Hal Johnson Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 A simple google search found this:http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2009/tc2009035_000194.htm"Overall music sales have continued their years-long slide. Total industry sales were about $10 billion last year, down from $14 billion in 2000, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Revenues from digital download services like Apple iTunes (AAPL) and Amazon MP3 (AMZN) are still growing strong, but they're not generating enough revenue to make up for the sharp decline in CD sales. Overall spending on music is forecast to shrink 4% through 2013, according to a recent report by Forrester Research (FORR). "And what do you mean, "who ami talking about when I refer to the music industry?" Are you serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Shiver me timbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Wish Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Well, we've been reading different newspapers then.How appropo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freak By Night Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 I'm surprised no one has mentioned the sharp decline in a) disposable income and bankable acts as additional nails in the coffin of the music industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted April 24, 2010 Report Share Posted April 24, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ollie Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Kev, I'm disappointed that you never commented on the Dave Lowery article I posted a while back.http://thetrichordist.wordpress.com/2012/06/18/letter-to-emily-white-at-npr-all-songs-considered/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted August 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) What would you like to know? It was a good article and well-written. Much better than the Doughty piece IMHO.I think it fits in with the Oatmeal graphic that I posted. Edited August 2, 2012 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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