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Chaos of the music business has become more interesting than music: Sasha Frere-Jones is a critic of The New Yorker and disappointed that the New York Times laid off the famed music reporter Jeff Leeds.

‘Music reporters may be more relevant than critics now. It is only a mild exaggeration to say that the chaos of the music business has become more interesting than the music.We need reporters who value critical thought as much as an early lead. Critics live on big ideas and dine out on punch lines. Bloggers shoot first, ask blunt questions, and aggregate the paid folks’ writing when it works. Leeds is as fast as the bloggers, a better reporter than most critics, and a good critic even when limited by house style to implication and artful association.’

Are we insterested in the music Radioplay has to offer or how they release the music? sames goes for NIN…

A Taste of Democracy: Nine finished” tracks from Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” were leaked online yesterday by the Web site Antiquiet.com. The links were removed following a cease-and-desist order from the band’s management.

Coldplay accused of Plagiarism: A less than stellar band from the US called Creaky Boards is trying to win their ticket to fame by accusing Coldplay of plagiarism. The band blamed Chris Martin for the alleged artistic theft, saying that Coldplay’s frontman attended a Creaky Boards concert in New York last year. Chris Martin says it’s a proven fact that he was in the studio in London, not attending a Creaky Boards show in NYC. We don’t like to give this lame band press, but here is the video from Creaky Boards. Also, if you listen to both tracks, only 4 notes in the song show a slight similarity.

iTunes: Apple has announced that consumers have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs on iTunes.

Radiohead Ticket Giveaway Fails: Radiohead were left with a raft of empty seats at a recent French gig after a ticket giveaway proved a utter failure. Singer Thom Yorke and his gang announced that 50 passes were available, but the fans would have to collect them by bicycle from record label XL’s Paris office. Their were 35 unclaimed tickets out of the 50 – stop with press stunts and just act like a band again…

Amazon Dabbles With Discount Prices: Amazon is now deep-discounting select MP3 albums, part of an effort to generate more excitement among music fans according to Digital Music News. Coldplay’s X&Y dropped to $1.99, along with the rest Coldplay catalog titles. Other albums will be dropped as low as 99-cents. ‘According to one executive, Amazon is now dabbling with “Russian prices,” a reference to the now-defunct AllofMP3 and other deep-discount sites, though lower-priced experimentation could raise broader sales volumes.’

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