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DIGITAL INCOME OFFSETS DECLINING PHYSICAL SALES

March 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Via: paidContent One part of the music business has finally reached the fabled tipping point at which digital income offsets declining physical sales. UK royalty collector PRS For Music, announcing 2009 income, says: “(Digital) growth (£12.8 million) outperformed the decline in traditional CD and DVD formats (down £8.7 million) for the first time, though the [...]

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EUROPEANS LESS LIKELY TO PAY FOR DIGITAL MUSIC

December 21st, 2009 · No Comments

Via: paidContent European consumers lead Americans on nearly every aspect of digital music – except actually paying for it. In the U.S., only about 21 percent of adults polled buy digital music – but, in Europe, it’s less than half that, according to Forrester’s new Digital Music Consumption Around The Globe report. Author Sonal Gandhi [...]

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THE DIGITAL MUSIC BUSINESS IN 2010

December 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Via: paidContent Lots happened in 2009, but it wasn’t a vintage year for digital music (in fact, it was the year digital music lost the digital buzz to e-readers). All in all I’d give 2009 a 6 out of 10, with the launch of Spotify accounting for at least couple of those points. Here are [...]

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