Greg Thompson quote

NAME THAT TUNE: In the piece, Sisario also got a take from EMI’s Greg Thompson, who said, “At one point in our culture there were well-schooled retailers who could help people figure out what that song was, because they wanted to buy it. In this day and age that doesn’t exist.” And Tom Taylor, news editor of trade site Radio-Info.com, zeroed in on another key issue. “PPM is a merciless yet useful taskmaster,” he said. “It turns out that people will seek out and live with content they like, but things that turn them off turn them off pretty quickly.” (5/30a)