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November 10, 2009

'The Wire' Producers Bringing Knopper Book 'Appetite for Self-Destruction' to Television...

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The makers of hit HBO TV series ‘The Wire’’ have turned their attention from the death of the American dream to another institution fallen on hard times—the music industry.

The show’s makers have bought the rights to the book ‘Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age,’ a tome written by Rolling Stone journalist Steve Knopper which charts the industry’s spectacular freefall in recent times.

The book looks at the last 30 years of the music industry, from the adoption of the CD to the boom times of the 80s and 90s, and the subsequent crash blamed on internet piracy and peer-to-peer filesharing.



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