Post on download data
BAD NEWS OR GOOD NEWS? The N.Y. Post’s Claire Atkinson takes a “sky is falling” approach this morning in reporting the latest download stats. “Single-track music-download sales growth screeched to a halt in the U.S. in the first half of 2010 at 630 million tracks, according to data released by Nielsen yesterday,” she writes in a piece headlined “Musical scare.” “The sales total is down 0.7% from the same period a year earlier.” Only at the end of the piece does Atkinson mention a 13% increase in album downloads during the same period. According to our abacus-wielding numbers drones, +13% on albums is a huge win if a la carte sales have dipped by less than 1%. The point is, increased album sales was part of the endgame of raising tracks to $1.29. Revenues are up, album sales are up and track sales are essentially flat. Where's the "scare" in any of this? (9/29a)
VMAs BEAMING BACK
TO THE BIG APPLE Getting back to where they once belonged (4/24a)
THE COUNT: ALL THE DESERT'S A STAGE
Jon Wayne is rolling over in his grave. (4/24a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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A CHORUS OF PRAISE: IVORS 2024 NOMS
