30 Mar

Prince Opens Online Music Store

Category: Distribution

Prince’s love-hate relationship with the mainstream music industry takes another turn today as he opens his online Musicology Download Store www.npgmusicclub.com, turning his back on download services like Napster, Rhapsody and Apple’s iTunes.

The move comes a week after Prince appeared to be cottoning to an industry he once compared to a form of slavery, announcing that he would team with Sony Music Entertainment’s Columbia Records to release his new album, “Musicology.”

Prince’s lawyer and business partner, L. Londell McMillan, said the store was intended to increase membership in Prince’s NPG Music Club. Ideally, customers “come there, buy songs, see the experience and go, ‘Wow, I want to stay.’ ” [more @ www.nytimes.com]

Posted Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 8:36 pm
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