April 10th, 2013 by Music Ally

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IFPI revealed in its RIN 2013 report that 21 countries experienced growth in their music sales last year.

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February 6th, 2013 by Music Ally

US satellite-radio firm Sirius XM has reported revenues of $3.4bn for 2012, up 13% year-on-year

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January 3rd, 2013 by Music Ally

Digital sales across the music, video and games grew by 11.4% to just over £1bn in 2012. The bad news: physical sales of CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs and boxed games fell by 17.6%. ERA claims that digital...

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December 5th, 2012 by Music Ally

A reminder of iTunes' sheer scale as an entertainment business: Bloomberg reports it made $8.5bn of revenues in Apple's last fiscal year.

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August 31st, 2012 by Music Ally

Media group Vivendi announced financial results for Q2 of 2012.

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August 31st, 2012 by Music Ally

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Facebook's advertising revenues won't be quite as lucrative as previously thought, judging by the latest forecasts from eMarketer.

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August 24th, 2012 by Music Ally

US performance rights body SoundExchange says it paid out $204.4m in digital royalties to artists and labels in the first half of 2012: $108.6m in Q1 and $95.8m in Q2, making them the two biggest quarterly...

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August 24th, 2012 by Music Ally

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US performance rights body SoundExchange says it paid out $204.4m in digital royalties to artists and labels in the first half of 2012: $108.6m in Q1 and $95.8m in Q2, making them the two biggest quarterly...

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July 26th, 2012 by Music Ally

Analyst firm Gartner has an idea: $16.9bn, up 43.1% year-on-year. The company reckons advertising will account for $8.8bn of social media revenues this year, while social games will generate $6.2bn (there...

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