Tag Archives: music

TechCrunch – Nicholas Negroponte: The Physical Book Is Dead In 5 Years

The ebook will be the dom­i­nant media for­mat for books in five years.

August 12, 2010 – 7:17 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Quick Posts, Technology | Tagged , , , , , | Comments Off

Warner retreats from free music streaming – BBC News

Record label does some­thing stupid.

February 11, 2010 – 12:26 am | By Justin Yost | Posted in Art, Economics, Technology | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

With momentum in Europe, Spotify has Apple’s iTunes in its sights – Los Angeles Times

Spo­tify is iTunes in the cloud, and they should launch in the US mid­dle of 2010.

February 3, 2010 – 10:56 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Technology | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Trent Reznor Does Something Different and Succeeds

Trent Reznor, the front man for Nine Inch Nails, who has widely been acknowl­edged as one of the most impor­tant artists in the music indus­try. Trent Reznor has released a new multi-part album, Ghosts I-IV, with both a Cre­ative Com­mons license and an inno­v­a­tive pric­ing scheme. The first 9 tracks are avail­able as a free …

March 5, 2008 – 8:28 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in Economics, Technology | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Trent Reznor and the $5 Album

Today Trent Reznor, the lead in Nine Inch Nails, was inter­viewed in an arti­cle for Cnet News.com. Reznor was inter­viewed over his lat­est expir­ment, in which he bankrolled an album “Niggy Tar­dust” with Saul Williams and then released it with­out any record labels and con­veresly any pro­mo­tion. The entire album was made as a free …

January 10, 2008 – 10:09 pm | By Justin Yost | Posted in General News, Technology | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)