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I had no idea how much Reznor actually made last year. Here, Masnick breaks down why his business model works, and if and how it would work for lesser known artists.

Many of you have already heard a lot about Josh Freese’s variable pricing plan for his new album, “Since 1972.” Here’s a follow up to how it’s been going.

Here’s Trent Reznor answering the most popular user-submitted questions from a pool of about 5,000. Questions range from those about music, to the web, Scientology, all the way down to to what his favorite video games are.

The much anticipated NIN iPhone App is here. Check out Trent Reznor, Rob Sheridan and Kevin Rose giving you a quick look at the features here.

Got a question for Trent Reznor? You can submit questions until April 4th for his Digg Dialogg with Kevin Rose, and he might just answer you.

Ever have somebody say something about you that made you want to crawl under a rock and die?
Ouch.

Here’s an interesting clip from backstage at a NIN concert in Sydney, where the power went out halfway through the show. It’s an interesting and candid look at Trent and the guys.
I mostly uploaded this because it was shot with the new Canon 5D mkII, and the video quality is stunning.
You can watch it in [...]

Trent Reznor just announced on the NIN site that they would be touring with Jane’s Addiction in 2009, and then taking a hiatus.

In NIN world, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of our first releases. I’ve been thinking for some time now it’s time to make NIN disappear for a while. Last year’s “Lights in the [...]

Nine Inch Nails licensed Ghosts I-IV under Creative Commons, and released it as a free download from their site in 2008. When it was released, I went directly to the NIN site to download it. It took a while due to bandwidth restrictions on their end, and the sheer number of people flocking to their [...]

That Trent Reznor is always up to something new. From the NIN Forums:
trent_reznor posted:
Your gift…
The internet is full of surprises these days. I was contacted by a mysterious, shadowy group of subversives who SOMEHOW managed to film a substantial amount (over 400 GB!) of raw, unedited HD footage from three separate complete [...]