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Were Radiohead crazy?
Like a fox, maybe
Wired is running a couple of stories involving well-known musician David Byrne. The first is an interview with Thom Yorke from Radiohead, where he confirms what a huge success the "name your own price" offering was, contrary to CNN's editors calling it dumb. According to Yorke: "In terms of digital income, we've made more money out of this record than out of all the other Radiohead albums put together, forever." Yorke also confirms other things that we've said about new business models, where touring can be a big part of the model (contrary to people who insist that's impossible). Yorke notes: "at the moment we make money principally from touring."Should I put a "name your own price" button on my downloads? What you pay for an album's worth of MP3's? How about a track? How about a track you could re-mix yourself? Inquiring minds...