Music Industry Responding (slowly) to Pricing Issues
Just about a year ago, we discussed the music industry’s intent to “decommoditize their products." The problem with that...
A Different Kind of Top 10 Music List For 2004
It’s year’s end, and that means list time. The annoying thing about the ubiquitous year end list — best Books, best...
JT bypasses the Labels
. Disintermediation: In economics, the removal of intermediaries in a supply chain. . James Taylor provides a text book example of...
Is the RIAA successful or not?
How do you measure the success or failure of the RIAA? (I have a few ideas). I personally see the RIAA as a massive landgrab. Primarily,...
What is Radio Selling?
I’ve been thinking about music and radio a lot lately, especially given all buzz recently on Satellite radio. (Recall we visited this...
Artists Perspective on File Sharing
. "I know for a fact that a lot of people first heard my music by downloading it from Napster or Kazaa, and for this reason...
How Did Terrestrial Radio Lose its Audience ?
.Fascinating question posed by Jerry Del Colliano of The Audio Revolution: "After decades of dominance, how did terrestrial...
Universal Music Takes Matters into its Own Hands
. It seems that Universal Music Group has finally gotten tired of the declining number of outlets for their "product." From...
Universal Dominance (so much for Piracy)
Vivendi-owned music giant Universal Music Group "shattered a music industry record, scoring a whopping 43% share of albums sold last...
Wal-Mart / U2
Wal-Mart throws the gauntlet down on CD sales for the holiday: The retailing giant is discounting U2’s new CD by 37%, to $8.84...