http://dir.salon.com/topics/music_industry/?source=rss&aim=music_industry en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/12/05/cadillac_records/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/12/05/cadillac_records/index.html?source=rss As Etta James, Beyoncé Knowles gives one of the year's best performances in this ensemble film about the legendary artists of a Chicago music label. By Cary Tennis Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/17/when_do_people_change/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/17/when_do_people_change/index.html?source=rss If we ignore a problem, will it just go away? By Andrew Leonard Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/23/music_industry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/23/music_industry/index.html?source=rss In the U.K. industry revenues rose in 2008, compared to 2007. In the teeth of a recession! By Joy Press Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/news/brand_graveyard/feature/2009/03/12/virgin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/brand_graveyard/feature/2009/03/12/virgin/index.html?source=rss All U.S. outlets of the music chain will be closed before summer in another sign that the record store as we knew it is dead. By James Hannaham Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/07/28/nine_inch_nails/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2008/07/28/nine_inch_nails/index.html?source=rss Trent Reznor doesn't just want you to steal his new songs, he wants you to tear them up. By Cary Tennis Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/05/michael_jackson_tour/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/05/michael_jackson_tour/index.html?source=rss We can't afford to go to London to see the creator of "Thriller." How can we persuade him to tour here? By Cary Tennis Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/30/cruise_ship/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2008/07/30/cruise_ship/index.html?source=rss I'd love to go, but it's a nine-month contract and I'm afraid I'll want to jump overboard. By Gary Kamiya Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/02/19/jazz_rock/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/02/19/jazz_rock/index.html?source=rss For just the second time in 50 years, the top award at the Grammys went to a jazz album. Do the two genres have anything to say to each other? By Cary Tennis Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/22/coulda_been_a_singer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/06/22/coulda_been_a_singer/index.html?source=rss I'm a mom with a 1-year-old and my life is passing before my eyes. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/21/dengue_fever/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/21/dengue_fever/index.html?source=rss More bad news for CD sales. Meanwhile, our access to Cambodian pop/surf guitar psychedelia is greater than ever before. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/18/allofmp3_com_2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/18/allofmp3_com_2/index.html?source=rss Cold War over: Allofmp3.com drops the bomb on the international music industry. By Mark Hatch-Miller Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/20/gueraseva/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2005/10/20/gueraseva/index.html?source=rss Def Jam went from a dorm room to a music empire. Its famous founders are gone -- is the label still good? By Damien Cave Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/04/01/yetnikoff/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2004/04/01/yetnikoff/index.html?source=rss Walter Yetnikoff talks about running CBS Records in the '70s, Michael Jackson's strange habits -- and Janet Jackson's breasts. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/02/20/pay_for_play/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2003/02/20/pay_for_play/index.html?source=rss Congress has the music industry's modern-day payola scandal in its sights. But will that help the dying record biz save itself? By Eric Boehlert Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/06/25/pfp_congress/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/06/25/pfp_congress/index.html?source=rss Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked!-- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you). By Janelle Brown Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/17/napster_wake/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/05/17/napster_wake/index.html?source=rss The company that launched a thousand rips may be dead, but the movement it launched continues to thrive -- and to make a mockery of the music industry's pathetic online offerings. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/12/19/music_industry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/12/19/music_industry/index.html?source=rss Record sales are down, no one's seeing concerts, no one's advertising on radio and the stars are revolting! By Anthony York Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/09/06/love_in_sacto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/09/06/love_in_sacto/index.html?source=rss The singer and actress takes her campaign against the record industry to the California Legislature. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2001/07/20/music_industry/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/letters/2001/07/20/music_industry/index.html?source=rss People are treated like ATM machines, that's what! Readers sound off on the music industry's woes. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/07/19/industry_downturn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/07/19/industry_downturn/index.html?source=rss Napster's out of the picture, but for the first time in a decade, album sales are down -- and ticket sales are sagging too. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/04/03/payola2/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/04/03/payola2/index.html?source=rss Sources in the music industry call for a federal clampdown on the new payola. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2001/03/14/payola/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2001/03/14/payola/index.html?source=rss Why does radio suck? Because most stations play only the songs the record companies pay them to. And things are going to get worse. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/01/17/teen_pop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/2001/01/17/teen_pop/index.html?source=rss The Backstreet Boys' new album is a relative flop. Is the teen pop era over? By Peter Brandt Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/01/08/mackaye/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/conv/2001/01/08/mackaye/index.html?source=rss After 20 years, the Fugazi frontman and co-owner of Dischord Records is still a punk and a prince. By Eric Boehlert Fri, 05 Dec 2008 03:12:00 PST http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/11/02/collusion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/business/feature/2000/11/02/collusion/index.html?source=rss Music consumers will benefit if Bertelsmann can convince the major record labels to conspire.