pampelmoose Dave Allen of Gang of Four’s Music and Media Blog

Nine weeks on the charts, who says downloads don’t help artists’ careers? — Fergie earns her second No. 1 on The Billboard Hot 100 with the 8-1 surge of “Glamorous” featuring Ludacris. Moving 166,000 digital downloads, the track is this week’s biggest digital sales gainer and No. 1 on the Hot Digital Songs tally for [...]

Billboard reports that David Byrne “Asks Labels For Help….” His speech at the SXSW conference mirrors my thoughts exactly.
Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne called on record labels to remove DRM on digital files and shift from manufacturing and distribution companies to more closely resemble marketing firms in the face of increasing digital album sales. [...]