The rise of digital music
If the music industry hasn't figured out that downloads are the only path to the future, maybe these numbers - representing January, 2008 sales of music - will make it clear (from Ars Technica):
When digital moves past Wal-Mart, maybe even the denser ones in the industry will start to figure things out...
Comments
Apples/Oranges
[Mike Brazinski] April 3, 2008 20:48:41.967
I saw <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/03/AR2008040302448.html">this</a> earlier and I was wondering if it is an apple/oranges issue. Apparently, the survey considered each 12 songs downloaded from itunes an album. I'm not sure comparing this to albums sold at Walmart is fair. Maybe if Walmart was selling 45s (I'm showing my age) it'd be a fair test.
What I think this may be showing is that the age of album rock is well since over.
I also find it interesting that itunes is beating amazon 3 to 1. Amazon is DRM-free, it's download client drops things right into itunes and the songs seem less expensive. I'm interested in seeing these same figures in a year or two.
[Tom Sattler] April 4, 2008 7:26:44.786
I guess I'm dating myself, but I kept asking "Where is Sam Goody?"