Apple disclosed statistics about iTunes that shows how successful the software has become. iTunes is downloaded over one million times a day. There are more than 500 million active users. Despite the...

Italian researchers surveyed the country's consumers to study the relationship between P2P and CD sales. They found that only a minority of file sharers, 30 percent, reduced CD purchases, while...

The NPD Group's latest research confirms research from other sources that P2P is not the top offender in unauthorized downloading. The finding questions the record industry's war against its...

Digital music analyst Todd Beals shares his impressions from the NARM (National Association of Recording Merchandisers) conference in Chicago. The event features performances and interviews with top...

The Digital Media Desktop Report directly measures desktop software installations for accuracy. It's not a survey Music applications (non-P2P) are ranked below: Not surprisingly, Windows Media...

End of year numbers from The NPD Group and IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) show both and Web and P2P music downloads continuing to rise. On the web licensed songs double...

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...

eMarketer projects that digital media content spending will grow from $1.3 billion in 2005 to $7.8 billion in 2010. Online video is small now but will take off as more legitimate content is made...

NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, recently held its big trade show at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, FL near Orlando. Todd Beals had excellent coverage - NARM Show DAY...

Let's consider the children. A recent survey of tweens, teens, and young adults shows that the percent considering an act illegal drops from 98% for stealing a CD/DVD to 80% for buying a bootleg...

The Parks Associates report "Electronic Gaming in the Digital Home" found that women dominate games on mobile phones. Women are 59% of all mobile phone game players in the U.S. The research...

According to "Bridge Ratings Radio Format Perceptual - Spring 2006," digital media is definitely changing radio listening habits. But it's not a simple equation. Direct replacements like...

Not long after RIAA Prez Cary Sherman's inane answers in a CNET interview, RIAA CEO Mitch Bainwol continues the fantasy with the USA Today article "RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing...

A little. According to Park Associates, a market research and consulting firm, satisfied broadband subscribers say they are 9% less likely to switch compared to overall subscribers, and they are...

A Pali Capital report, US Digital Track Trends Weakening, reports that while paid music download sales continue to grow compared to last year, they're actually declining week to week. This...

48 million Americans, over one-third of users, now publish and share media on the Internet, according to the "Home Broadband Adoption 2006" report from the Pew Internet & American Life...

The Internet has reached a huge milestone. According to Worldwide Online Access: 2004-2010 one billion people are now online, 845 million being regular users. That's a lot of digital mail, music,...