Comments on: Lessons from the Music Industry from Insider Hilary Rosen http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/06/05/lessons-from-the-music-industry-from-insider-hilary-rosen/ Book reviews, industry news, and commentary from a reader's point of view Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:22:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: DS http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2009/06/05/lessons-from-the-music-industry-from-insider-hilary-rosen/#comment-203969 DS Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:29:29 +0000 http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/?p=12568#comment-203969 I read a blog post somewhere based on this interview and was particularly struck by the reference to the fact that record companies thought music stores and radio stations were their customers whereas Napster made the immediate music consumer their customer. When Napster came on line it was discovered by a couple I knew who went nuts downloading music-- not because they couldn't but it but because many older albums and tracks were simply unavailable. I don't know if publishers will take heed of this or if they will have to make the same mistakes as the music industry. I read a blog post somewhere based on this interview and was particularly struck by the reference to the fact that record companies thought music stores and radio stations were their customers whereas Napster made the immediate music consumer their customer.

When Napster came on line it was discovered by a couple I knew who went nuts downloading music– not because they couldn’t but it but because many older albums and tracks were simply unavailable.

I don’t know if publishers will take heed of this or if they will have to make the same mistakes as the music industry.

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