On: SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices

[rhizome]

Why must the model of terrestrial radio always be left out of "customers are cheapskates" harangues?

[imhelpingu → rhizome]

Because it's a an irrelevant, circumstantial argument that is largely made-up to begin with.

[rhizome → imhelpingu]

No, it isn't. Billboard released their first charts in 1912 for Top 10 sheet music, but people have been using radio to listen to music since the early 1920s. The foundation of the contemporary music industry is based in free radio.