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Radiohead’s bid to revive music industry
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EMI and the download service 7Digital. Before 
that Radiohead did not allow the market leader, 
iTunes, to sell their music digitally because 
iTunes sells individual tracks and Radiohead 
wanted to sell their albums as complete works, 
not as single tracks.
© Guardian News & Media 2007
First published in The Guardian, 02/10/07
Radiohead’s bid to revive music industry
Level 1
Elementary
Comprehension check
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Match the beginnings and endings to make sentences about the text.
1. Digital piracy…
2. Customers will decide…
3. Music groups can earn more money from selling merchandise…
4. CD sales are falling…
5. When Prince gave his new album away free…
6. More people have ordered the expensive box set…
a. … companies selling CDs were shocked.
b. … than from selling CDs.
c. … because fans can get tracks free from Internet sites.
d. … is a big problem for the music industry.
e. … than the cheap digital download. 
f. … how much they want to pay for Radiohead’s new album.
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Radiohead’s bid to revive music industry
Level 1
Elementary
Vocabulary 2: Prepositions
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Fill the gaps using the correct prepositions.
1. as a result _______ increased competition
2. thanks _______ a deal
3. known _______ their original music
4. what people think _______ their music
5. three _______ six months
6. spend money _______ something
7. sign a deal _______ someone
8. pay a lot of money _______ something