From New York Times: " Hit Factory Closing The Hit Factory, the famed Manhattan recording studio that lived up to its name as the home of sessions by Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, U2, Tony Bennett, Barbra Streisand and hundreds of others, will close in the next month, its owner, Janice Germano, announced. The 100,000-square-foot building on West 54th Street between Ninth and 10th Avenues has seven recording studios and five mastering suites and regularly saw a parade of music stars, from Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston to Paul Simon and 50 Cent. The studio would not comment on why it was shutting down, but pointed to a trend in the music industry toward smaller-scale digital recording processes. — BEN SISARIO" So Sad!!!