http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2007/10/random_stat_34.shtml
Random stat Posted Friday, 12 October 2007 at 10:08 UK time A survey of music fans who downloaded Radiohead's new album found that 29% paid either nothing or just 1p. More than half gave up to £10.
Do they mean us?
― Mark G, Friday, 12 October 2007 10:28 (sixteen years ago) link
(sum, sum, sum, dif, dif, div...)
ach, no.
― Mark G, Friday, 12 October 2007 10:31 (sixteen years ago) link
I paid exactly £5. There is no option for me.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Friday, 12 October 2007 16:13 (sixteen years ago) link
http://idolator.com/tunes/rumors/radioheads-in-rainbows-profits-the-rich-get-richer-310140.php
― caek, Friday, 12 October 2007 16:30 (sixteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7073079.stm
Rock group Radiohead have signed a deal to give their digital album In Rainbows a "physical" release.The agreement with UK label XL means the album - previously only available via digital download - will shortly be available in shops and other outlets.The band made music history last month by allowing fans to pay what they liked to download their seventh studio album.The deal with XL covers all territories outside North America. A release date for the CD has yet to be announced.London-based XL, part of the Beggars Banquet group, previously released Radiohead singer Thom Yorke's solo album The Eraser.'Exaggerated'Radiohead's novel way of releasing In Rainbows set a precedent, though it is unclear how successful the experiment has been financially.No official figures have been released, though their manager has said reports of 1.2 million sales were "exaggerated".Fans were invited to put their own price on the 10 MP3 files that made up the album, from nothing to £100.Radiohead - whose previous albums include Kid A, The Bends and OK Computer - are just one of the acts exploring new ways to reach consumers.Earlier this week Sir Cliff Richard announced he would cut the price of his latest album if enough fans ordered it ahead of its download release.
The agreement with UK label XL means the album - previously only available via digital download - will shortly be available in shops and other outlets.
The band made music history last month by allowing fans to pay what they liked to download their seventh studio album.
The deal with XL covers all territories outside North America. A release date for the CD has yet to be announced.
London-based XL, part of the Beggars Banquet group, previously released Radiohead singer Thom Yorke's solo album The Eraser.
'Exaggerated'
Radiohead's novel way of releasing In Rainbows set a precedent, though it is unclear how successful the experiment has been financially.
No official figures have been released, though their manager has said reports of 1.2 million sales were "exaggerated".
Fans were invited to put their own price on the 10 MP3 files that made up the album, from nothing to £100.
Radiohead - whose previous albums include Kid A, The Bends and OK Computer - are just one of the acts exploring new ways to reach consumers.
Earlier this week Sir Cliff Richard announced he would cut the price of his latest album if enough fans ordered it ahead of its download release.
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 1 November 2007 23:35 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8SOC7200&show_article=1
Most Fans Paid $0 for Radiohead Album Nov 6 03:39 PM US/Eastern By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Radiohead let its fans decide how much to pay for a digital copy of the band's latest release, "In Rainbows," and more than half of those who downloaded the album chose to pay nothing, according to a study by a consumer research firm.
Some 62 percent of the people who downloaded "In Rainbows" in a four- week period last month opted not to pay the British alt-rockers a cent. But the remaining 38 percent voluntarily paid an average of $6, according to the study by comScore Inc.
Radiohead broke with its past practice of releasing its music in CD format and through a major record label when it released its seventh studio album online itself. The biggest wrinkle was the band's decision to let fans pay as much or as little as they wanted to download a copy.
The results of the study were drawn from data gathered from a few hundred people who are part of comScore's database of 2 million computer users worldwide. The firm, which has permission to monitor the computer users' online behavior, did not provide a margin of error for the study's results.
Between Oct. 1 and Oct. 29, about 1.2 million people visited the Web site the band set up for fans to download the album, comScore said Monday. The research firm did not say how many people in its study actually bought the album.
Among U.S. residents, about 40 percent who downloaded the album paid to do so. Their average payment was $8.05, the firm said.
Some 36 percent of the fans outside the U.S. who downloaded the album opted to pay; on average, those fans paid $4.64, according to the study.
Radiohead's U.S.-based publicist said Tuesday the band had no comment on the study.
The online release sent shock waves through the recording industry, with some hailing it as a shrewd move at a time of declining CD sales industrywide and others writing it off as a publicity stunt that amounted to the band giving away its music.
The band, which also offered fans the option of buying a lavish box set for about $82, plans to release the album in CD format some time next year.
― turkey, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 21:33 (sixteen years ago) link
A lot of people paid $0, but I know a lot of us are going to go out and get the record the day it hits the stores.
Prediction: unless some other huge album comes out in the same week, In Rainbows will go to #1 on the album charts.
― three handclaps, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I like how that article frames it as a pretty significant failure.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 21:39 (sixteen years ago) link
you're right. from what i gather, most people who paid nothing did so because they're just going to buy the physical release anyway when it comes out (myself included)
― Mark Clemente, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Me included too. Of course I had to hear this thing once it was available, but I will of course purchase the actual CD. Hopefully more than 160 kbs too.
― Geir Hongro, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 22:08 (sixteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7082627.stm
― Herman G. Neuname, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
If that article is right, and my calculations are right (and they may well not be), then Radiohead made £1,322,400 out of the downloads.
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link
"Radiohead have been bankrolled by their former label for the last 15 years," said Michael Laskow, chief executive of Taxi, a company that helps bands get signed to record labels.
Like the label got nothing out of the deal.
― onimo, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 15:02 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah, as in "Taxi for These Animal Men" ?
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 15:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Taxi, a company that helps bands get signed to record labels
You have get signed up by a company to help you get signed up by a label these days?
― Zelda Zonk, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, check out Glitterbest and NEMS for other bands who have benefited from this approach.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 15:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Nearly half of all U.K. downloaders pay for new Radiohead album
― jaymc, Thursday, 8 November 2007 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
To sum up: Britishers were more likely to pay than Americans, but the Americans who did pay paid more.
― jaymc, Thursday, 8 November 2007 22:25 (sixteen years ago) link
“I am surprised by the number of freeloaders,” said Fred Wilson, managing partner of Union Square Ventures and well-known music aficionado. “The stories to date about the In Rainbows ‘pick your price’ download offer have been much more optimistic. I paid $5 (£2.45) and had no reluctance whatsoever to take out my card and pay. It’s a fantastic record, the best thing they've done in years. But, this shows pretty conclusively that the majority of music consumers feel that digital recorded music should be free and is not worth paying for. That's a large group that can't be ignored and its time to come up with new business models to serve the freeloader market.”
― Herman G. Neuname, Thursday, 8 November 2007 22:29 (sixteen years ago) link
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7103071.stm
Yorke paid nothing for own album No-one was given copies of the album for fear of it being leaked Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke has admitted he was among the thousands of people who paid nothing to download the band's latest album. Last month the group released In Rainbows online and invited fans to set their own price.
Speaking to BBC 6 Music's Steve Lamacq, Yorke said: "There wasn't any point. I just move some money from one pocket to the other."
According to one survey, three in five people paid nothing at all for it.
The project, which in October one of the band's managers Bryce Edge admitted was a "risk", was shrouded in secrecy.
"We had to literally tell no-one. I didn't tell my wife we were going to release it like this," said guitarist Ed O'Brien.
Yorke added that no-one was allowed to have copies of the master recording in case it was leaked beforehand.
"Every record that we've done for ages has been leaked. And why not leak the bloody thing yourself?" he said.
Every record that we've done for ages has been leaked. And why not leak the bloody thing yourself? Internet monitoring company Comscore found the average price paid for the album was $6 (£2.90).
American fans were the most generous, paying on average $8.05 (£3.85), compared with the $4.64 (£2.22) paid by those outside the US.
Of those who were willing to pay, the largest percentage (17%) paid less than $4 (£1.90).
However 12% were willing to pay between $8-$12, (£3.80 - £5.71).
During the first 29 days of October, 1.2 million people worldwide visited the In Rainbows site, but it is not clear how many downloads were made.
Radiohead recently announced the CD and vinyl versions of the album will be released in shops on 31 December.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 09:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Yorke said: "There wasn't any point. I just move some money from one pocket to the other."
― Herman G. Neuname, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 22:02 (sixteen years ago) link
"like Tommy Cooper. Just like that!"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 20 November 2007 22:49 (sixteen years ago) link