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Digital Music Enjoys Golden Week

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the every-dog-has-their-day dept.

An anonymous reader writes to tell us Yahoo News is reporting that the last week of December turned out to be a golden week for music downloads. From the article: 'In the seven-day stretch between Christmas and the new year, millions of consumers armed with new MP3 players (primarily iPods) and stacks of gift cards gobbled up almost 20 million tracks from iTunes and other download retailers, Nielsen SoundScan reports. In the process, consumers shattered the tracking firm's one-week record for download sales.'"

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  1. The Moderators are IDIOTS by Jafafa+Hots · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How can the very first post be REDUNDANT?

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  2. Re:Illogical arguments are still arguments... by ClamIAm · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    They know damn well that them pissing people off and suing them is what's bringing down sales

    Aside from this, is there anyone who can honestly say any new, highly promoted act from these clowns has really captured your ear since Napster started? The only RIAA-owned music I really want to listen to is older (and on the order of at least 20 years older on average). Sure, it's fun to watch the latest pop princess bounce around, provided mute is on, but I can't think of a single act that I've really wanted to follow since their lawsuit antics started (beginning with suing Napster, of course).