Prince angers retailers with free album
"Prince feels that charts are just music industry constructions and have little or no relevance to fans or even artists today."
In an interview with Reuters last month, Mail on Sunday managing director Stephen Miron said: "No one has ever done this before. We have given away CDs and DVDs but this is just setting a new level."
HMV clearly felt it was case of "If you can't beat them, join them" -- it is offering The Mail on Sunday for sale at its stores.
The News of The World was not to be outdone.
In what it billed as a world exclusive, the newspaper offered to give away 1,000 copies of "Purple Rain" in a mobile phone text competition.
(Additional reporting by Gavin Haycock and Mike Collett-White)
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