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Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Friday, September 5 2003 Volume 07 : Number 221 Today's Subjects: ----------------- MM: NPC: Universal Music slashes CD prices by $6 ["Connell, Michael P" ] MM: Time Does the Talking Site [jmphlbat@comcast.net] MM: RE: Time Does the Talking Site ["Jennifer Caputo" ] Re: MM: Time Does the Talking Site [jmphlbat@comcast.net] Re: MM: Re: "A Kiss In Time" - Oct. 7 ????? ["Joey Eckstrom" Subject: MM: NPC: Universal Music slashes CD prices by $6 from http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2003-09-03-cdprices_x.htm Universal Music slashes CD, cassette prices By Michael McCarthy and Theresa Howard, USA TODAY NEW YORK - In a move that could lower music CD prices across the board, Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's largest music company, will cut the suggested retail price for its top-line CDs to $12.98 from the current $16.98 to $18.98, effective Sept. 29. The cut by the company, which has contracts with artists such as Eminem, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige and Shania Twain, is an effort to revive sales, which have dropped 30% industrywide over the past three years. U.S. sales in 2002 dropped 8% to $12.6 billion, according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). "We expect this will invigorate the music market in North America," said Doug Morris, UMG chairman and CEO. "This will allow retailers (to sell) for $10 or less if they so choose." The wholesale price on most CDs will drop to $9.09 from $12.02, with some top artists, such as Eminem, at $10.10. UMG expects retailers, who set final prices, to start selling CDs for about $12 on Oct. 1 and hopes they will go as low as $10. "We've tracked this carefully. There's no question: The consumer responds when we get to that sweet spot of $11 to $12 per CD," says Jim Urie, president of Universal Music & Video Distribution. Executives at the other four major music companies - Warner, EMI, BMG and Sony - declined to comment. In addition to the price cuts, UMG will replace ad subsidies for retailers with more ads for its own products to lure music fans back into stores. The company also is cutting the suggested retail for cassettes to $8.98. The price cuts are also the music industry's latest attempt to slow illegal file sharing by consumers. The RIAA has served more than 1,300 subpoenas to identify traders and expects to file lawsuits as early as this week. Record companies are losing $700 million a year to piracy, says Josh Bernoff, media and entertainment analyst at Forrester Research. "It's disgraceful that people are losing their jobs and stores are closing," Morris says. "As the leader in the industry, we feel we should pave the way with a plan that, if it's successful, will become permanent." It remains to be seen whether the cuts will be enough to persuade young consumers to buy CDs. Discounters such as Wal-Mart already discount CDs to about $13. Michael Goodman, an analyst with Yankee Group, warned that if retailers refuse to pass on their full savings to consumers, "They could exacerbate a bad situation." And Bernoff warns that lowering prices will not solve the long-term problem of file sharing: "This price reduction may stem the tide of losses in the short term. But in the long run, the only solution is to provide music online for people who want music online. That's the future, not CDs." ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 10:48:46 -0700 From: "Roy Larsen" Subject: MM: Songwriter Tour in Portland For those interested in the final show of the tour in Portland OR, I've got some updates. The PCPA (Portland Center for the Performing Arts) is now listed the "Songwriter's Show" (http://www.pcpa.com/events/event.php?event=1006). Their info indicates that that tickets are available through the PCPA box office and Ticketmaster (not TicketsWest as listed on the Patty sites). However Ticketmaster (nor TickestWest) is listing the show and the PCPA box office is not selling tickets yet either. They said to check back in a few weeks..... Roy _________________________________________________________________ Compare Cable, DSL or Satellite plans: As low as $29.95. https://broadband.msn.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 18:35:58 +0000 From: jmphlbat@comcast.net Subject: MM: Time Does the Talking Site Just to let everyone know that there was a little problem with the forum section of pattygriffin.net. Jen is working her tail off fixing things and should have it back up as soon as possible. If we hear any big news we will get it out to you via Mad-mission and also in the News and In Concert sections of the site. Thanks for you understanding Another show has been added to the Songwriters Tour. It is on 10/28 at the Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, NC. Ticket info coming soon. Thanks Murph ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2003 13:54:28 -0500 From: "Jennifer Caputo" Subject: MM: RE: Time Does the Talking Site Oh Murph, you are a minute too quick for me. I upgraded the board and managed to salvage all of the posts. We are back up and running and hopefully it will be a lot less flakey - there were quite a few security fixes that needed to be made. - jen > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-mad-mission@smoe.org [mailto:owner-mad-mission@smoe.org]On > Behalf Of jmphlbat@comcast.net > Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2003 1:36 PM > To: mad-mission@smoe.org > Subject: MM: Time Does the Talking Site > > > Just to let everyone know that there was a little problem with the forum > section of pattygriffin.net. Jen is working her tail off fixing > things and > should have it back up as soon as possible. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2003 18:55:49 +0000 From: jmphlbat@comcast.net Subject: Re: MM: Time Does the Talking Site Saint Jen has done it again. The site has been repaired and nothing was lost. She's the best Murph > Just to let everyone know that there was a little problem with the forum > section of pattygriffin.net. Jen is working her tail off fixing things and > should have it back up as soon as possible. > > If we hear any big news we will get it out to you via Mad-mission and also in > the News and In Concert sections of the site. Thanks for you understanding > > Another show has been added to the Songwriters Tour. It is on 10/28 at the > Ovens Auditorium in Charlotte, NC. Ticket info coming soon. > > Thanks > > Murph ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2003 01:56:48 +0000 From: "Joey Eckstrom" Subject: Re: MM: Re: "A Kiss In Time" - Oct. 7 ????? does anyone know where it will be sold/price? patty is not the easiest lady to find (at least around my area, or i need to look harder). I know i got 1000 kisses at amazon.com...but does anyone know what stores will cary it? -joey - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Need more e-mail storage? Get 10MB with Hotmail Extra Storage. ------------------------------ End of mad-mission-digest V7 #221 *********************************