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# Are Downloads Dead? Tom Silverman: “Bullshit.”
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/has-digital-music-failed/
- Published: 2011-02-07T09:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-02-07T09:00:00.000Z
- Description: "I think it's bullshit, honestly. If that's true than Pandora wouldn't be the #1 driver of sales to iTunes and Amazon. People are finding out about great new music there. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/02/has-digital-music-failed.html]
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[![image from www.find-me-a-gift.co.uk](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e20148c8650ef1970c-100wi "image from www.find-me-a-gift.co.uk")](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/www-find-me-a-gift-co-uk/images/product%5Fimages/bullshit1%5F1.jpg?ref=hypebot.com) "I think it's bullshit, honestly. If that's true than **Pandora** wouldn't be the #1 driver of sales to iTunes and Amazon. People are finding out about great new music there that they wouldn't have heard of before."

– **[Tom Silverman](http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/02/silverman-cd-sales-to-co-exist-with-cloud-digital-downloads035.html?ref=hypebot.com)**, Tommy Boy Records, New Music Seminar