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Music industry attacks Sunday newspaper's free Prince CD



Katie Allen, media business correspondent
Friday June 29, 2007
The Guardian

The eagerly awaited new album by Prince is being launched as a free CD with a national Sunday newspaper in a move that has drawn widespread criticism from music retailers.

The Mail on Sunday revealed yesterday that the 10-track Planet Earth CD will be available with an "imminent" edition, making it the first place in the world to get the album. Planet Earth will go on sale on July 24.

"It's all about giving music for the masses and he believes in spreading the music he produces to as many people as possible," said Mail on Sunday managing director Stephen Miron. "This is the biggest innovation in newspaper promotions in recent times."

The paper, which sells more than 2m copies a week, will be ramping up its print run in anticipation of a huge spike in circulation but would not reveal how much the deal with Prince would cost.

One music store executive described the plan as "madness" while others said it was a huge insult to an industry battling fierce competition from supermarkets and online stores. Prince's label has cut its ties with the album in the UK to try to appease music stores.

The Entertainment Retailers Association said the giveaway "beggars belief". "It would be an insult to all those record stores who have supported Prince throughout his career," ERA co-chairman Paul Quirk told a music conference. "It would be yet another example of the damaging covermount culture which is destroying any perception of value around recorded music.

"The Artist Formerly Known as Prince should know that with behaviour like this he will soon be the Artist Formerly Available in Record Stores. And I say that to all the other artists who may be tempted to dally with the Mail on Sunday."

High street music giant HMV was similarly scathing about the plans. Speaking before rumours of a giveaway were confirmed, HMV chief executive Simon Fox said: "I think it would be absolutely nuts. I can't believe the music industry would do it to itself. I simply can't believe it would happen; it would be absolute madness."

Prince, whose Purple Rain sold more than 11m copies, also plans to give away a free copy of his latest album with tickets for his forthcoming concerts in London. The singer had signed a global deal for the promotion and distribution of Planet Earth in partnership with Columbia Records, a division of music company Sony BMG. A spokesman for the group said last night that the UK arm of Sony BMG had withdrawn from Prince's global deal and would not distribute the album to UK stores.



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Jeremy Riggs


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The labels and retailers are just full of it.

Over his career he's made them all a LOT of money, he's under no responsibility to be their cash machine for the rest of his life.

Besides that, as his popularity has waned the retailers have carried fewer and fewer of his new music and the labels have barely promoted his work.

If he's in a place in his life where he can afford to GIVE his music away or sell it dirt cheap I say more power to him!

The label response is just another example of how greedy and self-serving they really are.

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You know, he's a smart man. He still makes money off his work, even when he gives his music away like that. There's so many sources of revenue for him on any CD he releases. And it gains him notoriety and WOM marketing.

It's not the first time Prince did this either. A couple years ago, he gave away his then new Musicology CD to those who attended his concerts...even if you had the cheap seats or free entry. That didn't break him, and in fact got people to pay attention to the release with a bit more interest and enthusiasm. Dang he's good! biggrin

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Ruby wrote:

 

"The Artist Formerly Known as Prince should know that with behaviour like this he will soon be the Artist Formerly Available in Record Stores. And I say that to all the other artists who may be tempted to dally with the Mail on Sunday."



Man, I love Prince!

But, LS help me out on this, he's "Prince" again, isn't he?  If I recall right, he's no longer, "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince."

 



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