Fascinating article from AdvertisingAge : How the Music Business Spent the Summer Killing Itself
I am amazed at the inability of the RIAA to "get it" and make adjustments in a staggeringly fast-changing market. This particularly stood out:
How the record companies can continue to employ these retards is incomprehensible.
I am amazed at the inability of the RIAA to "get it" and make adjustments in a staggeringly fast-changing market. This particularly stood out:
Meanwhile, we're seeing artists and labels pulling music from iTunes in hopes of juicing album sales. Warner, for instance, just pulled Estelle's entire album "Shine" from iTunes because it didn't want fans to be able to buy just its ubiquitous hit single, "American Boy" (featuring Kanye West). It's kind of sweetly principled that Estelle -- and/or the suits at Warner -- think that "Shine" is a complete work of art that must be purchased in its entirety and then presumably listened to from start to finish. Principled but idiotic -- and the proof is that "Shine" and "American Boy" are both now in freefall on the Billboard charts.
How the record companies can continue to employ these retards is incomprehensible.