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Salon.com
November 27, 2000
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Is Napster hurting record sales? No, say the numbers. Business is looking good, even if the Backstreet Boys don't reclaim their rightful world supremacy...   |
Salon.com
May 26, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
The record industry scores a record-setting week. Britney Spears storms the charts with a massive No. 1 album, but will nasty rapper Eminem cut her down to size? |
Salon.com
January 17, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Where the boy bands aren't The Backstreet Boys' new album is a relative flop. Is the teen pop era over? |
Salon.com
July 19, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
What's wrong with the music biz? Napster's out of the picture, but for the first time in a decade, album sales are down -- and ticket sales are sagging too... |
Salon.com
November 7, 2000
Steve Dollar |
Cracker-rap losers Limp Bizkit rock the angry teenager within. Plus: If Fred Durst is such a music-biz whiz, why is he so f***in' pissed? |
Salon.com
June 7, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Invisible man Eminem may be the most violent, woman-hating, homophobic rapper ever. Why are critics giving him a pass? |
Salon.com
December 19, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Music industry in the pits! Record sales are down, no one's seeing concerts, no one's advertising on radio and the stars are revolting... |
Salon.com
September 14, 2000
Janelle Brown |
Revenge of the Pumpkins Beware, record labels -- treat your bands better, or you'll get Napstered. |
Salon.com
February 28, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Stuck in a moment U2 jilts Alicia Keys, winning four Grammys during a program that neither God nor Jimmy Iovine should have let go on so long... |
Salon.com
August 7, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Napster vs. the record stores Is the file-sharing craze bruising retailers? |
The Motley Fool
December 23, 2008
Anders Bylund |
The Tale of an Extinct Business Model A business model that never existed before this decade kills off the music industry at large. |
Salon.com
September 8, 2000
Jeff Stark |
Rock is dead and well at the MTV Video Awards The view from the press tent: Skimpy clothes! Arrogant stars! Britney Spears' jiggling ass! |
Salon.com
June 15, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Are the Backstreet Boys at the end of the road? The one-time teen sensations are getting hit by slumping ticket sales and a dearth of radio airplay... |
Salon.com
April 5, 2001
Joey Sweeney |
Days of the Nu Today's young metalheads wallow in self-pity and sound like Limp Bizkit. These kids don't need rock -- they need Paxil... |
Salon.com
August 28, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Stuffing MTV's ballot box Total Request Live is billed as an exercise in music fan democracy, but one record label is doing its best to rig the election... |
PC Magazine
November 14, 2007
Dan Costa |
The Music Wants to Be Free More musicians are using the Net to cut the record labels out of the loop. It isn't just unknown bands any-more, but the megastars the labels depend on. And there isn't a damn thing the industry can do about it. |
BusinessWeek
February 6, 2006
Jon Fine |
Rockers, Keep Your Day Jobs The mainstream rock act that reliably sells platinum, or 1 million copies, is an endangered species. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Music Industry 2.0 How to invest in what looks like a deeply troubled music sector. Hint: Think outside the CD case. |
| AskMen.com |
Collective Soul - Why are they famous? Collective Soul proved in 1994 that there was a future for catchy rock tunes with hip-hop laced beats. |
InternetNews
January 10, 2008 |
Radiohead's 'Name-Your-Price' CD Tops Charts Can you guess why retail sales were off for the latest release of "In Rainbows"? |
Wired
August 12, 2009
Jeff Howe |
The Beatles Make the Leap to Rock Band On September 9, after three years of ardent courtship, tech wizardry, and dizzying legal acrobatics, MTV Games is releasing The Beatles: Rock Band, a multiplayer title spanning the group's entire career. |
The Motley Fool
October 14, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Music Games Aren't Child's Play There's grown-up money to be made as Guitar Hero and Rock Band give the music industry a much-needed makeover. |
Reason
January 2004
Nick Gillespie |
Welcome Back, Napster There's a special reason to be happy that Napster, the notorious outlaw file-sharing system that took a long, court-ordered hiatus, has returned as a major-label-backed enterprise offering single-track downloads for 99 cents. It's the freedom not to pay for songs you don't want. |
AskMen.com
Kyle Grace |
Top 10: Comeback Albums All of these top 10 comeback albums helped to not only pull careers out of the toilet, but also remind fans of what the fuss was all about in the first place. |
Wired
September 14, 2007
Chris Kohler |
Full-On Rock Band Makes Jamming Follow-Up to Guitar Hero Rock Band, the new video game by Harmonix, allows you to play in your own band without the instruments. |
Salon.com
June 27, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
The summer of (slightly less expensive) love Thanks to the likes of Limp Bizkit, Pearl Jam and Britney Spears, concert prices are coming down. So why are those damn ticket fees still going through the roof? |
Salon.com
August 1, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
The great MP3 love fest Has the press given Napster a free ride? |
Fast Company
September 2008
Kate Rockwood |
New Music Releases Fall 2008 Think of MTV's Video Music Awards as the kickoff for the jam-packed fall-release season. Can any of these noteworthy albums help the music biz buck its recent blues? |
Salon.com
December 21, 2000
Joe Heim |
Music 2000 Call it the year of the dogs: Woof-woof. Still, there were 25 records worth listening to again and again... |
Home Theater
August 17, 2010
Mark Fleischmann |
$3.99 Download Makes Arcade Fire #1 Amazon discount propels band to Billboard's top spot. Many consumers will buy downloads if the price is right. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music's 2010 Overture If traditional radio and the major record labels want to matter in five years, they better make some changes. |
Salon.com
September 14, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
Helping Eminem sell records Does political criticism of the foulmouthed rapper do anything but increase his stature -- and his sales? |
Popular Mechanics
September 16, 2008
Seth Porges |
Rock Band 2 May Be the Best Party Game Ever: Hands-on Review Rock Band 2 does not repeat Rock Band's quantum leap in game-play design and technical innovation, but it does expand on and improve the original game enough to supplant it as the most fun party game of the year. |
Salon.com
October 10, 2000
Larry Getlen |
Kryptonite investor Chris Henderson's band, 3 Doors Down, has a No. 1 single -- and a 401K plan. |
Salon.com
November 2, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
In defense of (Napster) collusion Music consumers will benefit if Bertelsmann can convince the major record labels to conspire. |
AskMen.com
Craig Mazin |
Top 10: Rock Diss Songs Talented musicians have an effective venue for expressing their displeasure to an unfaithful significant other or a backstabbing friend -- the diss song. |
InternetNews
October 2, 2007
Nicholas Carlson |
You Name the Price for Next Radiohead Album Radiohead tells fans they decide how much to pay in next week's online-only album release. |
Salon.com
June 7, 2000
Keith Harris |
Sharps & Flats Eminem's airtight masterpiece of rhyme invents invisible enemies. But would a serious rapper even bother dissing 'N Sync? |
Salon.com
February 5, 2001
Janelle Brown |
Sluts and teddy bears Dingy divas and their benign boy toys have got new clothes and lots of attitude, but their message is old and in the way... |
Salon.com
October 25, 2000
Andy Battaglia, Michelle Goldberg, Andrew Goodwin & Joe Heim |
Radiohead's "Kid A" Is this really an "important" record? Four critics duke it out. |
BusinessWeek
August 6, 2009
Tom Lowry |
Video Games: Will The Beatles Rock MTV? Viacom is counting on the Fab Four to rejuvenate MTV Networks' flagging Rock Band video franchise. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
CD Is the New Vinyl As compact disc sales continue falling, the industry must take a stand. In the worst-case scenario for the labels, the distribution power will shift toward recording artists. In the best-case scenario, the exact same thing happens -- just a bit more slowly. Investors, take note. |
Salon.com
February 22, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Eminem steals the show The Grammys bring in the bad boy of the moment to boost ratings... |
The Motley Fool
February 15, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Activision Goes "Crazy" Over Aerosmith Video game designer Activision announces another installment of its ultra-popular Guitar Hero franchise, built around the material and career of rock legends Aerosmith. |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Anders Bylund |
"Rock Band" Leads Us Into a Brave New World Only available for a scant eight weeks, and then only in North America -- video game Rock Band has already racked up 2.5 million paid downloads of additional songs/game levels. |
Salon.com
November 1, 1999
Frank Houston |
The dearth of cool Are white hipsters an endangered species? Is sellout just another word for nothing left to lose? |
Salon.com
February 21, 2001
Whet Moser |
Why Eminem should get the Grammy His "Marshall Mathers LP" is the most deserving Grammy nominee in years. Too bad no one gets it... |
Reason
October 2000
Jesse Walker |
Music for Nothing Why Napster isn't the end of the world. Or even the music industry... |
Salon.com
February 8, 2001
Linda Specht |
Hip-hop parenting My son and I have a deal in which profanity begets literacy... |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Land A Record Deal But the key to making this happen is landing a record contract. So now that you've learned to sing and formed a band, it's time for you to get the exposure you deserve. |
