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.
As gadgets with digital audio capability proliferate, podcast downloading continues to increase. Currently, 19% of all internet users say they have downloaded a podcast.
A video of John Horrigan’s keynote at the Aspen Summit is now available online.
The majority of employed adults (62%) use the internet or email at their job, and many have cell phones and Blackberries that keep them connected even when they are not at work.
Teen girls have already laid their claim to many corners of the creative Web. So what are the boys up to?
More teens are creating and sharing material on the internet. 28% of online teens have blogs, up from 2004 with growth fueled almost entirely by girls. “Super communicators” rise as email fades as a tool for teens.
Recent events have highlighted an interesting set of consequences connected to the persistent presence many of us enjoy online.
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.
More than half (55%) of all online American youths ages 12-17 use online social networking sites.
More than half of internet users have taken virtual tours — nearly doubling the number who had done so in late 2004.
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