Amazon launched the beta version of their mp3 download store yesterday, and as with every issue that arises in today’s music industry, the experts are staunchly divided on the pros and cons of a iTunes competitor. Shall we take a look?
The yeasayers are championing the $0.89 price per song, a whole shiny dime lower than […]

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BLIND ITEM TIDBIT: Our spies from across the pond have informed us that
there¹s a certain U.S. music executive, employed at a stateside-based
management company/independent label, who has been diligently meeting with
Radiohead and their handlers about a new American label arrangement, and
that they¹re close to making a deal. It would be a huge […]

Can Rick Rubin save the music industry? The New York Times Magazine addressed that very question this past weekend in a pretty insightful piece by Lynn Hirchberg, one of the better entertainment journalists working today. The basic gist is that Columbia Records is taking major steps towards figuring out how a major record label can […]

The University of Chicago released a study this week that essentially called foul on Mayor Daley and the city for not supporting its music industry. U of C (also known as Quantitative U) compared the economic impact of the rock and the roll on he 50 most populous metropolitan areas of the U.S., looking […]

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