Two historians have won research funding to study the financing of pop music from the era of Elvis to punkPop music in 2010 appears to be dominated by the internet and Simon Cowell. EMI's recent announcement of a £1.75bn annual loss shows the once-dominant company has been badly hit by illegal downloading and the move away from album sales to single digital tracks. It is an industry that changes fast; big names soon become passe. All of which makes it appropriate that two academics looking in...
Guardian Music — Two historians have won research funding to study the financing of pop music from the era of Elvis to punkPop music in 2010 appears to be dominated by the internet and Si... more info