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In 2007, sales of CD albums fell by 10 per cent, while the number of tracks downloaded from the internet rose by more than a third. Given the pervasiveness of digital music players, it is perhaps surprising that the download market is not growing even more quickly.

In 2007, sales of CD albums fell by 10 per cent, while the number of tracks downloaded from the internet rose by more than a third. Given the pervasiveness of digital music players, it is perhaps surprising that the download market is not growing even more quickly.

The anticipated crowd of over 7,000 search engine marketers will have access to a wide range of conference speakers from brand name companies at Search Engine Strategies (SES) San Jose 2008.

Feargal Sharkey: Far from being a conspiracy, the agreement between the music industry and ISPs is an attempt to innovate for the future

Music start-up vet Mark Piibe is moving to the digital side at EMI as global head of digital business development for EMI Music. Effective immediately, Piibe, who had been SVP-Business Affairs for EMI Music North America since December, will oversee business development efforts; he remains based in New Yoirk and will report to Douglas Merrill, president of digital business. Piibe's resume ...

"The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs."" Courtney Love talking about file sharing, digital media, the recording industry, and more.

It was easy to scoff two years ago when word leaked out that Amazon was launching its own digital music service. The Seattle-based online retailer wasn't just mulling an iTunes-like download store - it was supposedly drawing up plans for a branded iPod-like device.

The rapid rise of the MP3 player has revolutionised the way we buy and listen to music over the past few years.

Reports claim that Apple’s deal with HP may prove to bea serious blow for rival digital-music distributionservice Napster, as both prepare to launch services beyondthe US. The HP deal means HP will start shippingHP-branded iPods in the summer, and ..........................

Napster 2.0 gets a double scoop of disappointment...