A list of 10 pieces of technology now deemed obsolete or nearly obsolete, including VCRs, film cameras, and black-and-white TVs.
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Streaming services made up 83% of US music industry revenue in 2020
A look at the state of US music industry revenue for 2020, including streaming now accounting for 83% of the music industry’s income.
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RIAA: Recorded music revenue grew 5.6% in first half of 2020; vinyl 62% of all physical media sales
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has released its twice a year report on US music industry sales. (A PDF version is available here.)
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Streaming made up 75% of US music industry revenue in 2018
Streaming services have become firmly cemented as the main source of revenue for the US music industry. The RIAA reports that 2018 saw a record
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R&B, hip-hop most popular streaming music genres
A Nielsen survey confirms what the recording industry itself stated almost a year ago. Nielsen reports in 2016, streaming music firmly overtook digital single and
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Columbia House comes back… as a vinyl seller?
When I was a kid, my parents subscribed to Columbia House for their “12 records for a penny” offers. When I was in college, I
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Streaming music subscriptions now outsell CDs
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the music industry’s organizational arm, has released a report stating that for the first time, streaming music subscriptions
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