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Entries from January 2008

NY Times: Hip-Hop Sales Decline

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

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“If you’re looking for a two-word motto for hip-hop in 2007, you could do worse than that: ‘Keep grinding.’ This was the year when the gleaming hip-hop machine — the one that minted a long string of big-name stars, [...]

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Apple Readies HD Radio Push

January 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Report: Apple Readies HD Radio Push
The right device certainly could accelerate the growth of HD radio, but more interesting is the notion that iTunes would share revenue with radio stations for songs referred to and purchased on iTunes. How might that affect radio station playlists, radios’ relationship with labels and artists, and radios’ [...]

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The (Virtual) Hills are Alive With the Sound of Music?

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Music enhances all worlds–virtual ones included. Opportunity knocks…are labels and publishers listening?
Web Playgrounds of the Very Young – New York Times

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