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Give the people what they want, and they will buy it.(Viewpoint)
If the media hype is to be believed, we might as well pack up at Music Zone. The sad thing is the way people have been suckered into believing this download propaganda. I can understand the public being influenced by it, but record companies and music retailers should know better.
Record companies are too busy jumping on the download bandwagon to defend traditional music retailing but this is no surprise. I remember when the outcry about the "50p" CD was met with deafening silence by UK companies, while retailers became scapegoats. Then there was the internet, the "saviour" of the music industry. They couldn't wail to get behind that bandwagon and they're still pushing it uphill.
Now their saviour will be downloading, not least because the official line says illegal downloaders are decimating the industry. No they're not. The foundations for poor CD sales were laid more than 10 years ago when most UK companies invested in "cheap" electronic dance music, underinvesting in traditional bands.
As a result, there is a ...
- Music Zone expands.(Business)
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) January 6, 2006 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire November 7, 2001 700+ words
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- Music Zone aims to grow to 100 stores.(Business)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England) June 17, 2004 700+ words
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- Buyout of Music Zone in pounds 12m deal.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England) March 30, 2005 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire June 25, 1996 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) December 21, 2005 700+ words
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- Singles point way for Music Zone.(Business)
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) September 10, 2004 700+ words
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- Press release article from: Business Wire May 7, 1996 700+ words
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