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    New media -- and the loss of big-target artists -- have decimated record sales. "It is not an accident that the music industry declined in direct proportion to the loss of radio and the loss of some of the biggest acts in recording history" Del Colliano said. Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald
    It is not an accident that the music industry declined in direct proportion to the loss of radio and the loss of some of the biggest acts in recording history
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 5 months ago
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Michael Jackson's place in exclusive pantheon
  1. All the planets were aligned; everything was where it needed to be
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 5 months ago
  2. His music has torn down walls and built bridges
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 5 months ago
  3. He made the music come to life!! He made me believe in magic. I will miss him!
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 5 months ago
  4. He has been an inspiration throughout my entire life and I?m devastated he?s gone
    Britney Spears – Britney Spears SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 5 months ago
  5. He has been such a pivotal transformational figure in American and global music
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 5 months ago
  6. You take some luck, some talent, some ability, the right time in history
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 5 months ago
  7. A major strand of our cultural DNA has left us.
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 5 months ago
  8. the first two English words I ever spoke.
    SOURCE: Sydney Morning Herald 5 months ago

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