Tag: music business
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American Radiohead fans are 73% more irrational – survey
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Andrew Orlowski
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Radiohead last month let punters “set the price” for the digital download of their new album It’s Raining In Rainbows, which is coming out on CD shortly. Since people could download it for free – how much did they really pay? Estimates to date have relied on self-selecting opinion poll data. This one, ComScore reminds…
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In The City: Vinyl lives!
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Andrew Orlowski
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Manchester’s In The City music conference this year was the first without the presence of co-founder Tony Wilson, who died two months ago. But the local music network – and some parts of the London business – rallied to bring the event back to its roots. Unlike the endless circuit of “Future Of Music” talking…
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Apple, Tesco ‘most to blame’ for music biz crisis
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Andrew Orlowski
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A new report suggests that Apple and Tesco, not P2P file sharers, should take the most blame for the woes of the British music industry. The report, prepared privately by consultants Capgemini for the Value Recognition Strategy working group, set out to examine the “value gap”, the amount sound recordings revenue has fallen in the…
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File sharers: spare me the phony outrage
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Andrew Orlowski
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Last week, the ailing sound recording industry in America found someone even dumber to pick on. Kazaa user Jammie Thomas had got on the internet, and was doing just what the adverts and mass media say you should do once you’re there – fill your boots with free stuff. This is a case that should…
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Rick Rubin’s subscription strategy: Right idea, Wrong price
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Andrew Orlowski
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The record producer and co-founder of Def Jam has only been “co-head” of Sony’s Columbia Records since May, but he’s already setting about destroying the old business so a new one can be built in its place. It remains to be seen how effective he will be, but for now Rubin is prepared to say…
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‘Fucked’ record companies in ‘cataclysmic’ meltdown – Tim Clark
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Andrew Orlowski
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As some of the biggest figures in the music business weighed in on the future of music this week, there were very mixed views on its future. “If Ford’s revenues were down 40 per cent, the shareholders would be revolting,” said Tim Clark, former Island Records MD and co-founder of management company IE Music, whose…