CDs

  • iTunes -- the "i" doesn't stand for innovation

    As songs are increasingly sold one by one online, the musical creativity and risk-taking associated with the album format will decline.
  • Give it away now

    Music start-up FightCloud.com offers CDs free, but says it's making a profit. How can that be?
  • Napster-proof CDs

    By Charles C. Mann
  • They don't buy it

    By Eric Boehlert
  • The Napster files

    A little MP3 file-sharing program outlines the shape of things to come in the music industry -- and it's not what the big labels think.
  • MP3 free-for-all

    The tiny Napster is shaking the music industry to its foundation.
  • Singing the MP3 blues

    Indie musicians find online music distributors every bit as greedy as the recording industry they aim to replace.
  • MP3 crackdown

    As the recording industry "educates" universities about digital music piracy, students feel the heat.
  • Is Alanis top of the Net pops?

    The "Silicon CD" isn't quite the same as a platinum record.
  • Sharps & Flats: Pearl Jam

  • We were burning

    A new book tells us to forget about Japan Inc. -- Japanese entrepreneurs led the high-tech consumer-electronic revolution.
  • Hootie and the Blowfish

  • Confessions of a box-set sucker

    A music collector thanks Rhino for repackaging his awful adolescence
  • Brian Wilson

    Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine
  • The Connells

    Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine.
  • Rufus Wainwright

    Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine
  • Compilation creep

    If Starbucks doesn't have a soundtrack to suit your lifestyle, maybe the Postal Service will.
  • The Awful Truth

    Love songs from the dead

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