Tuesday Bits & Pieces + Prince’s Plan to Save the Newspaper Industry
Prince's 20Ten Boosts Newspaper Sales & Floods File-Sharing Sites
With the free release of his new album 20Ten, bundled with various newspaper’s in the UK including The Daily Mirror and The Daily Record, Prince single-handedly rose sales to 334,000 from previous Saturday’s numbers of the former and boosted sales for the latter by 45,000… Oh, and the internet? Announced as deceased by the Purple One, setting off a flurry of commentary last week, 20Ten is making its rounds via file-sharing networks just fine… Hard L.A. festival scheduled for this weekend at Los Angeles State Historic Park featuring M.I.A., Die Antwoord, Sleigh Bells and others has been canceled due to security restrictions, though recent reports of very sluggish ticket-sales may be a more likely reason at this late date… Elsewhere, Susan Boyle is launching a talent search of her own… And will Twitter jump-the-shark and start allowing users to directly buy followers?
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