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It Looks Like Streaming May Be The Future

According to the RIAA streaming revenues were almost 4X the dollar value of all physical product (cd, vinyl and dvd) shipped in 2017. $5.7 billion vs $1.5 billion.

Digital Download revenues and CD units shipped declined while Vinyl squeaked out a 5% increase in units shipped. Here’s a link:

http://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/RIAA-Year-End-2017-News-and-Notes.pdf
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jafant
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gdnrbob

I can agree w/ your logic about sampling prior to buying. No harm there.

Happy Listening!

jafant
18,958 posts
 

I concur w/ the panel as above. I grew up w/ the Compact Disc. I have no desire to rent (streaming) content. Hi -rez download content is not too bad, so long as, it can burn  onto a CD-r.

Happy Listening!

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