NYU recently released a study on the market impact of blogs on record sales, which is not a new topic of discussion but I’ve yet to see a funded academic research program that yielded any significant results. While NYU Stern Professor Vasant Dhar’s work may not be entirely conclusive, it’s an example of someone outside […]

You know how you always feel a little guilty for downloaded a record for free, if you actually like that band and wanted to (in theory, anyway) support their careers?
Feeling a little disillusioned with the stock market these days, given the random 200+ point drops and general instability?
Well, fear not - German website SellaBand […]

A new study from the great white north of Canada suggests that P2P file sharing actually increases the sales of legitimate CDs. It’s a pretty wordy, dense bit of academia, but the most basic gist is more or less boiled down by the following passage:
“When assessing the P2P downloading population, there was “a strong
positive relationship […]

Paste Magazine has taken Radiohead’s dance moves to heart and is now offering its readership the opportunity to pay what they want for the rag. Being that I work at a beautiful magazine that’s offered completely free to the good people of Chicago, I know there are plenty of ways for a print publication to […]

With the White Stripes sidelined by “acute anxiety” and the summer season of redneck pop country tours winding down, the hottest ticket on the U.S. concert circuit is…Hannah Montana?!
Yep, Miley Cyrus, aka Hannah Montana, has weathered the potential reverse nepotism of being “Achy-Break-Heart”-cum-Dancing-With-The-Stars-contestant Billy Ray Cyrus‘ kid and risen to superstardom amongst the little ones, […]