Thursday, January 3, 2008

Radiohead

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080102-radiohead-artists-often-screwed-by-digital-downloads.html

"You might think, if you didn't work in the music business, that famous artists stand to make mad cash from popular albums on iTunes and other digital storefronts. Sadly, that's not the case, and Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has spent the last week calling out the labels for it. He recently told BBC Radio 4 that "the big infrastructure of the music business has not addressed the way artists communicate directly with their fans. In fact, they seem to basically get in the way. Not only do they get in the way, but they take all the cash."

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http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL0365200720080103?feedType=RSS&feedName=internetNews

"Online music sales reached 2.9 million tracks in the last week of 2007, more than double that of the corresponding week in 2006 and the largest one-week sales tally recorded to date in Britain, the Official Charts Company said."

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http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSN2737460020080101?feedType=RSS&feedName=internetNews

"But everyone wants to know: Who's next? The following 10 acts represent where the smart money is on such speculation. Let the games begin."

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