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Trent Reznor Calls Radiohead Out on Their Online Album Distribution.

In Uncategorized on Thursday, 13 March 2008 at 22:26

I’ve written a couple of times about my disappointment with Radiohead’s online distribution of their latest album (In Rainbows).

Initially, I thought that they were just naive and had blown a great opportunity. But I soon found out they knew exactly what they were doing, and were just as bad as the labels in their treatment of those who prefer to download albums instead of buying CDs.

It’s nice to see at least one artist in the business agrees.

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Dear Radiohead: How Does It Feel To Out-Label The Labels?

In Uncategorized on Monday, 15 October 2007 at 0:13
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I’ve written about Radiohead’s latest album twice. First, like many people I thought distributing it themselves was a great move, and even bought the album, though I felt only a popular band like a Radiohead could pull this off.

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Unfortunately, Radiohead Is New At This Whole Distribution Thing.

In Uncategorized on Wednesday, 10 October 2007 at 0:18
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As I mentioned a few days ago, Radiohead is selling their new album at a “name your own” price, bypassing the labels for initial distribution. I thought this was an important step for a major band to take, and though details on the download files were non-existent I paid $7 for the album. I did so because I thought Radiohead would get it right. In my own words:

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So Many Tech Headlines, So Little Time.

In Uncategorized on Saturday, 6 October 2007 at 12:19
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Here’s some reading for the weekend with a few of my comments…

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Radiohead And Their New Album: Do Not Try This At Home.

In Uncategorized on Tuesday, 2 October 2007 at 16:56
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So Radiohead is eschewing the labels for their new album, and they’re distributing it themselves as well. An interesting move they should be able to pull off (curious if issues will occur on 10/10 when everybody tries to download it).

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