Some interesting current stats

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
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Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 18:40:18 -0700
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Some interesting current stats

[Note:  This item comes from reader Mike Cheponis. DLH]

> From: Mike Cheponis <mac () Wireless Com>
> Date: April 13, 2005 2:25:38 PM PDT
> To: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> Subject: stats
>
> Flat to Down to Way Down:
>
>     * Music: sales last year were down 21% from their peak in 1999
>     * Television: network TV's audience share has fallen by a third
> since 1985
>     * Radio: listenership is at a 27-year low
>     * Newspapers: circulation peaked in 1987, and the decline is
> accelerating
>     * Magazines: total circulation peaked in 2000 and is now back to
> 1994 levels (but a few premier titles are bucking the trend!)
>     * Books: sales growth is lagging the economy as whole
>
> Up:
>
>     * Movies: 2004 was another record year, both for theaters and DVDs
>     * Videogames: even in the last year of this generation of
> consoles, sales hit a new record
>     * Web: online ads will grow 30% this year, breaking $10 billion
> (5.4% of all advertising)
>
> <http://longtail.typepad.com/the_long_tail/2005/04/media_meltdown.html>


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