Comments on: Big Music to Apple: Thanks for a Merry Christmas http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090121/big-music-to-apple-thanks-for-a-merry-christmas/ by Peter Kafka Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Warner Music Sales Down 11%; Could Have Been Worse | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090121/big-music-to-apple-thanks-for-a-merry-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2197 Warner Music Sales Down 11%; Could Have Been Worse | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:05:52 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=3373#comment-2197 [...] But a year ago, Warner had posted a 41% gain in digital. Yet another reason to look askance at Apple’s (AAPL) boast about “record” sales at its iTunes store last [...] [...] But a year ago, Warner had posted a 41% gain in digital. Yet another reason to look askance at Apple’s (AAPL) boast about “record” sales at its iTunes store last [...]

]]> By: Can Music Sales Get Any Worse? Just Watch | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090121/big-music-to-apple-thanks-for-a-merry-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-2023 Can Music Sales Get Any Worse? Just Watch | Peter Kafka | MediaMemo | AllThingsD Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:33:46 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=3373#comment-2023 [...] this month the music business got a rare piece of good news: Apple (AAPL) announced that it had posted “record” sales at its iTunes music store [...] [...] this month the music business got a rare piece of good news: Apple (AAPL) announced that it had posted “record” sales at its iTunes music store [...]

]]> By: Glenn Peoples http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090121/big-music-to-apple-thanks-for-a-merry-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-1741 Glenn Peoples Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:53:42 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=3373#comment-1741 Big Music To Apple: Thanks for letting a la carte downloads kill album sales and ruin our bottom lines. Not only are digital track sales not making up for losses in CD sales, they are responsible for losses in CD sales. A big month for Apple means a bad month for labels. Some day labels will figure out how to make money from a track here, a track there. Until then there will be more pain, suffering, layoffs, lawsuits, closings and mergers. Big Music To Apple: Thanks for letting a la carte downloads kill album sales and ruin our bottom lines.

Not only are digital track sales not making up for losses in CD sales, they are responsible for losses in CD sales. A big month for Apple means a bad month for labels. Some day labels will figure out how to make money from a track here, a track there. Until then there will be more pain, suffering, layoffs, lawsuits, closings and mergers.

]]> By: Big Music to Apple: Thanks for a Merry Christmas [MediaMemo] | heave-ho.org http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090121/big-music-to-apple-thanks-for-a-merry-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-1725 Big Music to Apple: Thanks for a Merry Christmas [MediaMemo] | heave-ho.org Wed, 21 Jan 2009 23:33:31 +0000 http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/?p=3373#comment-1725 [...] See the original post:  Big Music to Apple: Thanks for a Merry Christmas [MediaMemo] [...] [...] See the original post:  Big Music to Apple: Thanks for a Merry Christmas [MediaMemo] [...]

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