Then, on July 22,
The story took on an intriguing new wrinkle when Tenth Street Entertainment’s John Klemme, the band’s own manager, was outed as the source for the leak by the blog TorrentFreak.com. This morning, the story broke nationally in the Wall Street Journal. Oops.
A person close to a file-sharing site unaffiliated with TorrentFreak provided WSJ reporters Ethan Smith and Sarah McBride independent information that appears to support the TorrentFreak claim. This person confirmed the Internet protocol address of the computer that first sent "Too Drunk. . ." to filesharing networks in early July. Emails Klemme sent to the TorrentFreak blog originated at the same IP address, which in the email's routing information carries the additional identifier "joshlaptop."
Klemme didn't respond to calls or email messages requesting comment, while an Atlantic spokeswoman declined to comment.
"I'm not sure that their credibility will really suffer," said Big Champagne’s Eric Garland in the WSJ story. "The audience is so savvy now" that it expects to be marketed to in unacknowledged ways.
MUSIC REVENUE TOPPED $17B IN 2023: RIAA
Streaming subscriptions lead the charge. (3/27a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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