Monday, April 21, 2003

The Napster backlash. When Savenapster.com founder Chad Paulson decided that the file-trading pioneer cared more about money than artists, he stunned the company by changing sides. An excerpt from "All the Rave." [Salon.com] 6:44:45 PM

A file-trading ship of fools. Don't scapegoat greedy record execs for Napster's failure, says Joseph Menn in "All the Rave: The Rise and Fall of Shawn Fanning's Napster." The inept bunglers who ran the company have only themselves to blame. [Salon.com] 6:42:06 PM

Show tix on sale for the Dixie Chicks 2:58:34 PM

Jazz-Soul Singer Nina Simone Dies in France 2:54:10 PM

Former Colorado Senator Gary Hart will be visiting for a brown bag lunch in Phoenix tomorrow. American Economic Security & The World. Any thought that Democratic candidates or spokespersons can now successfully redirect public attention to the precarious domestic economy misses important new 21st century realities--globalization is erasing the distinction between U.S. economics and the world economy; the world economy cannot... [Gary Hart News Blog] 1:36:38 PM

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