Appetite for self-destruction : the spectacular crash of the record industry in the digital age by Knopper, Steve, 1969- instant download

Appetite for self-destruction : the spectacular crash of the record industry in the digital age by Knopper, Steve, 1969- instant download

xvi, 301 pages ; 24 cm, In an engaging, fast-paced, up-close-and-personal narrative, 'Appetite for Self-Destruction' recounts the music industry's wild 30-year ride through the digital age. Based on interviews with over 200 music industry sources, Steve Knopper offers a contemporary history of the nuts and bolts of the industry, Includes bibliographical references and index, Prologue 1979-1982 : disco crashes the record business, Michael Jackson saves the day, and MTV really saves the day -- ch. 1. 1983-1986 : Jerry Shulman's frisbee : how the compact disc rebuilt the record business ; Big Music's big mistakes, part 1: The CD Longbox -- ch. 2. 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 -- ch. 3. 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 -- ch. 4. 1998-2001 : A 19-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 -- ch. 5. 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 -- ch. 6. 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 -- ch. 7. 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