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25 Jan

Music Royalties Rise, Even as CD Sales Fall

by Barry Ritholtz
“Despite the travails of the music industry, with CD sales still slumping and record executives still suing suspected Internet...

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18 Jan

Even More on CD Price Competition

by Barry Ritholtz
On Saturday, I swung by Best Buy to see what was on sale. Call it market research. The post Xmas sales continue, with a surprising number...

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16 Jan

Report: Illegal Music Downloading Climbs

by Barry Ritholtz
AP reports: The number of U.S. households illegally downloading music from P2P networks is increasing, not decreasing, as the RIAA would...

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7 Jan

Competing on other than Price for Music Sales

by Barry Ritholtz
Decommoditizing Commodity Products: We’ve been looking at price competition for retail music sales; I normally care very little...

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6 Jan

Music Retailers Competing on Price

by Barry Ritholtz
We previously discussed how “Music Sales were Rising on Aggressive Discounting, Price Competition and an Improving Economy.”...

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21 Dec

Music Sales Rise on Aggressive Discounting, Price Competition...

by Barry Ritholtz
In the most under-reported story this year, music sales rose this past quarter. For the first time in nearly 3 years, pre-recorded music...

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19 Dec

Court to RIAA: Drop Dead

by Barry Ritholtz
Here’s the best overview on the legal situation, from the always interesting GMSV: “Silly.” That’s how a U.S....

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20 Nov

U.S. Music Sales Up

by Barry Ritholtz
Does the improving U.S. economy have anything to do with this? How about a slew of new and critically well reviewed CDs? The availability...

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11 Nov

Apple’s iTunes wins “Coolest Innovation” of...

by Barry Ritholtz
The 99ยข Solution: Time magazine picked Apple’s iTunes as the “coolest new technology” in the music category for 2003....

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5 Nov

Is the threat of online piracy receding?

by Barry Ritholtz
Upbeat, from the Economist online. “To glimpse the future, big music companies should look not at iTunes’ encouraging numbers...

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  • About Barry Ritholtz

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

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