Steve Knopper is a contributing editor to Rolling Stone and veteran music reporter who has written for The New York Times Magazine, GQ, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic Traveler, Wired, Details, and many other publications. His book, Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age, was prominently featured on NPR's Fresh Air and dozens of other prominent radio and TV shows; Tom Hanks called it "amazing." He has been a featured expert source on NBC Nightly News, CNBC, NPR's Marketplace, among others. He lives in Denver with his wife, Melissa, and daughter Rose.
..".Laced with anecdote, buttressed by detailed accounts of the
most flagrant record-industry transgressions, Appetite (its title
nicked from that of the Guns N' Roses debut disc) is an enthralling
read, equal parts anger and regret. Knopper's writing is sharp, his
approach sharper..." -- The Boston Globe
"[A] stark accounting of the mistakes major record labels have made
since the end of the LP era and the arrival of digital music.... A
wide-angled, morally complicated view of the current state of the
music business.... [Knopper] suggests that with even a little
foresight, record companies could have adapted to the Internet's
brutish and quizzical new realities and thrived.... He paints a
devastating picture of the industry's fumbling, corruption, greed
and bad faith over the decades." -- The New York Times
"[Knopper has a] nose for the story's human element.... The best
parts of the book, such as Knopper's analysis of the late-'90s
teen-pop bubble (and how it ultimately burst), move with the style
and drama of a great legal thriller -- think Michael Clayton with
headphones....This is gripping stuff. Crank it up." -- Time Out New
York
"Knopper, a Rolling Stone music business writer, thoughtfully
reports on the record racket's slow, painful march into financial
ruin and irrelevance, starting with the near-catastrophic sales
slump that began in 1979 after the demise of disco. Though the
labels persevered, they finally lost control of their product when
they chose to ignore the possibilities of the Internet.... Knopper
piles on examples of incompetence, making a convincing case that
the industry's collapse is a drawn-out suicide." -- Los Angeles
Times
"The music industry is toast, my friends. And congrats to Rolling
Stone vet Steve Knopper, whose fantastic new book Appetite for
Self-Destruction explains why" -- The Village Voice
..".Laced with anecdote, buttressed by detailed accounts of the
most flagrant record-industry transgressions, Appetite (its
title nicked from that of the Guns N' Roses debut disc) is an
enthralling read, equal parts anger and regret. Knopper's writing
is sharp, his approach sharper..." -- The Boston Globe
"[A] stark accounting of the mistakes major record labels have made
since the end of the LP era and the arrival of digital music.... A
wide-angled, morally complicated view of the current state of the
music business.... [Knopper] suggests that with even a little
foresight, record companies could have adapted to the Internet's
brutish and quizzical new realities and thrived.... He paints a
devastating picture of the industry's fumbling, corruption, greed
and bad faith over the decades." -- The New York Times
"[Knopper has a] nose for the story's human element.... The best
parts of the book, such as Knopper's analysis of the late-'90s
teen-pop bubble (and how it ultimately burst), move with the style
and drama of a great legal thriller -- think Michael Clayton
with headphones....This is gripping stuff. Crank it up." -- Time
Out New York
"Knopper, a Rolling Stone music business writer,
thoughtfully reports on the record racket's slow, painful march
into financial ruin and irrelevance, starting with the
near-catastrophic sales slump that began in 1979 after the demise
of disco. Though the labels persevered, they finally lost control
of their product when they chose to ignore the possibilities of the
Internet.... Knopper piles on examples of incompetence, making a
convincing case that the industry's collapse is a drawn-out
suicide." -- Los Angeles Times
"The music industry is toast, my friends. And congrats to
Rolling Stone vet Steve Knopper, whose fantastic new book
Appetite for Self-Destruction explains why" -- The
Village Voice
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