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Major Label Price Fixing Lawsuit Reinstated
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HypeBot
(UPDATED) The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York has reinstated an antitrust lawsuit accusing all four major record labels of conspiring to fix prices for music downloads. The lawsuits accuse the labels of agreeing to an online wholesale price of about $.70 per song even though their cost for each sale is far lower than when sold in a brick and mortar record store.
While not ruling on the case, the appeals court agreed that the plaintiffs' ...
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The Jazz Community is Bigger Than You Think
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Lubricity
Over at A Blog Supreme, Patrick Jarenwattananon has a beautifully-articulated essay that really sums up my thoughts about this weekend, and my hope for the future of jazz.
Between carving my way through the Winter JazzFest, discussing the future of jazz at the Jazz Journalists Association mini-conference, digging Conrad Herwigs Latin Side All-Stars at the Blue Note on Monday night alongside enthusiastic Japanese and European tourists, and meeting Hilma Carter (Benny Carters widow) at the Institute of Jazz Studies yesterday, ...
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Jazz This Week: Bob Borgestede Memorial Concert, Kim Massie, McMoore Movement, Mardra and Reggie Thomas, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
With at least a momentary break from the winter deep freeze, it should be a good weekend in St. Louis to get out and hear some music. And while there are no major touring headliners in town this week, there are some noteworthy performances featuring local and regional musicians, so let's go to the highlights:Tonight, singer Erin Bode and her band return to Brandt's. Bode worked frequently at the Delmar Loop nightspot when she first began her career, ...
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Shellac Flacks' Double Dip
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Upon leafing through old Down Beats from the 1940s the other day, I came across an editorial in the April 9, 1947 issue chastising disc jockeys for engaging in shady practices. Long before the infamous payola scandals of the late 1950s, when on-air announcers accepted cash from record pluggers to repeatedly play specific singles and turn them into hits, the issue of graft had already surfaced. As jazz deejays gained more power and influence after World War II, they were ...
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Bridging the Musical Waters
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
One of the most poignant moments at the Rock & R0ll Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary concert (night one, October 29) when Art Garfunkel joined old musical partner Paul Simon on stage at Madison Square Garden to sing several of their hits. There's no need to wonder if more reunions might happen anytime soon.There is one such event set for the remainder of 2010. Further blurring the lines between jazz events and other musical genres, it will be ...
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Think About These 2009 Music Sales Figures...
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HypeBot
2009 U.S. music purchases up 2.1% over 2008 Music sales exceeded 1.5 billion for the second consecutive year Overall music sales, digital track sales, vinyl LP sales all hit new highs Digital accounts for 40% of total U.S. music purchases More than 10 Billion music purchases in the U.S. for the decade
The full Nielson 2009 report shows a continuing drop in CD sales and full album sales along with slowing growth for digital sales. But when ...
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2009: My Year in Jazz
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Lubricity
This year has blessed me with a series of steps forward for which I am very grateful, many of them related to my work in jazz documented here from May through September. I thought that a look back at this past year, the first in which I have really found a home in the jazz community, would be a good way to start my 2010 blogging odyssey anew.
2009 began with a big move: just after Christmas, I drove from ...
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