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HBO adapting record biz's 'Self-Destruction'
The rise and fall of the U.S. record industry could be the subject of an HBO film. HBO Films is developing a movie based on the book "Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age" by music journalist Steve Knopper. Playwright Victoria Stewart is ...
HBO to Adapt the Scathing Tale of the RIAA’s Massive Failure, APPETITE FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION
HBO to Adapt the Scathing Tale of the RIAA’s Massive Failure, APPETITE FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION
collider.com — I’m curious at what point the RIAA figured out it may have been approaching digital downloads from... the wrong perspective. Entrenched in an old business model with a paradigmatic shift bearing down on them like a freight train, the RIAA dug ... (more) HBO to Adapt the Scathing Tale of the RIAA’s Massive ...
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HBO to Adapt the Scathing Tale of the RIAA’s Massive Failure, APPETITE FOR SELF-DESTRUCTION
Collider — ... Playwright Victoria Stewart will pen the adaptation of Knopper’s book.  According to THR, “Appetite for Self-Destruction” spans 30 years, beginning with the crash of the disco craze in the late 1970s, through the CD boom in the late 1980s and 1990s, the music industry’s battle with Napster and other free file-sharing online services in the 2000s and the sharp decline in sales of CDs, which have been replaced by digital downloads. ...

HBO Making Music Industry vs. Piracy Film
Screen Rant — ... point story at The Hollywood Reporter stating the HBO has hired Playwright Victoria Stewart (Hardball) to script the adaption of Knopper’s book for an HBO original film. ...

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