TAXI Transmitter January 2006 Industry News: music industry news, reviews and observations

TAXI Transmitter January 2006 Industry News: music industry news, reviews and observations

8 January 2006

iTUNES: Downloads accounted for a substantially increased percentage of overall sales via iTunes and the services chasing it, but more and more executives have come to believe that, rather than being the answer, a la carte downloads are contributing to the problem as they increasingly cannibalize album sales...
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