Fewer than 2% of mobile users in the United States and western Europe used their phone to download music in the first quarter, showing the uphill task facing Apple iTuneschallengers like Nokia. Although 24% listened to music on their phone, the vast majority loaded the tracks on to their handset from music they already had on a [...]
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Apple Introduces us to a New iTunes “Concert Ticket +” System
Posted by admin on April 16th, 2010
The latest Apple patent to hint at its future music plans is for a service called Concert Ticket, which would take the form of an iPhone and desktop application. It’s described as an “iTunes based web service for tickets that will naturally enhance the iTunes music empire”. It includes e-tickets distributed to the handset, maps to [...]
How the Music Industry Is About To Change
Posted by @altair02 on January 13th, 2010
By Jerry Del Colliano (Inside Music Media) The bad news is in — as it has been almost every year since 2000. Album sales in the U.S. are down year to year 13% and that includes digital revenue according to Nielsen SoundScan. That’s a decline for eight of the last nine years for record sales. [...]
