Music sales are on the mend
By Ashlee Vance in Chicago
Posted: 01/02/2004 at 18:45 GMT
Despite launching a legal assault against its customer base, the recording industry appears to be benefitting from increasing music sales once again.
While 2003 music sales were flat overall, the record labels enjoyed a healthy spike in the fourth quarter, hinting that the industry doom and gloom so often suggested by the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) may be fading. Recent data from Nielsen SoundScan shows that an improving economy is having a positive effect on the music biz.
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