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The Rise And Fall Of The Music Industry

Rolling Stone contributing editor Steve Knopper chronicles the rise of the record industry — and its subsequent digital-age collapse — in his new book, Appetite For Self-Destruction.

Knopper's work has also appeared in Spin, Esquire, The Washington Post and Wired.

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