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1 Mar

DVD Sales Cannibalizing CD Sales

by Barry Ritholtz
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...

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29 Feb

Music Industry: Whoops, our bad . . .

by Barry Ritholtz
Oh, about that whole “Please help us, our industry is being killed by illegal file sharing? Sorry, our bad:” “With...

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28 Feb

Radio Consolidation and CD Sales

by Barry Ritholtz
Yet another comment in our continuing series as to the real reason CD sales have been slowing: I harp on Radio consolidation for a...

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25 Feb

CD Sales Rise as Economy Recovers

by Barry Ritholtz
The economy slows, CD sales slow. The economy recovers, CD sales recover. If I am going too fast for you with this complex and...

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24 Feb

UK Protectionism for Music Retailers

by Barry Ritholtz
We mentioned recently that U.K. had record breaking CD sales in ’03 — up 7% year over year (“UK Albums Have a Record...

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21 Feb

UK Albums Have a Record Year in 2003 (yet the U.S. is...

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s an interesting little factoid you may not have noticed: In 2003, the number of artist albums sold in the UK in 2003 rose...

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19 Feb

Never Mind the Music

by Barry Ritholtz
If you want to know why the music industry has been such a disaster, take a look at this article from CFO magazine: “Never Mind the...

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18 Feb

Time: Not on the Recording Industry’s Side II

by Barry Ritholtz
We previously noted a chart out of the WSJ detailing the many competing demands on the consumer’s time. Consider this data within...

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9 Feb

Tower Records Bankruptcy/Reorg

by Barry Ritholtz
As previously mentioned, Tower files for bankruptcy. Sources: Tower Records, parent seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy Reuters, 02.09.04, 7:20 AM...

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8 Feb

Propaganda for Music Lovers

by Barry Ritholtz
Tonite’s Grammy Awards will feature a propaganda commercial for “whatsthedownload.com.” If you check out the site,...

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      Barry L. Ritholtz is co-founder, chairman, and chief investment officer of Ritholtz Wealth Management LLC. Launched in...

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