Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age - Softcover

Knopper, Steve

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ISBN 10: 1593762690 ISBN 13: 9781593762698

Verlag: Catapult, 2009

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"The music industry is toast, my friends. And congrats to "Rolling Stone" vet Steve Knopper, whose fantastic new book" Appetite for Self-Destruction" explains why"-- "The Village Voice"

"Knopper, a" Rolling Stone" music business writer, thoughtfully reports on the record racket's slow, painful march into financial ruin and irrelevance, starting with the near-catastrophic sales slump that began in 1979 after the demise of disco. Though the labels persevered, they finally lost control of their product when they chose to ignore the possibilities of the Internet.... Knopper piles on examples of incompetence, making a convincing case that the industry's collapse is a drawn-out suicide." -- "Los Angeles Times"

.,."Laced with anecdote, buttressed by detailed accounts of the most flagrant record-industry transgressions, "Appetite" (its title nicked from that of the Guns N' Roses debut disc) is an enthralling read, equal parts anger and regret. Knopper's writing is sharp, his approach sharper..."-- "The Boston Globe"

"[Knopper has a] nose for the story's human element.... The best parts of the book, such as Knopper's analysis of the late-'90s teen-pop bubble (and how it ultimately burst), move with the style and drama of a great legal thriller -- think "Michael Clayton" with headphones....This is gripping stuff. Crank it up."-- "Time Out New York"

[A] stark accounting of the mistakes major record labels have made since the end of the LP era and the arrival of digital music . . . A wide-angled, morally complicated view of the current state of the music business . . . [Knopper] suggests that with even a little foresight, record companies could have adapted to the Internet s brutish and quizzical new realities and thrived . . . He paints a devastating picture of the industry s fumbling, corruption, greed and bad faith over the decades. The New York Times
Knopper, a Rolling Stone music business writer, thoughtfully reports on the record racket s slow, painful march into financial ruin and irrelevance, starting with the near-catastrophic sales slump that began in 1979 after the demise of disco. Though the labels persevered, they finally lost control of their product when they chose to ignore the possibilities of the Internet . . . Knopper piles on examples of incompetence, making a convincing case that the industry s collapse is a drawn-out suicide. The Los Angeles Times
[Knopper has a] nose for the story s human element . . . The best parts of the book, such as Knopper s analysis of the late- 90s teen-pop bubble (and how it ultimately burst), move with the style and drama of a great legal thrillerthink Michael Clayton with headphones . . . This is gripping stuff. Crank it up. Time Out New York
The music industry is toast, my friends. And congrats to Rolling Stone vet Steve Knopper, whose fantastic new book Appetite for Self-Destruction explains why. Village Voice
Laced with anecdote, buttressed by detailed accounts of the most flagrant record-industry transgressions, Appetite (its title nicked from that of the Guns N Roses debut disc) is an enthralling read, equal parts anger and regret. Knopper s writing is sharp, his approach sharper. Boston Globe
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"[A] stark accounting of the mistakes major record labels have made since the end of the LP era and the arrival of digital music . . . A wide-angled, morally complicated view of the current state of the music business . . . [Knopper] suggests that with even a little foresight, record companies could have adapted to the Internet's brutish and quizzical new realities and thrived . . . He paints a devastating picture of the industry's fumbling, corruption, greed and bad faith over the decades." --The New York Times

"Knopper, a Rolling Stone music business writer, thoughtfully reports on the record racket's slow, painful march into financial ruin and irrelevance, starting with the near-catastrophic sales slump that began in 1979 after the demise of disco. Though the labels persevered, they finally lost control of their product when they chose to ignore the possibilities of the Internet . . . Knopper piles on examples of incompetence, making a convincing case that the industry's collapse is a drawn-out suicide." --The Los Angeles Times

"[Knopper has a] nose for the story's human element . . . The best parts of the book, such as Knopper's analysis of the late-'90s teen-pop bubble (and how it ultimately burst), move with the style and drama of a great legal thriller--think Michael Clayton with headphones . . . This is gripping stuff. Crank it up." --Time Out New York

"The music industry is toast, my friends. And congrats to Rolling Stone vet Steve Knopper, whose fantastic new book Appetite for Self-Destruction explains why." --Village Voice

"Laced with anecdote, buttressed by detailed accounts of the most flagrant record-industry transgressions, Appetite (its title nicked from that of the Guns N' Roses debut disc) is an enthralling read, equal parts anger and regret. Knopper's writing is sharp, his approach sharper." --Boston Globe

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Recounts for the first time the epic story of the precipitous rise and fall of the recording industry over the past three decades, when the success of the CD turned the music business into one of the most glamorous, high-profile industries in the world--and the advent of file sharing brought it to its knees. In a fast-paced account full of larger-than-life personalities, journalist Knopper shows that, after the wealth and excess of the '80s and '90s, Sony, Warner, and the other big players brought about their own downfall through years of denial and bad decisions in the face of dramatic advances in technology. Based on interviews with more than two hundred music industry sources--from Warner Music chairman Edgar Bronfman Jr. to renegade Napster creator Shawn Fanning--Knopper is the first to offer such a detailed and sweeping contemporary history of the industry's wild ride.

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• Verlag: Catapult
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1593762690
• ISBN 13: 9781593762698
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320