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Next up in our guided tour of throughlines in the #twitterarchive: The future of music.
ICYMI, previous throughlines on bitcoin
Futurism
and Journalism
ICYMI, previous throughlines on bitcoin
Futurism
and Journalism
The February 2003 @WIRED cover story was Charles Mann's "The Year the Music Died." wired.com/2003/02/dirge/
Napster was gone at that point, but a dozen Napster-like filesharing systems had risen in its place. (2/x)
Napster was gone at that point, but a dozen Napster-like filesharing systems had risen in its place. (2/x)
Timothy White, the editor of Billboard, had asked Mann "How much you want to bet that the entire music industry collapses? And I mean soon - like five, ten years. Kaboom!"
Mann's article argued that it could be even sooner. 2003 could spell the end of the music business. (3/x)
Mann's article argued that it could be even sooner. 2003 could spell the end of the music business. (3/x)
