It seems that every week a music company partners up with a technology company to offer us the ability to buy more music online. This time it’s the turn of EMI and Snocap, a new venture that includes Shawn Fanning of Napster fame. [Slight irony in that one.] Here’s why I see it as a [...]
WMG Combines Cordless, Rykodisc
June 20, 2007
By Todd Martens, L.A.
Warner Music Group is partnering its digital label Cordless with Rykodisc, a move intended to give Cordless artists access to Rykodisc’s staff and distribution while enhancing the digital offerings of Rykodisc. As part of the restructuring, Kill Rock Stars founder Slim Moon has been named senior director [...]
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The Record Industry’s Decline
Record sales are tanking, and there’s no hope in sight: How it all went wrong
Brian Hiatt and Evan Serpick
Posted Jun 19, 2007 2:29 PM
This is the first part of a two-part series on the decline of the record industry. Today we’re including Brian Hiatt and Evan [...]
By Steve Jones, USA TODAY
Not long ago, rap dominated album sales charts. Now, the music that has been a driving creative and commercial force in American culture is struggling to get its swagger back.
The music industry is suffering across-the-board drops in CD sales, but rap is in a steeper slide: This year, rap sales are [...]