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Half of US digital music downloaders have paid Digital Music - The Future

The good news: Research company Ipsos Insight reported that over half of US digital music downloaders have paid for the music. About 25 million downloaders have paid, 11 million in the past month. The bad news: Despite this penetration, authorized services represent a tiny fraction of total downloading. The major labels and online retailers have a long way to go to sell the public on the value of paid offerings [...] Read More


Paid Downloads Cool Down Digital Music - The Future

According to Nielsen Soundscan, there were 581 million downloads in 2006 for a growth rate of 54 percent over last year, less than the previous year's growth rate of 163 percent. Market share leader Apple has sold two billion downloads in four years. We covered this a year ago when weekly year to year growth rates were lower than the previous year. The year end numbers confirm this trend. We wrote [...] Read More


Digital music doldrums - Long-term change Digital Music - The Future

This article is one in a series examining the Pali Capital report that showed paid music download growth is slowing. Long-term change The long-term message is that the industry's problems can no longer be obscured by digital. Does this spell doom for music? It depends on your definition of music. Independent artists are thriving through the Internet and P2P. Big music though is another story. While the industry falsely blames others [...] Read More


Good news/bad news: Half of US digital music downloaders have paid P2P File Sharing

The good news: Research company Ipsos Insight reported that over half of US digital music downloaders have paid for the music. About 25 million downloaders have paid, 11 million in the past month. The bad news: Despite this penetration, authorized services represent a tiny fraction of total downloading. The major labels and online retailers have a long way to go to sell the public on the value of paid offerings [...] Read More


Paid Downloads Cool Down P2P File Sharing

According to Nielsen Soundscan, there were 581 million downloads in 2006 for a growth rate of 54 percent over last year, less than the previous year's growth rate of 163 percent. Market share leader Apple has sold two billion downloads in four years. We covered this a year ago when weekly year to year growth rates were lower than the previous year. The year end numbers confirm this trend. We wrote [...] Read More