Barry Willis

Downloads Get Respect
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Barry Willis  |  Jul 06, 2003
Dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century, the music industry may finally be settling into an uneasy acceptance that its market and business model have changed. Only two months after the successful launch of Apple's iTunes Music Store, Billboard magazine announced that it would begin accounting for downloads in its weekly music rankings.
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Sirius Hits 100,000
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 29, 2003
The numbers are up for Sirius Satellite Radio. On June 23, the New York–based digital broadcaster announced that it had exceeded 100,000 subscribers for its 100-channel music/news/entertainment service. Sirius offers 60 channels of commercial-free music and 40 channels of news, sports, talk shows, comedy, and other programming.
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Mass Hysteria at RIAA
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 29, 2003
Last October, US Senate Commerce Committee chairman and former presidential hopeful John McCain hosted NBC's long-running comedy show Saturday Night Live. In a spoof of the political talk show Hardball, McCain did a devastating impression of US Attorney General John Ashcroft, a fellow Republican. Speaking of homeland security, the faux Ashcroft intoned, "This country won't be safe until every American is in jail."
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Industry News Roundup
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 22, 2003
Anyone who's been shopping recently won't be surprised to learn that China is now the biggest supplier of electronics to the US. Within the past three years, the massive Asian nation has surpassed Japan, Mexico, and Korea to claim the top spot. During the same period, US exports of high technology have dropped 25%, according to figures released June 19 by the American Electronics Association, now known as "AeA."
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Music Biz News
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 22, 2003
Retailers accused of selling pirated compact discs are feeling legal heat from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In May, the organization launched copyright infringement suits against 18 retail businesses in Texas, Florida, and New York—primarily convenience stores, gas stations, grocery stores, and small independent music stores.
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Mickie Most 1938–2003
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 15, 2003
The music world is mourning the passing of British record producer Mickie Most, who died of lung cancer in London on May 30. He was 64.
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Hope for Hearing Loss?
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 15, 2003
There may be hope for the most common type of hearing loss. Researchers at the University of Michigan have succeeded in growing new hair cells in the inner ears of laboratory animals, the first time that such cells have been regenerated in mammals.
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David Hafler 1919–2003
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 01, 2003
All of us at Stereophile were saddened to learn of the death of audio pioneer David Hafler, who died Sunday, May 25 of complications of Parkinson's disease at St. Agnes Hospice in Philadelphia. Hafler was 84.
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Rhapsody in Green?
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Barry Willis  |  Jun 01, 2003
With Apple Computer's iTunes music service not even one month old, the price wars have already begun.
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Sirius to Go
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Barry Willis  |  May 25, 2003
Sirius Satellite Radio may be positioned to make the next great leap forward. In mid-May, Kenwood and Audiovox announced the first transportable receivers, which will let Sirius listeners enjoy the service wherever they go—home, office, boat, beach, etc—not only in the comfort of their cars.
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