Comments on: The Music Business Bids Good Riddance to 2008, Gets Ready to Say the Same Thing to 2009 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081231/the-music-business-bids-good-riddance-to-2008-gets-ready-to-say-the-same-thing-to-2009/ by Peter Kafka Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Music’s Sales Slumped Slowed – But Not Stopped – By Michael Jackson and the Beatles | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081231/the-music-business-bids-good-riddance-to-2008-gets-ready-to-say-the-same-thing-to-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-11071 Music’s Sales Slumped Slowed – But Not Stopped – By Michael Jackson and the Beatles | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:41:24 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=2684#comment-11071 [...] I don’t normally bother providing you updates on the music industry’s revenues, because the update has been the same for most of the last decade: Each quarter, the industry’s collective sales drops yet again. [...] [...] I don’t normally bother providing you updates on the music industry’s revenues, because the update has been the same for most of the last decade: Each quarter, the industry’s collective sales drops yet again. [...]

]]> By: Can Music Sales Get Any Worse? Just Watch | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081231/the-music-business-bids-good-riddance-to-2008-gets-ready-to-say-the-same-thing-to-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-2024 Can Music Sales Get Any Worse? Just Watch | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:35:20 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=2684#comment-2024 [...] Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming: I’m seeing more and more evidence that Apple notwithstanding, the industry’s last few months were bad even by the industry’s own terrible standards. [...] [...] Now, back to our regularly scheduled programming: I’m seeing more and more evidence that Apple notwithstanding, the industry’s last few months were bad even by the industry’s own terrible standards. [...]

]]> By: Big Music to Apple: Thanks For a Merry Christmas | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081231/the-music-business-bids-good-riddance-to-2008-gets-ready-to-say-the-same-thing-to-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 Big Music to Apple: Thanks For a Merry Christmas | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:00:54 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=2684#comment-1723 [...] better than a stick in the eye. And a pleasant change from the usual negative (but true!) stories about the industry. We’ll get a much better sense of music’s health [...] [...] better than a stick in the eye. And a pleasant change from the usual negative (but true!) stories about the industry. We’ll get a much better sense of music’s health [...]

]]> By: Confirmed: iTunes Going DRM-Free. Unclear: Does Anyone Care? | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081231/the-music-business-bids-good-riddance-to-2008-gets-ready-to-say-the-same-thing-to-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1379 Confirmed: iTunes Going DRM-Free. Unclear: Does Anyone Care? | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:43:56 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=2684#comment-1379 [...] And think about it this way: Who’s more eager to sell digital music — Steve Jobs or the struggling music labels? If DRM-free tunes were a cure-all, you would have seen the big guys moving to drop it a long time [...] [...] And think about it this way: Who’s more eager to sell digital music — Steve Jobs or the struggling music labels? If DRM-free tunes were a cure-all, you would have seen the big guys moving to drop it a long time [...]

]]> By: How To Solve The Big Music/YouTube Spat: Copy MySpace | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081231/the-music-business-bids-good-riddance-to-2008-gets-ready-to-say-the-same-thing-to-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 How To Solve The Big Music/YouTube Spat: Copy MySpace | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:54:08 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=2684#comment-1333 [...] case you haven’t noticed, the music labels are desperate for any revenue they can find. They can’t afford not to work with YouTube. And there’s incentive for YouTube to keep [...] [...] case you haven’t noticed, the music labels are desperate for any revenue they can find. They can’t afford not to work with YouTube. And there’s incentive for YouTube to keep [...]

]]> By: David H Deans http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081231/the-music-business-bids-good-riddance-to-2008-gets-ready-to-say-the-same-thing-to-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1293 David H Deans Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:59:16 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=2684#comment-1293 Peter, 2009 will be another great year for all those creative Indie artists and bands that have found their audience online. The decline of legacy record company Payola and Restraint of Trade practices is good for the industry, as a whole. Peter, 2009 will be another great year for all those creative Indie artists and bands that have found their audience online. The decline of legacy record company Payola and Restraint of Trade practices is good for the industry, as a whole.

]]> By: Dave Barnes http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081231/the-music-business-bids-good-riddance-to-2008-gets-ready-to-say-the-same-thing-to-2009/comment-page-1/#comment-1289 Dave Barnes Thu, 01 Jan 2009 02:58:21 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=2684#comment-1289 "The good news: If ...interested in listening to good music...you have more options than anyone has ever had in the history of man." cf. http://www.ThePirateBay.org “The good news: If …interested in listening to good music…you have more options than anyone has ever had in the history of man.”

cf. http://www.ThePirateBay.org

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