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• 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 ...

• the glut

  Thinking of starting a label ? Want to put out lots of records this year, really make your mark ? Hey, maybe its YOU that's killing the scene, man. There's ...

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