The RIAA is going after the radio industry. Sounds to me like one dying industry attacking another dying industry. I think the radio guys are going to win this one. The recording industry is on it's last leg but the radio industry, while aged, is like your spry old uncle who still likes to jog a few miles every day.
AC/DC has just signed a deal to distribute their next album exclusively through Wal-Mart. I'm not sure what this says about the industry, but I'm sure it has something to do with lowest common denominator, slippery slopes and mediocrity. Weigh in with your thoughts to help clear mine.
I found an interesting article about the economics of music. I've always heard that many musicians depend on tours to make money but this is the first one I have seen that backs it up with numbers. Read the story here.
Despite an agreement last year on internet radio royalties, many small internet radio stations have quit broadcasting. Now even the biggies are threatened. Pandora says they are on the bubble.
Digital Rights Management, that nasty bit of coding in an audio file that limits where and how you can play and copy the file may be on it's last legs. Amazon and Wal-Mart have come out against it. What else can the big 4 do but drop it?