The decline in CD sales that has been happening for the last several years appears to be accelerating.  Last week’s sales were off 12.9% from the comparable week in 2004. Continue reading

The net is not just the music promotion vehicle of the future; it’s the preferred promotion engine of today.  Hypebot has written a lot about MySpace and internet success stories. Continue reading

Celia Hirschman’s weekly commentary of the music industry "On The Beat" for LA’s KCRW-FM featured a strong commentary on NY Attorney General Elliott Spitzer’s major label payola probe, the effects. Continue reading

– Music sales continue to slide for the year with the kick-off to the holiday buying season doing little to turn things around.  Sales dropped nearly 13 percent year-over-year even. Continue reading

This tongue-firmly-in-cheek "news story" appeared in the always hilarious ONION under the headline – RIAA BANS TELLING FRIENDS  ABOUT SONGS The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it. Continue reading

A new Jupiter Research study warns that the European music industry is losing the crucial 15-24 music buying demographic.  Illegal downloads on P2P networks are three times the volume of. Continue reading

In what may be a first of it’s kind cross-promotion, indy download site eMusic has announced a promotional partnership with computer and electronics retailer CompUSA. Consumers will get 100 free. Continue reading

1) Is this a real problem or overblown media hype? Well, at very least, more than 500,000 people’s computers were affected. At worst, millions  were. So, I would consider that. Continue reading

Brian Bergstein the technical writer for The Associated Press has published a good overview piece on the Sony rootkit copy protection debacle which led to the recall of 4.7 million. Continue reading