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loud-fans-digest       Friday, September 5 2003       Volume 03 : Number 260



                               Today's Subjects:
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  [loud-fans] fire sales?                  [glenn mcdonald <glenn@furia.com>]
  Re: [loud-fans] fire sales?              [Dave Walker <dwalker@freeke.org>]
  [loud-fans] Correction of the day      [John Cooper <johncooper@pobox.com>]
  Re: [loud-fans] fire sales?             [Phil Fleming <spin_jen@yahoo.com>]

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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 08:15:06 -0400
From: glenn mcdonald <glenn@furia.com>
Subject: [loud-fans] fire sales?

First this: http://www.technewsworld.com/perl/story/31490.html

Then this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3079854.stm

Meanwhile, this: http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5071108.html


I think the music business is starting to understand that Napster was 
only a symptom of much deeper problems.

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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 09:30:55 -0400
From: Dave Walker <dwalker@freeke.org>
Subject: Re: [loud-fans] fire sales?

On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 08:15 AM, glenn mcdonald wrote:

> Meanwhile, this: http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5071108.html

This is cool -- George is an acquaintance.  He got Slashdotted 
yesterday,
too. :)

> I think the music business is starting to understand that Napster was 
> only a symptom of much deeper problems.

The next question is whether the other majors (and indies?) will
follow UMG as far as cutting prices.  I would think that they
almost have to. One interesting point -- UMG cut their wholesale
price by $3, but they're pushing a $6 lower SRP, which means
they're expecting resellers to hop on board and cut their margins,
too. ( http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1062637695.html )

   -d.w.

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Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 10:00:50 -0700
From: John Cooper <johncooper@pobox.com>
Subject: [loud-fans] Correction of the day

<http://www.oaklandtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,82%257E1726%257E1599518,00.htm
l>

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Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 20:47:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Phil Fleming <spin_jen@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [loud-fans] fire sales?

I remember there was a time in the early 90s (could be
anytime from 1990-1993) when I believe it was Warner
and BMG who reduced their price of CDs by $2 or $3
(when the top price for a single album was $16.98 list
...remember those days?). It only lasted about a
year... cool while it lasted.

Phil F.

NP: J Giels "Freeze Frame" on VH1 Classic.
 
- --- Dave Walker <dwalker@freeke.org> wrote:
> On Thursday, September 4, 2003, at 08:15 AM, glenn
> mcdonald wrote:
> 
> > Meanwhile, this:
> http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5071108.html
> 
> This is cool -- George is an acquaintance.  He got
> Slashdotted 
> yesterday,
> too. :)
> 
> > I think the music business is starting to
> understand that Napster was 
> > only a symptom of much deeper problems.
> 
> The next question is whether the other majors (and
> indies?) will
> follow UMG as far as cutting prices.  I would think
> that they
> almost have to. One interesting point -- UMG cut
> their wholesale
> price by $3, but they're pushing a $6 lower SRP,
> which means
> they're expecting resellers to hop on board and cut
> their margins,
> too. (
> http://arstechnica.com/archive/news/1062637695.html
> )
> 
>    -d.w.


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