Posts Tagged ‘music stock’

In the old days of the record industry, major labels made a loss on 90% of the artists that they signed. Even to the most fiscally obtuse observer, this was clearly an inefficient model, and now that music distribution is either free or extensively affordable, this approach has become non-viable. Thankfully, a new business model has emerged that promises to remove this investment risk – get the fans to pay for the record before it has even been recorded…
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