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Friday, November 4, 2005

EMI goes with the flow

Source: USA Today

okgo.jpgRecord companies got rich pushing music on people through radio and MTV. But the Internet has put consumers in control of taste. Adam Klein is in the thick of re-inventing EMI for the new world. His band called OK Go wasn't getting a lot of attention. Then the band shot a great home video in a band member's backyard and 2 million downloads of the video later, EMI’s got a hit. Hey, its Friday...watch the video.

Update: Here's the video on YouTube.

Posted by mwelch at 07:40 AM
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