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   Snidely Whiplash, Mar 3rd, 2009 @ 5:48pm

   
   

   No Wonder

   No wonder they are going out of business

    

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   illegalprelude, Mar 3rd, 2009 @ 6:55pm

   
   

   Universal Music is going out of business? ummm. no?

    

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   Michael Whitetail, Mar 3rd, 2009 @ 7:45pm

   
   

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   It's been shown time and again that the *only* segment of the music industry slowing down is the distribution of plastic discs.
   
   Universal and the rest are having their bottom lines impacted; really have been for years. However, they do have deep pockets,a nd while they aren't dead yet, Jim, they've been well on their way for a long time.

    

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   Dave, Mar 4th, 2009 @ 9:06am

   
   

   Techdirt missed the point

   This article is way off for two reasons. The distributors function only exists when there are avenues to distribute to that are otherwise out of the reach for a content driven business.
   
   1. Over the past seven years, physical retailers have drastically diminished, making traditional physical distribution of significantly less value and importance.
   
   2. The internet provides a multitude of inexpensive digital distribution platforms, which entirely wipe out the demand for a digital distributor like Universal Music.
   
   The article misses the point entirely. It doesn't matter whether or not physical or digital distribution exist in the same building, neither are integral in the new landscape of the music business.
   
   Record labels and distribution companies are screwed unless they start thinking about new ways to monetize their content and stop building legal walls around themselves.

    

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   Music Shop, Mar 18th, 2009 @ 5:59am

   
   

   In the same group? I'm not sure about this. You want to see on which side you make money. I think it's more difficult to find weaknesses when everything is grouped.

    

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