Appetite for self-destruction
Subtitle: the spectacular crash of the record industry in the digital age
By: Steve Knopper
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Pgw
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781847371362
Subjects: Sound recording industry; Technological innovations; Compact disc industry; History; Music and technology
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue 1979-1982 : disco crashes the record business, Michael Jackson saves the day, and MTV really saves the day; title: 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; title: 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; title: ch. 3. 1998-2001 : The teen-pop bubble : boy bands and Britney make the business bigger than ever; title: 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; title: ch. 4. 1998-2001 : A 19-year-old takes down the industry; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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; title: 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.