Appetite for Self-Destruction The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age

Name: Appetite for Self-Destruction The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
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ISBN: 9781416552154

ISBN-10: 1416552154

ISBN-13: 9781416552154

Edition: 2009

Authors: Steve Knopper

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List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 1/6/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.034



Cast of Characters


Prologue 1979-1982: Disco Crashes the Record Business, Michael Jackson Saves the Day, and MTV Really Saves the Day



1983-1986: Jerry Shulman's Frisbee: How the Compact Disc Rebuilt the Record Business


Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 1: The CD Longbox



1984-1999: How Big Spenders Got Rich in the Post-CD Boom


Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 2: Independent Radio Promotion


Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 3: Digital Audio Tape



1998-2001: The Teen Pop Bubble: Boy Bands and Britney Make the Business Bigger Than Ever-But Not for Long


Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 4: Killing the Single


Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 5: Pumping Up the Big Boxes



1998-2001: A Nineteen-Year-Old Takes Down the Industry-with the Help of Tiny Music, and a Few Questionable Big Music Decisions


Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 6: The Secure Digital Music Initiative



2002-2003: How Steve Jobs Built the iPod, Revived His Company, and Took Over the Music Business


Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 7: The RIAA Lawsuits



2003-2007: Beating Up on Peer-to-Peer Services Like Kazaa and Grokster Fails to Save the Industry, Sales Plunge, and Tommy Mottola Abandons Ship


Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 8: Sony BMG's Rootkit



The Future: How Can the Record Labels Return to the Boom Times? Hint: Not by Stonewalling New High-tech Models and Locking Up the Content


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index