Let them keep them who need a few old songs thrown in news papers anyway.I just thought the record industry was having a big clear out anyway.Less junk in my house i'll go along with that one.

Unless they give out the whole album with a newspaper (which they don't), I don't see why this is bad.... it's just like using P2P to promote music! (Apart from that you actually get to read the newspaper and 75% of the people who buy newspapers will probably throw away the disc and turn to the stock market pages...)

With the curremt state of poular music, we can expect to see the latest "idol" tracks on these. I, for one, would vote with my wallet by not buying that type of crap. This should make the papers scads of money as it really panders to the lowest common denominator. If the recording industry can't find new acts with talent, perhaps they deserve to perish, as I feel they do. The papers really only reflect the tastes of the editors insofar as they think they can make money from what they publish, be it advertising outright or hidden as in puff pieces and interviews. The news is incidental in a newspaper, for it separates the ads. It seems to me a perfect marriage, higher paper prices and pop music I would never buy.