Story provides insights on how the top albums are now calculated and those performers and industry leaders who aren’t happy about it.
Source: The End Of Album Privilege – BuzzFeed News
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Interesting story and documentary about what it was like working for Columbia House in the 1990s. One of the most interesting points is how the music industry helped create the digital ‘sharing’ of music through their marked-up CD sales.
Source: Four Columbia House insiders explain the shady math behind “8 CDs for a penny”
by Interesting analysis of the cost of U.S. wars accounting for inflation. I was a little surprised the war that came out on top, mostly because it wasn’t one of the longest in U.S. history.
Source: The Most Expensive Wars in U.S. History
by Here is another story about how streaming music is changing the basic economics of the music business. Kelsey McKinney’s “If you want to use music, you’ve got to pay for it: Music’s crisis, and how to fix it,” provides some new insight in the music and technology.
by Article, “How Much Is Music Really Worth?” that shows the economics behind music, especially the impact of technology on the artist revenue.
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