U2 Manager: Ad-supported Music is Beneath Musicians
Friday, June 6th, 2008Paul McGuinness, manager of U2, used his talk at the Music Matters conference in Hong Kong to call on ISPs to “embrace the future.” That future apparently includes handing revenues over to the music business, but leaves out ad-supported music.
But even as he wants to see more payment for artists, McGuiness rejected one model that has worked on the Internet—ad-supported content—because he feels it is beneath musicians. He's quoted as saying he does not…
