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What People Actually Spend on Entertainment and Music...
There's an old myth about recessions—and depressions, for that matter. It states that people spend more on entertainment and leisure during hard times, mostly to escape a difficult reality. But the actual 'reality' on entertainment spending is far more complicated: even during the Great Depression, expenditures on things like movies plunged as the hard years wore ...
Can This Last? Album Sales Now up 3.4% on the Year...
The good news comes from NARM president Jim Donio, who shared the latest sales figures with Digital Music News on Wednesday evening. These are US-based, year-over-year figures, calculatedby Nielsen Soundscan, and they just keep getting better. Now, the question is whether this spills into the all-important holiday season. In other words, can this last? “This is ...
The Music Industry is Bigger Than You Think [stats]
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This guest post comes from Bobby Owsinski, producer, author and social media advisor who blogs at Music 3.0. Whenever someone mentions the phrase “the music industry" we immediately think of record labels and music sales, be they via a digital file, CD, vinyl record, cassette or some other method where we listen to songs. The business ...
Nielson Social Media Survey: Facebook Dominates Time Online, Tumblr and Mobile Use Exploding
The new Nielson Social Media Report shows again the growing dominance of social networks in general and Facebook in particular. Highlights of “State of the Media: The Social Media Report“ (Charts after the jump below.: Social networks and blogs continue to dominate Americans' time online, now accounting for nearly a quarter of total time spent on ...
Study: Youtube Links Have Much Longer Impact Than Facebook, Twitter [chart]
We already know that different kinds of posts drive different levels of activity. But do the dynamics of link traffic also depend on where the link is posted? It would seem that it does according to a new study by link-shortening service bit.ly that shows that links have an impact for far longer when posted on ...
21 Great Ways to Collaborate with Other Artists to Get More Fans
This guest post comes from Dave Cool, the Blogger In Residence at musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle. One of the best ways for emerging bands to gain new fans is to be exposed to another band's audience. Especially if you have similar target markets, fans are more likely to trust a recommendation coming from a ...
40% Of Youtube's Audience Watch Music Videos
Beginning today comScore will be reporting data on YouTube partner channels. They apparently released some early information to Ad Age who revealed that music videos are a big draw and both Vevo and Warner Music are running that vid game. Ad Age's Edmund Lee reports that, according to comScore, 40% of YouTube's audience watched music videos ...
30 Years of Music Industry Change, in 30 Seconds or Less...
If you liked our ten year recap, you'll love this. Each pie shows the revenue contribution from various formats, 1980-2010, based on RIAA revenue figures. If you want to see it again, just wait a few seconds for the animation to start over. This is US-based data, and each pie represents 100% of total recording revenue. ...
UK Vinyl Record Sales Jump 55% so Far This Year, U.S. Vinyl Sales up 37%
(UPDATED) Sales of vinyl records totalled 168,296 units for the first half of 2011, according to new data released today by Retail Gazette. That's a 55% rise compared to the first six months of 2010. Radiohead's King of Limbs was the most popular vinyl album release in the last six months of 2011 for the format ...
