The State of Music Online: Ten Years After Napster
In the decade since Napster’s launch, selling recorded music has become as much of an art as making the music itself.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
In the decade since Napster’s launch, selling recorded music has become as much of an art as making the music itself.
In the midst of dismal data from the recording industry there are still occasional glimmers of silver lining.
The top story on many tech news sites today is Facebook’s most recent “about-face” decision to change some of the features of their new Beacon advertising program.
The majority of teens actively manage their online profiles to keep the information they believe is most sensitive away from the unwanted gaze of strangers, parents and other adults.
Those who are regular users of our data will find that we’ve recently posted an updated and reorganized version of our “Usage Over Time” spreadsheet in the Latest Trends section of our website.
Internet users ages 12 to 28 years old have embraced the online applications that enable communicative, creative, and social uses. Internet users ages 29 to 69 years old are more likely to engage in online activities that require some capital.
Maybe it was the news of the royal wedding last weekend, or maybe it’s my own personal experience with wedding planning, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the role the internet plays in planning, promoting and archiving a major life event …
Artists and musicians are enthusiastic internet users and they believe the internet helps them make and sell their work.
14% of the 128 million American adults now online report that they downloaded music at one time, but no longer do so. About a third of these former music downloaders – 6 million adults – say that the RIAA’s tactics are the reason they stopped.
The percentage of American adult Internet users who say they download music drops by half and the usage of some file-sharing applications declines.
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