Celebrity Music Throwdown, Part 1: Peter Gabriel and the Filter


	Celebrity Music Throwdown, Part 1: Peter Gabriel and the Filter

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ac6bf172-87b0-47ee-baa6-0439663d733a/B454F66F-0A70-4CEE-97DD-0CB5F9FA0FC9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/celebrity-music-throwdown-part-1-peter-gabriel-and-the-filter/?hp" href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/celebrity-music-throwdown-part-1-peter-gabriel-and-the-filter/?hp" style="font-size: 11px;">bits.blogs.nytimes.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/celebrity-music-throwdown-part-1-peter-gabriel-and-the-filter/?hp"><H2 class="post-title">Celebrity Music Throwdown, Part 1: Peter Gabriel and the Filter</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/celebrity-music-throwdown-part-1-peter-gabriel-and-the-filter/?hp"><P>First up: <A href="http://thefilter.com/">The Filter</A>, backed and advised by the British singer and technology evangelist Peter Gabriel, who was in San Francisco last week promoting the company in advance of its relaunch today.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/celebrity-music-throwdown-part-1-peter-gabriel-and-the-filter/?hp"><P>Users must still download the Filter software to their desktop, where it spies on… er, digests various streams of Internet behavior (the music and videos they keep in iTunes, their streaming and browsing history, etc.). Users can also connect with their friends on the service and track their media-consuming behavior. <STRONG>UPDATE</STRONG>: The company says the download is optional but provides richer recommendations.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/celebrity-music-throwdown-part-1-peter-gabriel-and-the-filter/?hp"><P> “All sorts of new life forms are emerging out of the corpse of the music industry,” he said. “Anything the old music business was looking at, they had to feel like there was going to be $100,000 in sales before they put their hand in their pocket. This should allow a lot of experimental projects.”
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