“Activities such as licensing songs, merchandising and tours, helped boost sales by 13.8% to £122m in 2007. The BPI – the British record industry body – said these deals now account for 11.4% of the income of firms.”
Tag: 06.30.08
Behind China’s Classical Music Boom
“While classical musicians around the world fight for a glimmer of media attention, their counterparts in China have no trouble drawing the spotlight. Western classical music is big business, or, at least, official business.”
Standing Online (Digitally) For Those Movie Tickets
“It’s become a fact of life for New York moviegoers: If we’re catching a blockbuster on opening night, then we should probably buy our tickets before even hopping on the subway. Today, in the lobbies of most Manhattan multiplexes, the longest lines are not those of people waiting to purchase tickets, but those of people waiting to pick up prepurchased tickets from computer kiosks.”