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New Business Structures for Keeping Cast Albums Alive

This article discusses how, in the wake of changing economic and industry conditions, new business structures have evolved to bolster the production and exploitation of cast albums while shifting the risk and reward from large labels to the authors, investors and producers of the shows themselves.

11 minute read July 28, 2011 at 03:13 PM
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Michael I. Rudell And Neil J. Rosini
New Business Structures for Keeping Cast Albums Alive

The cast recording for the Broadway show The Book of Mormon ranked number three on the Billboard album chart the week after the Tony Awards.

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