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Five Lessons the Faltering Music Industry Could Learn From TV

Turn on the Tube

As record labels repeat tired formulas and watch their business model collapse, they should turn on the television to see how another outmoded industry came back from the brink.

Ted Gioia

Published Aug. 3 2014 5:45AM EDT

articles/2014/08/03/five-lessons-the-faltering-music-industry-could-learn-from-tv/140802-Gioia-tv-music-industry-tease_j5vmdw — The Daily Beast

Of all the lies told to musicians, here’s the biggest lie of them all: you have to give your talent away for free.

Creative people in a wide range of fields keep hearing the ridiculous mantra that “content wants to be free.”

Ted Gioia

Ted Gioia

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