robertina Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 (edited) Reuter - april 3rd reported on Guardian.co.uk today Universal extends music market share - reportReuters, Thursday April 3 2008 By Kate Holton LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) - Amy Winehouse and Mika helped Universal Music extend its dominance of the recorded music sector in 2007, taking its share of the market to almost 30 percent, according to new research. The global recorded music market consists of hundreds of independent labels and four major groups -- Universal, Sony BMG, Warner and EMI -- which have all been hit by the move to digital sales and piracy in recent years. According to the Informa Telecoms and Media publication Music & Copyright, Universal continued its strong success in 2007, dominating both the recorded and music publishing sectors. It grew its market share of the recorded music market to 28.8 percent from 25.7 in 2006. Sony BMG was second with 20.1 percent, ahead of Warner at 14.4 percent and EMI with 10.9. EMI was hit particularly hard by the changes in the industry but it also struggled in 2007 with a poor release schedule. The group, which is home to Coldplay and The Beatles, was taken over by Terra Firma last year in a 2.4 billion pound ($4.8 billion) deal. The editor of the respected Music & Copyright, Phil Hardy, questioned whether it was healthy to have one group dominating both music divisions. "Because this dominance is even stronger in current releases, it has led to concern that UMG's size is a destabilising influence in what remains a declining market," he said in the report. Hardy said the trade value of physical and digital recorded music sales fell 8.3 percent in 2007 to $18.9 billion. Of that, digital sales rose to $2.9 billion from $2.1 billion in 2006, equivalent to slightly less than 15 percent of total sales. "Any hope of digital making up for the downturn of physical sales anytime soon has now gone," said Simon Dyson, Principal Music Analyst at Informa. "We're in the middle of a massive realignment in the music industry which is likely to end with an industry worth considerably less than it was just 10 years ago." In music publishing, Universal had 22.2 percent of the market, ahead of EMI at 19.8 percent. Warner Chappell had 14.8 percent and Sony/ATV had 7.4 percent. The independents made up 35.8 percent of the market. (Reporting by Kate Holton; editing by Elaine Hardcastle) Business Latest news on guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7435733 Mika...you can ask WHATEVER you want to Universal.... (i know, it's a bit of a technical article...but very interesting) Edited March 1, 2009 by robertina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiza Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Very interesting article. Thanks for posting Robertina:thumb_yello: I like your comment about Mika being able to ask whatever he wants from Universal. I agree. Well done Mika! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngievV Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Helll yeaaaaah Miiiikkkaaa Ask for chocolat chip cookies! You can now:mf_rosetinted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertina Posted April 4, 2008 Author Share Posted April 4, 2008 Helll yeaaaaah Miiiikkkaaa Ask for chocolat chip cookies! You can now:mf_rosetinted: for us in the queue, of course! and more hot chocos and donuts.... ............and a hollywoodian afterparty!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Very good article ! Yay for Mika and Amy ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IngievV Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 for us in the queue, of course!and more hot chocos and donuts.... ............and a hollywoodian afterparty!!!!! I would prefer something else to drink. I spilled all the hot choco over someone's bag in London...I don't like Hot choco as it doesn't like me:mf_rosetinted: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika Freaka =) Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I would prefer something else to drink. I spilled all the hot choco over someone's bag in London...I don't like Hot choco as it doesn't like me:mf_rosetinted: :roftl: that means most drinks dont like me then:boxed: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikasbestfriend Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Ask for a special MFC gig. Or else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I would prefer something else to drink. I spilled all the hot choco over someone's bag in London...I don't like Hot choco as it doesn't like me:mf_rosetinted: Maybe champagne in the queue next time, instead of after the gig. "We're in the middle of a massive realignment in the music industry which is likely to end with an industry worth considerably less than it was just 10 years ago." Thanks for the article Robertina. I have a feeling 10 years from now Mika will be distributing his own music and won't need a record company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickylovesmika Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Good one Robi, thanx for keeping us up to date ! xx I agree with Christine, bet he'll go solo sometime in the future if he can ... Don't need no pressure from record company's!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greta Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Maybe champagne in the queue next time, instead of after the gig. Thanks for the article Robertina. I have a feeling 10 years from now Mika will be distributing his own music and won't need a record company. 10 years from now? The musical biz world is changing at a faster rythm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyn Mastin Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Brilliant article T4P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 10 years from now? The musical biz world is changing at a faster rythm I'm sure you're right. I was just responding to the guy's whinging that it's not like it was 10 years ago. It will be unrecognizable 10 years from now and hopefully Mika will be a long time independent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greta Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 yep..now seems they're aware too http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/11/universal_music_ceo_doug_morris.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah_loves_mika Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 This is interesting - thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 yep..now seems they're aware too http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/11/universal_music_ceo_doug_morris.html "There's no one in the record industry that's a technologist," Morris explains. "That's a misconception writers make all the time, that the record industry missed this. They didn't. They just didn't know what to do. It's like if you were suddenly asked to operate on your dog to remove his kidney. What would you do?" WOW! Sometimes I think it's a miracle that Mika ever got where he did. The incompetence in the industry is astounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greta Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 WOW! Sometimes I think it's a miracle that Mika ever got where he did. The incompetence in the industry is astounding. yep...the "success" is due to the artists + fans + other logistic factors I hope these Dinosaurs will extinguish before this http://blog.peculiarplace.com/2008/03/28/music-industry-trying-to-penalize-everybody/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greta Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 http://blog.wired.com/music/2007/11/former-major-la.html 2007, what a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 yep...the "success" is due to the artists + fans + other logistic factors I hope these Dinosaurs will extinguish before this http://blog.peculiarplace.com/2008/03/28/music-industry-trying-to-penalize-everybody/ Steven Page from Barenaked Ladies has been proposing this for awhile. ISPs can offer separate packages for people who do not want to download music (and therefore don't have to pay the fee), by restricting access to peer-to-peer traffic. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070427-barenaked-ladies-if-i-had-a-compulsory-blanket-music-license.html Canada has had this kind of system for decades in that artists are compensated for blank media (cassette tapes, CDs, etc.) sales. It's the reason that "illegal file sharing" is effectively legal in Canada. The copyright laws have already built in an exception to compensate for the fact that people have been recording and sharing music for decades. Record companies can't cry copyright infringement now simply because the media has changed from CD to mp3. The ISP model Steven Page has proposed is a good one for Canada because the artists will never be compensated otherwise and it's in line with the already existing surcharge on blank media. Canadians are just never going to voluntarily pay for music. We're all online, we're all savvy about these things and we can download "illegally" with impunity. But I want to see the money go straight to the artist, not to any record companies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greta Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 I dunno, I'm from a country in which I can't even listen to Pandora. I'm interested in this complicaed issue {now I'm reading this http://fistfulayen.com/blog/?p=127 } I second 100% your last sentence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollipop_monkey Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 yep..now seems they're aware too http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/11/universal_music_ceo_doug_morris.html LOL - " In a way, he almost comes off as cute, like if your grandfather were accidentally hired to run Google." I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura* Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Thanx for posting! Our boy is actually doing great! Nice work Mika! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queenie Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Thanks for posting, Robi! Very interesting article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7435733 GO MIKA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [From Lucy, New Jersey!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Clay Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Thu Apr 3, 7:09 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - Amy Winehouse and Mika helped Universal Music extend its dominance of the recorded music sector in 2007, taking its share of the market to almost 30 percent, according to new research. I Hope Universal Is Grateful! *---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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