I have no link, only that I heard once that there was research to see how much Napster (at the time) affected music sales. OF COURSE, Music sales went up because of Napster according to the survey.
Still, large corporations didn't have control over the radio and weren't able to force their most chosen fourty or fifty artists on listeners. Bands like Old 97s and Lesbians On Ectasy would never find airplay on commercial radio.
I remember commercial radio and it was AWFUL. Still is. I'm delighted, ecstatic and overjoyed that there are other options for music nowadays.
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Date: 2006-08-01 12:12 pm (UTC)Still, large corporations didn't have control over the radio and weren't able to force their most chosen fourty or fifty artists on listeners. Bands like Old 97s and Lesbians On Ectasy would never find airplay on commercial radio.
I remember commercial radio and it was AWFUL. Still is. I'm delighted, ecstatic and overjoyed that there are other options for music nowadays.