- music sales by format
- NYT: Going, Going ... But Not Yet Gone
Since 2003, at least 80 records stores have closed in Manhattan and Brooklyn. New York Times
- Jamaica: vinyl is done
Great article in the guardian. The key selectors have all switched to CD. The classic 7" vinyl market was primarily for US/European/Japanese collectors. The locals don't buy vinyl. Many tracks ...
- Shawn Fanning's Snocap lays off 60 percent of workforce | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
Snocap, the music-licensing company best known for being the follow-up act of Napster founder Shawn Fanning, has cut its staff by 60 percent, a spokeswoman for the company said Thursday ...
- GEMA
Gesellschaft für musikalische Aufführungs- und mechanische Vervielfältigungsrechte (Society for musical performing and mechanical reproduction rights) http://www.gema.de/ This is the German [[Royalty Organization|RoyaltyOrganizations]], collecting performance royalties for radio,TV, bar, club and ...
- Global digital music sales triple
Global sales of digital music tripled to $1.1 billion in 2005 and the popularity of recordings on iPods and mobile phones will result in digital music generating 25% of worldwide ...
- TAXI Transmitter January 2006 Industry News: music industry news, reviews and observations
iTUNES: Downloads accounted for a substantially increased percentage of overall sales via iTunes and the services chasing it, but more and more executives have come to believe that, rather than ...
- BBC : New tune for digital music in 2006
According to a recent survey conducted on behalf of Napster, music lovers are struggling to fill their digital music players. It found that most were only just over half filled, ...
- Distributors
Distribution is a pain, and probably the main bottleneck in independant music. Sorry distributors, but we look forward to when its all electronic distribution. But its not their fault. The ...
- unassimilated distributors
links i haven't gotten around to putting into the database: Abstract Aeon Ajax Anomalous Aquarius ATRecordings Baked Goods Bent Crayon Bottlenekk BVHAAST Carbondisks Cargo Germany Caroline CDeMUSIC CheapThrills ChthonicStreams Chunky ...
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