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# Cartoon: Record Labels Adopt The Radiohead Model!
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/cartoon-record-labels-adopt-the-radiohead-model/
- Published: 2010-10-01T10:24:16.000Z
- Updated: 2010-10-01T10:24:16.000Z
- Description: What would it look like if record labels adopted the Radiohead "pay what you want" model; not for what fans pay for releases, but rather with what the labels pay. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/10/cartoon-record-labels-adopt-the-radiohead-model.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

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What would it look like if record labels adopted the Radiohead "pay what you want" model; not for what fans pay for releases, but rather with what the labels pay out to artists? Ask anyone whose ever done an audit of a major record label, and you'll learn that they are unofficially already using the Radiohead model, as marveloous cartoon site [ToothPasteForDinner](http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/index.php?date=092810&ref=hypebot.com) illustrates:

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