TheStreet.com
downloads the significance of an IPO filed by Digital Music Group,
"essentially a digital music wholesaler to online music stores." To
make a long tale short, it's apparently the first IPO of a company
whose business model relies on the long tail concept expounded by
Christopher Anderson a year ago on Wired and
the subject of a book he is writing. (As Anderson's article's subtitle
put it: "Forget squeezing millions from a few megahits at the top of
the charts. The future of entertainment is in the millions of niche
markets at the shallow end of the bitstream.") His blog offers updates.
