| The Medium is the Market: Record Companies vs. the Web
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| The Big Seven
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| Time-Warner / Pathfinder
| WEA (Warner, Elektra, Atlantic)
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900 lb. gorillas escape from
zoo.
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| Starwave
| SONY
(Epic & Columbia)
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Bottomless wallets still can't buy a
clue.
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| HotWired
| UNI (DGC & MCA)
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MBA's in flannel and Doc
Martens.
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| AOL
| POLYGRAM (Island, A&M,
Mercury)
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Fun for the whole family.
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| Prodigy
| CEMA (Virgin, Capitol, EMI)
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Airlines and refrigerators.
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| c|net | BMG
(RCA, Zoo)
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Elvis reissues will fund a better
Graceland.
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| Hustler / Penthouse / Playboy | Interscope (Death Row,
Nothing)
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Censorship: all press is good
press.
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| Also Big
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| Ziff-Davis / CMP | Muzak
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Great for airports, doctor's offices and
elevators.
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| Yahoo
| Columbia House
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No obligation to buy.
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| Indie (and Pseudo-indie) Labels
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| Word | SubPop
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Looks like a major, tastes like a major,
smells like an indie.
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| Feed | Matador
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Let them eat cred.
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| InfiNet / Cool Site of the Day
| TeenBeat
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Flavor of the moment.
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| bianca's Smut Shack | Amphetamine
Reptile
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Making poor taste palatable.
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| Epicurious
| Windham Hill
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Perfect for your next coctail party.
Guaranteed to stifle revolutions
everywhere.
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| Urban Desires
| 4AD
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High art for lowbrows.
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| SonicNet
| Touch & Go
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Milking Steve Albini for all he's
worth.
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| The Spot
| K Records
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So many journal entries, so little
time...
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| Razorfish / BlueDot
| Dischord
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Earnest young technicians.
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| IUMA | IUMA
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Bad credit? No credit? No
problem.
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| Suck | ????
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Self-indulgent hipsters in dire need of a
spanking (and cash).
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