personally ran and that's the unit I left with. Susan Markheim, Damian Smith, Tina Kennedy, Karim Karmi, Adam Flick, Allison Statter and Richard Palmese are the staff there… Tina Kennedy and I are going to work on Cassadee Pope, the lady that won The Voice, but it's kind of too early to predict anything else.” (1/2a)