by Zach Shaw | Jan 13, 2011 | Digital Media
Nielsen Music and Midem recently released a new report analyzing music fans’ consumption and interaction with music digitally and through mobile apps within the past 3 months. Their survey findings show that while there are many opportunities to capitalize through...
by Metal Insider | Jan 12, 2010 | Metal By Numbers
SoundScan has announced the reclassification of 21 small retail chains and their 213 locations to count their sales alongside indie retailers. Previously these chains, like New England’s famous Newbury Comics, were considered large enough to be lumped in with...
by Metal Insider | Jan 8, 2010 | Metal By Numbers
US music purchases rose 2.1% in 2009 according to Nielsen SoundScan, including the sales of digital and physical albums, singles and videos. Overall album sales were still down, however, dropping 8.5% to 490 million, though digital album sales rose again to 16.1%,...
by Metal Insider | Dec 2, 2009 | Radio
I know everyone is telling you radio is dead, and the iPod and online radio and blah blah, but believe it or not, a shitload of people still listen to terrestrial radio. Overwhelmingly so. A Nielsen study shows that 77 percent of adults are reached by AM/FM radio on a...