alocispepraluger102 Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/11muzak.html?_r=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Well, that's actually pretty damn depressing to me personally. I worked for Muzak for 7 years, it was easily the best company I ever worked for. I have many friends there and find it hard to believe this is happening. I really don't think I can handle any more depressing news right now, it feels like the entire world is crashing in on my head. Everyday there is something else... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted February 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 i really loved muzak, particularly the early years. most humans have the ability to survive. they find (or make) cracks and chance-meetings, and undreamed of opportunities. when these opportunities come along, please share them with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...mp;#entry731024 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/business/11muzak.html?_r=1 I don't understand how they got loaded down with so much debt! What, did they start a sideline in subprime mortgages or morgage-backed securities? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceH Posted February 14, 2009 Report Share Posted February 14, 2009 Also, shouldn't the title of this thread be, "The day the MUZAK died"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alocispepraluger102 Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 LINK "WASHINGTON -- Today, music lovers have more ways than ever before to access their favorite songs and discover artists they've never heard of. Can't live another minute without "Call Me Maybe"? Download it on iTunes for just $1.29, or stream it over your smartphone with Spotify. Want to hear something different? Let Pandora Internet radio pick something for you, or turn to Grooveshark, a sonic Facebook, to see what other music nerds are listening to. The digital revolution that Napster heralded at the turn of the millenium finally seems to be bearing fruit. At the time, record labels decried the file-sharing program as an existential threat to the industry. To protect record sales, they sued everyone from tech startups to children, and lobbied Congress for new laws to curb piracy. Now, though, digital music services have gone mainstream, promising listeners a world of perfectly legal possibilities and an end to the major labels' vice grip. If only it were so. Far from becoming obsolete, the four largest record labels -- Universal, Sony, Warner Music Group and EMI -- now control almost 90 percent of the music market. And if the Federal Trade Commission signs off this week on Universal Music's controversial $2 billion takeover of EMI, the new behemoth would control over 40 percent of the market alone -- enough to make the company the gatekeeper for all sonic innovation, from Silicon Valley to Sweden." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 I really don't think I can handle any more depressing news right now, it feels like the entire world is crashing in on my head. Everyday there is something else... Damn. I'm right there with you, sir. Most days, I feel the same way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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