| Product Summary | | Format: Multimedia Software | | ISBN: 9781423375203 | | Publisher: Brilliance Corporation | | Publish Date: 1/6/2009 | | Buy.com Sku: 209315392 | | Item#: | | Dimensions (in Inches) 7.25H x 5.25L x 0.5T |
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Turning what could be a doomed-to-be-dull topic--the 30-year decline of an industry--into a chatty, anecdotal narrative, Rolling Stone writer Steve Knopper rubber necks his readers through the self-inflicted tragedy of the music industry. Going back to a 1979 decline in sales that followed disco's waning popularity, Knopper follows the oft-loathed music industry's series of bad decisions in confronting changing technology and listening culture--from the advent of the compact disc to the burgeoning of internet culture; from the popularity of Napster to the success of iTunes. The breadth and depth of his interviews evidence his extensive time spent on the ground with this issue as a journalist.
| Praise| "Knopper, a Rolling Stone music business writer, thoughtfully reports on the record racket's slow, painful march into financial ruin and irrelevance...Knopper piles on examples of incompetence, making a convincing case..." - Erik Himmelsbach 01/22/2009 "Thoroughly researched and engaging, with a spitfire pace as rhythmic as its subject." 11/15/2008 "Knopper is a dedicated reporter, and he's done his fresh-interview homework." - Vadim Rizov 01/28/2009 |
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