You want the good news first? Overall, the industry is up almost 1 percent (.9 percent at retail, .8 percent at wholesale). The MVP, of course, is streaming, which overtook digital downloads as the most profitable format with 29 percent growth amid a decline in both*digital and physical sales.*
For the first time, streaming services — including **n-subscription services like YouTube and Vevo, streaming radio services like Pandora and SiriusXM and both paid subscriptions and ad-supported versions of services like Spotify, Tidal, and Apple Music —*generated more than $1 billion in revenue.* Read more...