MP3 for Sale
The shift to digital music is well underway, but — believe it or not — the total digital music business is still only about 15% of total music sales. Physical recordings accounted for 82% of the $20 billion in total recorded music sales last year. Needless to say, the mix is shifting. Apple announced that […]
Music Sales
Two years ago I was confident that it would happen — more than $1 Billion in sales of digital music for 2005. This was triple the year before. For 2007, the number rose to $3B and represented 15% of total music sales up from less than 1% in 2003. People are willing to pay for […]
Music Blues
Two years ago I was confident that it would happen — more than $1 Billion in sales of digital music for 2005. This was triple the year before. For 2007, the number rose to $3B and represented 15% of total music sales up from less than 1% in 2003. People are willing to pay for […]
Miscellany – 01-06-06
Just back from sunny Florida. When we left Palm Beach Gardens on Thursday it was 84 degrees and blue skies. It was a bit cooler when we got to Palm Coast and St. Augustine Beach. There was construction everywhere — condos, homes, malls, highways, and infrastructure. Seems like a "bubble" is a legitimate concern. The […]
Interstates Redux
Three years ago a motorcycling adventure made me appreciate the back roads, although the physical drain of the trip made me appreciate the efficiency of the Interstates (see Do We Need the Interstate Highway System in America?). This year was a re-confirmation. We left the lake house in Pennsylvania at 6:30 in the morning and […]
