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Gabriel pays fair

Peter Gabriel We7
Apr 30, 2010 Updated May 3, 2010

Has one company bucked the downward trend afflicting global music sales?

Amidst reports that music sales worldwide are continuing their steady decline, online music service We7, co founded by Peter Gabriel, appears to have succeeded where many similar companies have failed.

In its third year it has managed to get its advertising revenues to cover not only its own costs but, more importantly, the cost of the royalties it pays to the artists whose tracks it plays.

Source: The Daily Swarm external link

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Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. His 1986 album, So, is his most commercially successful, and the album's biggest hit, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV...

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On Apr 30, 2010. 6:05pm
andy_b said

Cover your work Peter...the nasty big boys looking over your should might cheat...!!!

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