Appetite for Self-Destruction The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
by Knopper, SteveFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-12-15
Publisher(s): Soft Skull
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Summary
The music industry's mighty players have been asleep at the wheel since Napster revolutionized the way music was distributed in the 1990s. A veteran industry reporter tells of the current state of big music, how it got into such dire straits, and where it's going.
Author Biography
Steve knopper is a Rolling Stone contributing editor who has covered the music business since 2002. He has written for publications such as Wired, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, The Chicago Tribune, and Details. He also has written and edited four previous books, including the Completed Idiot's Guide to Starting a Band. He lives in Denver.
Table of Contents
| Cast of Characters | p. xi |
| Prologue 1979-1982: Disco Crashes the Record Business, Michael Jackson Saves the Day, and MTV Really Saves the Day | p. 1 |
| 1983-1986: Jerry Shulman's Frisbee: How the Compact Disc Rebuilt the Record Business | p. 15 |
| Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 1: The CD Longbox | p. 36 |
| 1984-1999: How Big Spenders Got Rich in the Post-CD Boom | p. 40 |
| Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 2: Independent Radio Promotion | p. 66 |
| Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 3: Digital Audio Tape | p. 75 |
| 1998-2001: The Teen Pop Bubble: Boy Bands and Britney Make the Business Bigger Than Ever-But Not for Long | p. 80 |
| Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 4: Killing the Single | p. 105 |
| Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 5: Pumping Up the Big Boxes | p. 108 |
| 1998-2001: A Nineteen-Year-Old Takes Down the Industry-with the Help of Tiny Music, and a Few Questionable Big Music Decisions | p. 113 |
| Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 6: The Secure Digital Music Initiative | p. 150 |
| 2002-2003: How Steve Jobs Built the iPod, Revived His Company, and Took Over the Music Business | p. 157 |
| Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 7: The RIAA Lawsuits | p. 183 |
| 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 | p. 190 |
| Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 8: Sony BMG's Rootkit | p. 222 |
| 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 | p. 229 |
| Notes | p. 253 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 281 |
| Index | p. 285 |
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