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Transcript: Beck, Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis Drop New Albums
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- July 8, 2008
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MIKE PESCA
NPR The Bryant Park Project
07-08-2008
Beck, Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis Drop New Albums
Host: MIKE PESCA
Time 8:00-9:00 AM
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MIKE PESCA, host:
More bad news for the record industry, if you're a little child of the record industry, you might want to leave the room for this because it could upset you. Nielsen SoundScan released its record-sales figures for the first half of 2008 last week, and once again, those stats show that consumers are buying less music than they were a year ago.
But for a couple of big hits like Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III," or Coldplay's "Viva La Vida," this would be a calamitous time for the music industry. Maybe it is anyway. We'll revisit ...