On the Death of the Music Industry

Some recent links of interest:

<>Rick Rubin is hired to "save" Columbia Records from itself (NY Times article, requires login)

<>Bob Lefsetz ain't buying the Rubin mythos (Lefsetz Letter: Part 1, Part 2)
Hope for the industry? "Home-made, word-of-mouth" youtube mega hit orchestrated entirely by record label (WSJ article)

<>KRS-One on the death of rap and the record industry (audio interview on the Megatron Don)

<>Performance royalties vs. payola: radio stations and record labels scraping for survival (Washington Post article)

<>It's now possible to wirelessly purchase music at Starbuck's using an iPod, yet impossible to stream internet radio on the device (Apple's announcement).


Come to think of it, Starbuck's is now running a record label. Surely a sign of the apocalypse.

Thanks to Brian, Monica, Trent, and DJ/Rupture!