FUN WITH NUMBERS: To the surprise of absolutely no one, year-to-date CD sales were off compared to the year earlier by a whopping 17.9%, Nielsen SoundScan reported. The news was even worse for catalog (-22.1%) than currents (-14.7%). Ironically, the album configuration registering the most positive movement the 20th century artifact vinyl, up 9.1% to 1.3 million, in a modest but heartening win for indie retail—and we all root for the underdog, right? Non-analog/non-physical albums rose 13.7% to 42 million—that would be purchased downloads, of course—while paid track downloads slipped a modest .2% to 597 million. (7/14a)
LIVE NATION POSTS (ANOTHER) RECORD QUARTER
More butts in seats than ever before. (5/3a)
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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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