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Record Labels Struggle With the Album's Demise

Posted by kdawson on from the hey-gang-let's-record-a-ring-tone dept.

Supplying yet more evidence, if more were needed, of the dire straits the music business increasingly finds itself in — reader cphilo sends us a NYTimes article about the death of the album as the mainstay of profit, and the record labels' struggle to adopt to the new realities. The article notes the trend of the labels signing artists for a single song, maybe two, and a ring tone.

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  1. Just like the death of the LP! by TodMinuit · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh wait...

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    1. Re:Just like the death of the LP! by bob.appleyard · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're not a DJ. So that means...

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  2. Re:The Album Is Dead... For Talentless Acts! by Sancho · · Score: 4, Funny

    Short attention spans? I don't think it's reasonable to lump all music liste

  3. Dire Straights? by Frostalicious · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah they are in Dire Straights. They need to Rush and abandon their Cheap Tricks and keep their Doors open to a new Genesis, or get crushed under the Rolling Stones of progress. One day when you mention the RIAA, your buddy will respond, "The Who?"

  4. Re:The death of entertainment by suv4x4 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who'd pay $10 - $15 for a CD of third rate material with effects and dynamic range compression 'compensating' for lack of artist talent?

    That sounds pretty cool, I would! But.. I'm afraid of viruses. CD-s are scary...

  5. Dire Straits... by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Supplying yet more evidence, if more were needed, of the dire straits the music business increasingly finds itself in...
    I guess it was only a matter of time before the money for nothing ran out and the chicks were no longer free!
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  6. The great R&B conspiracy? by Timbotronic · · Score: 4, Funny

    Not a politically correct thing to ask - but has anyone else ever wondered if the labels deliberately promote genres of music that are less appealing to the majority of file sharers ie. white young men?

    It's the only explanation I can think of for R&B

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  7. Re:The death of entertainment by Virtual_Raider · · Score: 4, Funny

    That sounds pretty cool, I would! But.. I'm afraid of viruses. CD-s are scary... Aw come on! Its not like some evil corporation would embed them with rootkits. Oh wait... =)
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