2004 Year-end Film & Music #s
The year end numbers are now out for both Film and Music sales in the US, and they are rather interesting. Each data point contains both...
DVDs continue to cannibalize CDs
OK, my last rant for the year about the music industry: Yesterday, we discussed the attempts to wring more dollars out of smaller...
Is DVD Done?
Here’s an interesting take from high end Audio mag AV Revolution: The DVD format is the most successful consumer AV media format...
DVD recorders, CDs . . .
Since we just had a little discussion on gasoline prices (Gasoline versus Crude Oil), lets take a look at some other prcies around the...
Soulless capitalist pigs
Terrific title for a magazine article in Red Herring: Soulless capitalist pigs: “The greed-is-good, savings and loans scandals of...
Cashing In on DVDs
The New York Times had an article today about a pet peeve of ours: The continued rise of DVDs (and the negative impact on CD sales):...
CDs or DVDs: 2 for $25
Altitunes is a Music retailer located almost exclusively in airports. Not exactly the most competitve of retail spaces — captive...
More on Music/CD Competition
Has the Music industry found religon when it comes to allowing the free market to set pricing? And if (a big if) they have, is it already...
DVD Sales Cannibalizing CD Sales
CD? No, DVD! Yet another explanation as to why CD sales have been slumping over the past 3 years: DVDs. It’s pretty obvious to any...
Time: Not on the Recording Industry’s Side II
We previously noted a chart out of the WSJ detailing the many competing demands on the consumer’s time. Consider this data within...