France appears to be the latest country mulling a levy on sales of smartphones, tablets and other consumer electronics devices, with the proceeds funnelled towards the creative industries.
April 2nd, 2013 by Music Ally
Streams and sales appear to still be going hand-in-hand for the biggest album releases, judging from the first-week performance of Justin Timberlake's 'The 20/20 Experience' in the US. The album sold 968k...
March 19th, 2013 by Music Ally
With numerous services available to slice and dice social networking data, including its sentiment, music marketers are keen to see how social buzz impacts sales of music, merchandise and tickets.
December 21st, 2012 by Music Ally
Billboard has been doing some chart analysis to gauge the impact joining Spotify had on Metallica's album sales. At first glance, it's not good news...
December 19th, 2012 by Music Ally
Mobile now accounts for 67% of tracks sold through 7digital stores.
December 14th, 2012 by Music Ally
HMV posted a net loss of £36.1m for the first half of its fiscal year after a quieter summer than expected, with total sales down 13.5% to £277.6m for the six-month period to 27 October.
December 14th, 2012 by Music Ally
British entertainment retailer HMV saw its share price drop nearly 40% yesterday after it announced poor financial results, and revealed it may breach the terms of its bank loans early in 2013 as a result.
November 30th, 2012 by Music Ally
Nielsen SoundScan reports that the band sold 48k album downloads and 696k song downloads in the US last week, with Back In Black shifting 15k album units alone, some distance ahead of Highway to Hell (just...
August 15th, 2012 by Music Ally
Mobile phone sales fell 2% in the second quarter of 2012, according to analyst Gartner, with 419m devices sold.
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