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- 840 mln digital tracks purchased in the US in 2007
- More than 840 mln digital tracks were purchased during 2007; an increase of 45% over 2006. Digital album sales reached the 50 mln for 2007; up 53% over the previous year and accounted for 10% of total album sales compared to 5.5% in 2006. In 2007, there were 9 different...
- Tags: Album Sale, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-21
- 2007 digital album sales in the US
- Nielsen SoundScan published the data on 2007 digital album sales. Digital album sales by company 2007 2006 UMG 22.98% 27.35% BMG 9.06% 10.25% SONY 13.80% 13.75% ...
- Tags: Nielsen SoundScan, Album Sale, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, site admin
- Blog posts 2008-01-10
- Album sales plunge while digital growth slows
- Album sales plunge while digital growth slowsWOW - Could you be any more negative???Let's see - overall sales up 14% and sales of digital music up 45%?? That's FANTASTIC!!!. Home Depot sales grew around 13% I think. Maybe "piracy" is also devastating Home Depot.I'm so tired of...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Digital media, Nothing, Album sales plunge, sales, digital growth, plunge, Album sale, music, music industry, industry
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Album sales down 7.2% in 2005
- Album sales down 7.2% in 2005in other news...cassette sales are down...but CD sales are up. I really irritated about my cassette business, maybe we should change laws or sue
- Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, Album sale, sales, cassette sale
- Discussion threads 2006-01-05
- CD and digital album sales down 8% in 2005
- CD and digital album sales in 2005 are down 8% compared with end of year 2004, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Sales of digital tracks through services like iTunes have risen 150%, to well over 320 mln songs 2005, but that rise is not enough to offset the plunge in album...
- Tags: album sale, sales, CD
- Blog posts 2005-12-27
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- Software makers may sue eBay
- Tired of being "stiff-armed" by eBay, the Software and Information Industry Association is signaling its ready to sue over pirated software sales on the dominant online auction site, PC World reports. SIIA has offered eBay several suggestions for stemming the sale of pirated software on...
- Tags: Software, Software Information Industry Association, eBay Inc., Tiffany, Tools & Techniques, Piracy, Sales Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- AOL gussies up for potential sale, but who's buying?
- AOL is shutting down XDrive, AOL Pictures and other properties in a belt tightening move that may indicate the company is setting itself up to be sold. The larger question: Who will buy AOL from Time Warner? According to a memo posted by TechCrunch, AOL executive vice...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Portals, Business Structures, Litigation, Internet, Finance, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Government, markets and regulation
- Government, markets and regulationJust Another Gov't Program Gone BadFannie Mae was created in the Depression to create liquidity in the mortgage market. Lequidity had been wiped out by the stock market collapse and bank runs.As with all government programs, it just grew and grew and never went away. ...
- Tags: Mortgages, Vertical industries, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, mortgage, government
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Speculation over possible Skype backdoor
- There's growing speculation coming out of Europe that there's a backdoor in Skype that allows remote eavesdropping of telephone conversations. A report in the reputable Heise Online says the issue was discussed at a meeting with ISPs last month where high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior...
- Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Firefly flyPhone (blue)
- Though cell phones for youth came into vogue two years ago, it wasn't long before they fell out of favor. While some parents liked the idea behind simple handsets such as the LG Migo and the Enfora TicTalk, many children weren't so impressed. They wanted more features for playground comparisons,...
- Tags: Cellular phones, display, Firefly flyPhone, Firefly, phone, cell phone
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings
- Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...
- Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws
- iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flawsBut I was told OS X would save me from things like this.[i]In the meantime, iPhone users should avoid clicking on links in the Mail app that refers to trusted sites.[/i]So if my mom sends me a link to a web album, I shouldn't open...
- Tags: Spam, Cyberthreats, Desktops, SECURITY, spamming, Apple iPhone, PC, phishing
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- How to lose customers by not even trying
- How to lose customers by not even tryingSpot onThere is nothing more infuriating than trying to use a site that has been designed for a single specific browser that isn't yours.I truly appreciate how difficult it can be to get sites working consistently across all browsers. But it is surely...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Web browsers, Hertz Corp., Web site, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap
- Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tapWinner if they don't sacrifice qualityThis move would be a winner as long as Apple doesn't sacrifice quality. If they lower prices by making lower quality products, game over. If they just shave off price overhead, that's great. If they...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, notebook
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- LCD TVs recommended over plasma TVs in retail, Samsung and Sony top recommended brands
- LCD TVs recommended over plasma TVs in retail, Samsung and Sony top recommended brandsPlasma and LCD can fight it out all they want...I still think the best value in HD TV's is DLP.There's no other way you can get a huge 61" 1080P set with ports galore, a gorgeous picture,...
- Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, TV, LCD, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., DLP, lamp, plasma TV, LCD TV, Sony Corp., brand
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- File Renamer Turbo (exe)
- File Renamer Turbo is a cutting edge file renaming tool that will make your life easier. If you need to rename multiple files, folders or set the ID3 tags of MP3 files or the tags of WMA, M4A, OGG, FLAC, APE and MPC files, this program will do the job...
- Tags: Tag, Kristanix Software, Microsoft Windows, Digital Music, Digital Media, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- TagMagic (msi)
- Copy file name, folder name, title, album name, artist, genre or any combination to any tag. Add sequence to any tag. Rename file using tags information. Move file to new folder named according to tags information. Perform batch operations. Preview changes, then apply once all done. For Russian letters transliteration...
- Tags: Tag, Avgust Ishchenko
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- Prohibition 2.0
- Prohibition 2.0Version skippingAt least version 3.0, perhaps higher.The "War on Drugs" was at least version 2.0, and you could count the fiasco over the 55 mph speed limit as another.This is why it's a bad idea......to let lobbyists write the laws. If the average citizen comes to the conclusion...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Prohibition 2.0
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Assessing winners and losers
- Updated below: Yahoo and billionaire investor Carl Icahn have settled their looming proxy war. According to a statement Monday, Yahoo's board of directors will be expanded to 11 members and one of those seats will go to Icahn. The two remaining seats will be filled based on...
- Tags: Board, Yahoo! Inc., Carl Icahn, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Yahoo may revisit News Corp if AOL dims: source
- Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because Yahoo could instead renew talks over News Corp's Web properties. NEW YORK--Yahoo is unlikely to get into a bidding war over AOL with Microsoft because if Microsoft gets in the way, Yahoo could instead renew...
- Tags: America Online Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft-Icahn Proposal, Financial Accounting, Mergers & Acquisitions, Finance, Investment, Reuters, Yahoo, Microsoft, Microhoo, merger, News Corps, AOL
- News items 2008-07-18
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