Music business

Radio is as popular as ever, but not all radio is the same according a new report by NPD Group.

NPR reported that CD sales tanked in 2010 , particularly among younger buyers. The trend suggests ...

"This is almost getting boring to report each year - but here we are again. Twelve years after sales peaked the music CD format is stubbornly refusing to die. You can shutter the dedicated record shops, hide the CDs behind fondleslabs and video games in the megastores, offer the public instant access to cheaper legal alternatives - but still people go on buying CDs."

Earlier this year I raised the question of whether the music industry was going the way of the newspaper industry, whether its core audience was aging, stuck on its physical format while the younge...

The digital music revolution officially hit 30 years ago, on Oct. 1, 1982. While you may be surprised to learn that the heralds of the comin...

"You know the music business is antiquated when it’s eclipsed by the classically moribund book business."

BPI says music industry revenue fell just 3.4% last year to £795m as digital income increased by nearly a quarter to £282m.

Sales Of Up To 20 Million CDs Expected This Christmas; Deluxe And Special Editions Account For One In 10 Physical Albums Sales; Christmas Market Gears Up For Key Catalogue And New Release Repackages...