With MTV and Clearchannel as part of the old boys network, it's hard to believe. Compare Frontlines `The way the music died and weep. Most of the hits are generated via large marketing campaigns and 50% is sold via Target, Walmart and Best-buy. The way the music industry works (and the RIAA is an integral part of that) is something different entirely than just providing a buying platform. Not that pressing CDs was that expensive.
Basically it's about filtering all the music and presenting something the consumer wants. In Europe we've a nice debate about whether it ought to be allowed to mix journalistic content with advertisement. The way I understand it, this is completely commonplace in the US i.e. in recent movies. As long as you've commercial platforms that do your `content filtering you most certainly won't get rid of the money-can-buy syndrome.
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With MTV and Clearchannel as part of the old boys network, it's hard to believe. Compare Frontlines `The way the music died and weep. Most of the hits are generated via large marketing campaigns and 50% is sold via Target, Walmart and Best-buy. The way the music industry works (and the RIAA is an integral part of that) is something different entirely than just providing a buying platform. Not that pressing CDs was that expensive. Basically it's about filtering all the music and presenting something the consumer wants. In Europe we've a nice debate about whether it ought to be allowed to mix journalistic content with advertisement. The way I understand it, this is completely commonplace in the US i.e. in recent movies. As long as you've commercial platforms that do your `content filtering you most certainly won't get rid of the money-can-buy syndrome.