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Moving To Billboard

Remember when David Letterman was moving from NBC to CBS and he had all sorts of special guests in his final week? It was quite an event. Bruce Springsteen, who had not yet played Letterman, performed "Glory Days" his final show. At one point, Letterman quipped that he was just moving, ...

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Coolfer — March 25

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The Downsides of Streaming Services

Before the BusinessWeek.com article by Douglas MacMillan on consumers' use of streaming services as substitutes for purchasing, I was the only one (as far as I know) to point out this harmful downside to free, ad-supported services. In December 2008, I wrote that streaming services are not a b...

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Coolfer — March 13

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Friday Business Links: Sony/ATV To Develop TV Series

Sony/ATV Publishing is creating a television series called "American Storytellers." The series will turn the stories of country songs into one-hour dramas. (Billboard.biz) Bit torrent search engine Minivova generated €1,000,000 in revenue in 2007. Be careful of the wording...

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Coolfer — March 13

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Jack White's New Business Model

The Tennessean has an article on the launch party for the Third Man Records building in Nashville. The label was founded by Jack White (White Stripes, The Raconteurs). Its headquarters will house the record label and will have a record store, photo studio and performance stage. Said White: If ...

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Coolfer — March 12

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Thursday Business Links: U2 Sold Fewer Albums, Just As It Should Have

U2's No Line On The Horizon entered at #1 on the album chart with sales of 484,000 units. Given the changes in the marketplace and the shift away from the album format over the last four and a quarter years since the band's last album, 484,000 units is about right on target. The 7.02 million u...

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Coolfer — March 12

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WSJ on the Artist Involvement in Secondary Ticketing Market

At last, the curtain is being lifted on artists' involvement in the secondary ticketing market. The Wall Street Journal's Ethan Smith has an excellent article on Ticketmaster, secondary ticketing services and the extent to which some artists and managers are profiting from legal scalping. A fo...

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Coolfer — March 11