CDs 'will dominate music market'
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The CD will stay the most popular music format until at least the end of the decade, according to a new survey.
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The CD will remain the dominant format for music distribution in Europe at least until the end of the decade, according to a new study.
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CANNES, France  - Away from the headlines of job losses, grumbling artists and falling global sales, the music industry is trying new business models to boost digital sales and offset the fall in CD sales.
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There is a reason people still buy CDs  more than they do digital albums. Actually there are several,  but viruses that come along with music via peer-to-peer sites  (P2P) and a concern over digital rights management (DRM) aren't  the only culprits.
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TechWeb - Steve Jobs and Apple's influence in the online music market is forcing some labels to rethink their strategy even though profit margins on CDs are higher than on music downloads.
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LONDON -- Record companies' revenue from digital music sales rose 40 percent to $2.9 billion over the past year, but the growth is still failing to cover losses from collapse of international CD sales, the music industry's global trade body said Thursday.
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As more economists study the economics of downloading music freely, the consensus will likely be that it does hurt sales of music, but how much?
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Sales of legally downloaded songs shot up more than tenfold in 2004, a music industry report says.
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The British music industry wants to help independent labels utilise the potential for download sales.
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Booming online music sales will help the record industry recover - but not until 2011 warns a report.
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An anonymous reader writes &quot;Market research company IDC is predicting a rosy future for MP3 player sales. They predict that by 2008 it will grow into a $58 billion industry - four times bigger than the US record industry.
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Business & money: Britain's music shops receive badly needed good news with industry figures showing British shoppers led the world in CD purchases in 2006.
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The compact disc has at least another  five years as the most popular music format before online  downloads chip away at its dominance, a new study said on  Tuesday.
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Music is becoming the dominant entertainment on mobile phones, reports BBC Click.
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Warner Music Group Corp&#39;s Chief  Executive said on Monday the music company&#39;s business was  poised to rebound as it tapped new revenue streams to counter  the decline in sales of traditional CDs.
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It&#39;s going to be a long time before digital music downloads challenge CD sales, even in the online world. That&#39;s the conclusion of a report by market watcher Informa Media Group (IMG), published this week.
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Global sales of portable digital music players are expected to rise significantly this year, the world's second-largest manufacturer of MP3 players said on Tuesday.