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  • Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age
  • Written by author Steve Knopper
  • Published by Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group, January 2009
  • For the first time, Appetite for Self-Destruction recounts the epic story of the precipitous rise and fall of the recording industry over the past three decades, when the incredible success of the CD turned the music business into one of the most g
  • For the first time, Appetite for Self-Destruction recounts the epic story of the precipitous rise and fall of the modern recording industry, from an author who has been writing about it for more than ten years. With unparalleled access to those int
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Cast of Characters xi

Prologue 1979-1982: Disco Crashes the Record Business, Michael Jackson Saves the Day, and MTV Really Saves the Day 1

Chapter 1 1983-1986: Jerry Shulman's Frisbee: How the Compact Disc Rebuilt the Record Business 15

Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 1: The CD Longbox 36

Chapter 2 1984-1999: How Big Spenders Got Rich in the Post-CD Boom 40

Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 2: Independent Radio Promotion 66

Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 3: Digital Audio Tape 75

Chapter 3 1998-2001: The Teen Pop Bubble: Boy Bands and Britney Make the Business Bigger Than Ever-But Not for Long 80

Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 4: Killing the Single 105

Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 5: Pumping Up the Big Boxes 108

Chapter 4 1998-2001: A Nineteen-Year-Old Takes Down the Industry-with the Help of Tiny Music, and a Few Questionable Big Music Decisions 113

Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 6: The Secure Digital Music Initiative 150

Chapter 5 2002-2003: How Steve Jobs Built the iPod, Revived His Company, and Took Over the Music Business 157

Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 7: The RIAA Lawsuits 183

Chapter 6 2003-2007: Beating Up on Peer-to-Peer Services like Kazaa and Grokster Fails to Save the Industry, Sales Plunge, and Tommy Mottola Abandons Ship 190

Big Music's Big Mistakes, Part 8: Sony BMG's Rootkit 222

Chapter 7 The Future: How Can the Record Labels Return to the Boom Times? Hint: Not by Stonewalling New High-tech Models and Locking Up the Content 229

Notes 253

Acknowledgments 281

Index 285


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