Talk:Wincing the Night Away

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[edit] Sub Pop response to album leak

From the November 25, 2006 issue of Billboard in an article about indie labels dealing with album leaks ("The Safety Dance" by Katie Hasty):

Sure to be one of the biggest indie releases of 2007, "Wincing" was sent to 1,050 journalists and retail employees as a watermarked advance, a first for the label. But 2 1/2 weeks after servicing, the album infiltrated peer-to-peer networks.

"This leak is such a small part of the whole machine, but dealing with a record we hope will sell a lot of, we have to be able to count on every asset," Sub Pop A&R/manufacturing manager Stuart Meyer says. The label was able to hunt down the leaker, who was "cut off [from promo lists] and admonished," but the damage was already done.

Online access requires subscription. SoundStone 05:32, 4 December 2006 (UTC)