Smackdown: Ringtones

Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Once considered the future of the music industry, ringtone sales are slowing down. Today: a debate about the future of songs used to customize your mobile phone (and annoy your friends). Also: Brooklyn-born musician John Forté talks about rebuilding his career, less than a year after President George W. Bush commuted his prison sentence.

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