Cash Before Payday - WOXY part of future of rock - Cincinnati Enquirer
Bill Nguyen’s business model for making a buck in the embattled music industry involves letting his customers listen to any album or any song they choose for free. Free streaming seems like a cost-prohibitive idea because of the licensing fees racked up from the thousands of Internet customers playing millions of tunes. After launching the e-mail technology company Onebox in 1998, Nguyen sold it the following year for $850 million. Lala users can discover new music through the cutting-edge rock station, and WOXY listeners can sign up to get CDs on Lala. His next move - free Lala streaming - is bolder still. Learn more
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