Moderating the releases make sense to me, so there time to deal with the tech issues (as people discussed), but also the administrative side of things, such as acquiring song rights.
I believe that post 13 nailed the "business reason" for this too. If they release songs faster than people can play them, songs may get lost in the shuffle as people look at the current releases.
The record industry isn't changing, but the music industry is. It's all about selling records, tapes, CDs, (or digital downloads). That is what record labels do. The labels often don't usually have a piece of the artist's other activities (such as live performances or other merchandise sales).
Artists have long been living in a world where they are making no money off their studio works due to restricting label contracts.
One could argue that the original Napster (or current file sharing methods) may have been good for artists, but they are not good for record labels.
Clear Channel has had lots of all music stations..
In Connecticut, Clear Channel has had a few "all music" stations over the years. They never last as "all music'. I assumed it was part of their business model.
They would launch a 'new' station, or relaunch an old station, with the all music format. They did a lot of fanfare and promo behind it. Over the course of the first year or so, the news, Ads, DJs, all come back.
I guess it worked, because the radio station I listen to most commonly (105.9) I started listening to during one of those launches. I don't hear nearly as much music I used to.
Politicians are exempt from the (US) nationwide Do not Call Registry too.
Up until the recent election, I was getting 3-5 calls a week from the National Republican Congressional Committee telling me not to vote for a particular candidate.
never a real person on the other end, it was all a recorded message.
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I'm sure there is an administrative side too.
I believe that post 13 nailed the "business reason" for this too. If they release songs faster than people can play them, songs may get lost in the shuffle as people look at the current releases.
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Insane Judges
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The Record Industry isn't Changing..
Artists have long been living in a world where they are making no money off their studio works due to restricting label contracts.
One could argue that the original Napster (or current file sharing methods) may have been good for artists, but they are not good for record labels.
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I hope that...
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mp3 isn't an open format
http://mp3licensing.com/royalty/software.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3#Licensing_and_pa tent_issues
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Clear Channel has had lots of all music stations..
They would launch a 'new' station, or relaunch an old station, with the all music format. They did a lot of fanfare and promo behind it. Over the course of the first year or so, the news, Ads, DJs, all come back.
I guess it worked, because the radio station I listen to most commonly (105.9) I started listening to during one of those launches. I don't hear nearly as much music I used to.
Two stations they did this to:
http://www.theriver1059.com/main.html (the one I listen to)
http://www.power1041.com/main.html (Used to be Modern Rock Radio 104, but was relaunched as hip hop)
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Politicians are expempt from Do Not Call List too
Up until the recent election, I was getting 3-5 calls a week from the National Republican Congressional Committee telling me not to vote for a particular candidate.
never a real person on the other end, it was all a recorded message.
I voted for the candidate they told me not too.
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Don't forget about anonylog
( Conceptually, it's about the same as bugmenot )
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