Malic ITunes becomes the United States shopkeeper of the oldest music

April 4, 2008

On April 4, foreign media publishs an article to say, store of malic ITunes online music exceeds Woerma to become the United States shopkeeper of the oldest music. This article is as follows:

Malic company Zhousi expresses, store of its ITunes online music already exceeded Woerma, become the musical shopkeeper with American home the largest scale. Malic computer expresses, its announcing is to be based on mixed in January Feburary from the data that collects over there consumer.

NPD said ITunes surmounted all Best Buy to become the 2nd old music of American to sell the home 2007 Feburary.

Cite in malic company the same day that industrial data proves to ITunes becomes the musical shopkeeper with American the largest scale, ITunes faces a new challenge, because news group division issues gregarious website to express, it already combined 3 record company to establish joint ventures of an online music.

Malic company shows, since ITunes since online music store opens business 5 years ago, had accumulated 500 thousand client, they bought many 40 song.

After Zhou Si of malic share price shuts city, close at 151.61 dollars, went up 2.8% , share price dropped than the highest period last year December 25% , but relatively a month in the past rose 25% . Evidence makes clear, investor worries about the United States second borrow the crisis to affect malic company to sell outstanding achievement.

The apple surmounts Woerma to become shopkeeper of American the biggest music

April 3, 2008

Time of Beijing of dispatch of sina science and technology on April 3 message, according to foreign media coverage, study the newest findings that company NPD announces according to the market, the apple has surmounted Woerma, become shopkeeper of American the biggest music.

Findings shows, january 2008, store of malic ITunes music in American music retail market held the share of 19% , be far ahead at other competitor; Wo Erma (include hypostatic inn and network store) rank the 2nd, what hold market share for 15% ; 100 think of buy rank 3, market share is 13% ; Yamaxun ranks the 4th, but before the distance 3 difference are bigger, market share is only 6% . After this, rank the 5 companies to 10 ordinal it is Target, FYE/Coconuts, Borders, Circuit City, Barnes &Noble and Rhapsody.

Although apple sales figures music, but this company jumps house United States throne of shopkeeper of the biggest music is not unexpected. Can see from this, from this century first since, the pattern of musical market produced very big change. According to the data that NPD publishs, in the past in a few months, digital music download grows continuously, and musical record sales volume glides ceaselessly. 2007, the American adolescent that has 47% did not buy a piece of any CD, and this one scale was 2006 38% .

In American music retail market, the apple is carrying breathtaking ascendant rate all the time. June 2007, the apple surmounts Yamaxun to become the United States shopkeeper of the 3rd old music; This year in Feburary, the apple is surmounted again 100 think of buy, become those who be next to Woerma the 2nd old music of American shopkeeper. Relative to character, yamaxun the market share this year January considerably shrink, more or less to let a person feel some are accident. Nevertheless, use ITunes of a lot of consumer after this may pass because of christmas, Woerma and 100 think of buy give card to buy music.

To whole music industry, of the apple ascend a top to having adverse one side. For example, digital download is a kind buy pattern differently completely, consumer more apt picks 9 song that he likes most from inside a piece of special, is not to buy pieces of whole special. Compare to it, the record that hypostatic inn sells is having higher profit margin. Suffer this effect, american music total outlay glided 2007 10% , and this one trend will continue in the future that can foreknow go down.

whole, download paying fee is in the proportion of 30% was held in the music of American work off this year in January, before a few years this one word is adv unimaginably still. (Rub Er)

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ITunes becomes the United States shopkeeper of the 2nd old music is next to Woerma

February 26, 2008

Bit net (ChinaByte)2 month 27 days of messages (his hill stone is compiled) Zhou Er of NPD Group of market survey orgnaization is announced newest dog investigation data shows, the 2nd old music of American that shop of ITunes digital media has made a platoon be after Woerma shopkeeper.

Investigation company shows, in American music retail market, the portion of malic music store has exceeded 100 to think of buy a company to rank the 2nd.

Last year first quarter, the sale portion of shop of ITunes digital media exceeded Yamaxun, from on the rank first quarter the 4th rise for the rank the 3rd. At that time, shop of fertile Er code ranks the first; with the portion of 15.8% 100 consider the share that buys a company for 13.8% , the portion of malic shop is 10% . Yamaxun’s portion is 6.7% .

Investigation company says, according to the sale 2007, 10% what lawful music downloads to had occupied American music to buy, although achieved growth than 2006, but this one growth is hard to make up for what musical CD sells to glide.

The apple expresses in a separate statement, at present the client of shop of malic ITunes digital media exceeds 50 million, the song of the sale has exceeded -294967296. Besides selling music, malic ITunes shop still increased new film to hire a service.