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The percentage of kids ages 2-to-14 obtaining music in a digital format vs.a physical one experienced a 10% increase in 2008 over 2007. (NPD)
Kumar Taurani, chairman and managing director of Tips, one of India's leading music and film companies, has been unanimously elected as chairman of the board of directors of the Indian Music Industry (IMI) and Phonographic Performance (PPL) for 2009-10. (IFPI)
